Agfa HealthCare plans to demonstrate its Impax Data Center, which reportedly provides large-scale multimedia storage of medical images and diagnostic results for hospital groups, regional healthcare organizations and national medical archives. Impax is designed to integrate PACS into image-intensive clinical departments, including cardiology and orthopaedics.

Feb. 21, 2007 - U.S. spending on prescription drugs, hospital care and other health services is expected to double to $4.1 trillion over the next decade, up from $2.1 trillion in 2006, a government report released on Wednesday found.

Despite relative stability in recent years, nearly 20 cents of every dollar spent in 10 years will go toward health care, National Health Statistics Group economists said in their projections looking at 2006 to 2016.

Last year's health spending should make up about 16 cents for every dollar spent, they wrote in the journal Health Affairs.

February 21, 2007 – InSightec’s ExAblate 2000, a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) focused ultrasound device that treats uterine fibroid tumors, is now allowing most patients to find relief within three months of treatment and to return to work within days.

The ExAblate 2000 uses a combination of ultrasound waves and MRIs to image, treat and ablate soft tissue. Treatment typically takes about three or four hours.

February 21, 2007 – Allpro Imaging recently introduced the ScanX 14 In-Counter computed radiography system that can be reused thousands of times and eliminates the need for film, chemicals, film storage area, film duplication, processors and dark room.

The ScanX 14 In-Counter weighs 43 pounds and is designed for installation into a standard cabinet counter top. The entire read/erase cycle is completed in 55 seconds for a 14-by-17-inch plate.

February 21, 2007 - RedRick Technologies Inc. will showcase its ComfortView line, featuring the ComfortView Triple Monitor Mounting Solution, the ComfortView Workstation and the ComfortView keyboard, all featuring adjustable components to allow for improved ergonomic positioning, at the PACS 2007 conference.

February 21, 2007 – Kodak Carestream Enterprise Information Management (EIM) recently introduced its Watch Clinician Patient Repository Access, allowing healthcare providers more access to patients’ medical imaging exams while facilitating integration of images with electronic medical record (EMR) systems.

February 21, 2007 - single-slice magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a fast, non-invasive way to measure intra-abdominal fat, which when excessive, may put children and teenagers at risk for developing heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses, reports a new study featured in the March issue of Radiology.

Unlike the fat that lies just beneath the abdominal wall, forming skin folds or “love handles,” internal fat located in and around the abdominal organs may actually be more damaging, predisposing children to adult diseases.

A dictation and speech recognition application that allows the use of back-end and front-end speech recognition on one single license, Crescendo Systems Corp.'s MD Center-XL, allows physicians to switch between the two modes without having to exit the dictation application and log on again.

Feb. 20, 3007 - U.S. researchers are launching a major population-based study to examine the genetic and environmental factors that may cause many diseases, including asthma, Alzheimer's, cancer, depression, diabetes, heart disease and reproductive problems, among others.

This is the first such study in the U.S. since the Framingham Heart Study began in 1948 with some 5,000 men and women. Data from that project has helped determine the risk factors and best treatments for heart disease ever since.

Feb. 20, 2007 - TraumaCad by Orthocrat, a digital orthopedic surgical planning solution, offers enhanced surgical planning options for orthopedic procedures. It expands upon the features and Web-based functionality of the original version by offering surgeons additional resources that enable more thorough and accurate planning of foot, spine, hip and trauma surgeries. The new version also provides more reporting options.

Specialized templates simplify planning for the most common types of orthopedic surgery. Highlights of TraumaCad 2.0 include the following:

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