GE Healthcare announced today at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics annual meeting that the FDA gave it 510(k) clearance on the new Snapshot Cine, a multislice computed tomography (CT) feature designed to enable clinicians to obtain quality images of a patient’s heart with up to a 70 percent reduction in dose per exam independent of heart rate.

Philips highlighted new computed tomography (CT) TrueView software at Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s (CRF) eighteenth annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, as part of its portfolio of combined imaging and interventional techniques and procedures to better diagnose and treat patients.
Using 3D CT images in the cath lab, Philips CT TrueView is designed to improve and streamline treatment planning for patients undergoing invasive procedures for stent placement and chronic total occlusions (CTO).

Varian Medical Systems has announced that the company's On-Board Imager (OBI) device for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) and image-guided radiosurgery (IGRS) has received an R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine as one of the 100 most technologically significant products of the past year.

Addressing the growing demand for healthcare environments that balance the healing process for patients with the comfort and support requirements of staff and visitors, Keilhauer has spent the last four years in search of remedies for issues inhibiting effective healthcare seating solutions. To solve this problem, the company has created Sittris, a new company dedicated to healthcare seating, and it will be launched at Healthcare Design 2006 in Chicago, November 4 through 7.

Given Imaging Ltd. today announced that the results of the first PillCam COLON clinical studies were published in the October issue of Endoscopy, the official journal of The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Conducted independently by the Rambam Medical Center, Hillel-Yaffe Medical Center and Bikur Holim Hospital in Israel and Erasme University Hospital in Belgium, both studies determined PillCam COLON to be a promising new modality for colonic evaluation.

Siemens Medical Solutions has received the approval letter from the U.S. FDA for its syngo Lung CAD device, which is designed to assist radiologists in the detection of solid lung nodules in computed tomography (CT) examinations of the chest.

StructuRad LLC, a developer of next-generation radiology reporting solutions, has announced a low-cost solution for single radiologist operations. The Office-of-One configuration combines the advanced reporting features of ReportNow with StudyManager for workflow and report management. It addresses the requirements for imaging operations with only one radiologist and a small support staff and provides requisition input, consolidated worklist and report creation and management.

Health Site Guide www.healthsiteguide.com, a free portal with pre-searched links to healthcare information available on over two dozen sites is making it fast and easy for people to find a link to the health information they need. Featuring overviews of sites that include WebMD, MerckSource, Mayo Clinic and many recognized health Web sites including leading US government sites, Health Site Guide was created to take the search out of searching, and provide easy-to-access, fast results by linking viewers to exactly what they need.

Streamline Surgical Solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with HELP International of Plano, Texas.
Streamline Surgical Solutions provides surgical instrumentation planning, sourcing and procurement services for new and existing healthcare facilities. Streamline’s consultants have collaborated on over 100 projects for the opening of ambulatory surgical centers.

GE Healthcare and Volcano Corporation announced today they have completed the first commercial installation of Innova IVUS at PinnacleHealth Heart and Vascular Institute at Harrisburg Hospital, as part of its plan to assist clinicians with proper stent deployment, expansion, apposition and lesion coverage.

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