BrainLAB AG signed a contract today with Singapore Health Services (SingHealth) to establish a fully digital neuroscience center at Singapore General Hospital (SGH), as part of SingHealth’s plan to provide a comprehensive range of healthcare’s latest technologies in one location.

At RSNA 2006, PACSGEAR will be introducing PACSGEAR MediaSuite and exhibiting new PacsSCAN features.
MediaSuite come equipped with import of external DICOM CDs. It allows hospital file rooms and diagnostic imaging centers to: use one application to access all functionality for a consistent user experience; digitize plain film; import external DICOM CDs; scan paper and include electronic forms; and send multimedia images. It also includes small-footprint CD/DVD burner with label writing as it spins.

Neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists at a leading cancer hospital in Taiwan are utilizing Varian’s linear accelerator to carry out precise intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery treatments. Patients at the Tzu Chi Buddhist Hospital in Taipei are benefiting from radiotherapy treatments delivered using Varian Medical Systems' Trilogy accelerator.
Dr. Jing-Min Hwang, the hospital's director of radiation oncology, said he expects the Trilogy machine will enable him to expand his stereotactic radiosurgery program from brain treatments to treatments throughout the whole body.

Amicas has announced that it will introduce the new RadStream solution, Amicas Insight Dashboards and Vision Series PACS Version 5.0 at RSNA 2006.
RadStream is designed for improved radiologist soft-copy reading productivity and communication of positive results studies. The solution, available in the first half of 2007, reportedly speeds report turnaround via workflow efficiencies gained through a multifactorial prioritization algorithm.

Guardian Healthcare Systems will introduce at RSNA 2006 it news web-based RIS/PACS, FlowPoint 6.2, a solution for merging patient medical data and radiology images into one digital record for reducing medical errors, enhancing patient care and reducing overhead.
The RIS component provides scanning capabilities, supports for HCPCS codes, label printing, scheduling and implementation of PACS compression all in a Microsoft Windows-based environment with Microsoft .Net architecture.

BioLucent Inc. has announced the launch of its SAVI applicator. The SAVI device offers a multicatheter, single-entry approach to breast brachytherapy as part of breast-conserving cancer treatment.
The product introduction will occur at the annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology (ASTRO), November 5 through 9 in Philadelphia, PA.

ECRI has announced immediate plans to phase out the future development and support of its HECS4 computerized maintenance management system (CMMS). Because of the need for Internet-based software and other technological advancements, ECRI has aligned with an established CMMS software company, Phoenix Data Systems.
Phoenix has nearly 25 years of experience as a CMMS software developer and has continually supported and enhanced the AIMS Equipment Maintenance Management software, culminating in AIMS.NET, an Internet-based software application.

A recently FDA-cleared outpatient procedure called HydroDiscectomy is allowing patients to sit upright from the operating table and go home just hours after a herniated spinal disk procedure.

Ultrasonix Medical announced that it will feature its newly released Sonix CEP, a compact, portable ultrasound system designed specifically for emergency medicine, critical care and trauma situations, at RSNA 2006.

Kodak announced it has integrated Siemens Medical Solutions’ FUSION7D Software into its latest version of its Kodak Carestream PACS platform, for enhanced visualization of cancerous tumors and lesions.

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