February 1, 2007 - Results from the most comprehensive study to compare two imaging techniques for the emergency diagnosis of suspected acute stroke show that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can provide a more sensitive diagnosis than computed tomography (CT) for acute ischemic stroke. The difference between MRI and CT was attributable to MRI’s superiority for detection of acute ischemic stroke — the most common form of stroke, caused by a blood clot.

February 01, 2007 - Agfa-Gevaert announced today that it has acquired HYDMedia GmbH, a document management system provider to hospitals and healthcare centers, as part of Agfa's strategy to expand this service in German, Austrian and Swiss markets, which are expected to grow more than 20 percent in 2007.

January 30,1, 2007 - Philips announced today that it has paired its ceiling-mounted Philips Allura Xper FD10 X-ray system with the Stereotaxis Niobe system using magnetic navigation capabilities, for the installations of new cardiac electrophysiology (EP) labs designed to improve catheter navigation within the heart’s chambers during complex interventional cardiovascular procedures.

Jan. 31, 2007 - Health-By-Design.net announced its new medical record keeping tool that is available on a USB ink pen or flash drive small enough to fit in a wallet. My Medical Journal, a medical record-keeping guide explains how to communicate more effectively with doctors and prepare for upcoming visits. However, the main emphasis is on how to develop and maintain a personal copy of vital health records (including preventive medicine records).

Jan. 31, 2007 — Boston Scientific Corp. days it has received FDA 510(k) clearance to expand its PolarCath Peripheral Dilatation System offering to include a 100-mm balloon. The system is used to restore blood flow and reduce the risk of amputation in patients with critical limb ischemia (severe blockages in the arteries below the knee), or femoropopliteal blockage, a result of peripheral artery disease.
The new, 100-mm balloon is available in both 0.014-inch and 0.035-inch diameters. The PolarCath System also offers balloon lengths of 20, 40, 60 and 80 mm.

January 30, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for patient position monitoring capabilities that have been added to the company's RPM respiratory gating system used to synchronize imaging and radiation therapy treatment with a patient's respiratory cycle, enabling clinicians to achieve better results when treating diseases.

With expertise in managing the imaging workflow and working with DICOM, PACS vendors are serious contenders to provide enterprise archive management middleware to manage data objects and information around PACS. Enterprise PACS implementations generated over three quarters of the total radiology PACS market revenues in 2005, signaling the decisive expansion of the traditional boundaries of PACS.

January 30, 2007 - iCAD, Inc., a provider of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) solutions for the early identification of cancer, today announced the availability of its latest innovation - TotalLook version 8.0, a solution for film-to-digital conversion as the market adoption of digital mammography rapidly increases.

January 30, 2007 - Cook Children's Medical Center will soon house the combined IMRIS Intraoperative MRI (iMRI) operating room/diagnostic room, enabling surgeons to view high-resolution patient scans during brain surgery leading to improved patient
outcomes.
"Cook Children's pediatric neuroscience department annually cares for
approximately 16,000 children, making the program one of the largest in the

The first researchers to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the brains of a large group of babies soon after birth found a small amount of bleeding in and around the brains of one in four babies who were delivered vaginally. “It seems that a normal vaginal birth can cause these small bleeds,” said lead author John H. Gilmore, M.D., from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill.

Source: RSNA. "Intracranial Hemorrhage in Asymptomatic Neonates: Prevalence on MR Images and Relationship to Obstetric and Neonatal Risk Factors (Looney, et al.)"

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