Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. previewed its first 3-Tesla MR system at the Radiological Society of North America’s annual meeting in Chicago. Developed based on the Excelart Vantage platform, the 3T system boasts a homogeneous magnet design and short-bore combination.

Siemens Medical Solutions rolled out the newest systems from its total imaging matrix technology, known as Tim, at the Radiological Society of North America’s meeting this week in Chicago.

Siemens introduced its new Acuson Antares ultrasound system and upgrades to its Acuson Sequoia ultrasound platform, both designed to deliver improved breast imaging.

Siemens Medical Solutions introduced the Axiom Luminos dRF, a new remote fluoroscopy system with flat detector technology, and announced enhancements to the Axiom Aristos FX Plus, the company’s fully automatic digital radiography system.

SonoSite today introduced the fourth major upgrade to its MicroMaxx purpose-built software. The upgrade includes wireless connectivity enhancements and new transducer features for multiple clinical applications. Customers can upgrade via compact flash card. 

Companion Technologies has entered into a marketing agreement with Optical Image Technology Inc. (OIT) that will allow it to offer OIT’s DocFinity suite of document management and workflow software to its clients, Companion Technologies announced Tuesday.

Huntsville Hospital has selected McKesson’s Horizon Medical Imaging picture archiving and communication system (PACS) to improve quality and safety at its site.
McKesson’s PACS is designed to facilitate workflow efficiencies for the hospital’s radiologists, including fully integrating digital mammography services. With this system, Huntsville not only expects to improve quality and safety but also to increase collaboration and information sharing among radiologists, referring physicians, nurses and other caregivers.

In the largest multi-center, multi-reader study performed to date, researchers used Siemens’ syngoLung CAD as a second reader for nearly 200 thoracic computed tomography (CT) exams. Seventeen radiologists, using data from four leading medical centers in the United States, reported that CAD helped “to considerably increase their detection accuracy for clinically significant lung nodules.”

Amicas Inc. will feature its newly launched Vision Series PACS Version 5.0 at the Radiological Society of North America’s annual meeting next week in Chicago. Version 5.0 offers improvements to Vision Series’ image management software platform.

The new Vision Series version includes the LightBeam diagnostic workstation, with advancements to support digital mammography, 3D rendering and orthopedic templating. Version 5.0 also includes upgrades to the core infrastructure, along with modernized operating system compatibility and database and archival technology.

In an effort to make digital imaging available to a wider variety of facilities, Siemens Medical Solutions plans to launch the first mobile X-ray unit with an integrated computed radiography reader at next week’s annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. The MobileTT XP CR provides display for first-image review and image archiving right at the patient’s bedside.

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