A new study on electron spin resonance imaging at the University of Bath in the U.K. may lead to a new imaging technique for detecting serious disorders such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and septic shock.

Siemens Medical Solutions announced today that it has made an alliance with Access e-forms to upgrade Siemens' Soarian HIM and Enterprise Document Management (EDM) solutions with new automated forms management capabilities to assist healthcare in achieving a fully paperless, electronic medical record environment.

The Innova IVUS — an integration of Volcano Corp.’s intravascular ultrasound imaging (IVUS) capabilities and GE Healthcare’s Innova all-digital X-ray cath lab imaging system — is designed to give a clearer view of coronary and peripheral vessel morphology in an accessible manner.
The product is made possible, in part, due to Volcano’s latest PC-based IVUS platform that reduces the size, weight and noise of the IVUS console, allowing the unit to be
located in the control room or in other areas outside of the daily traffic pattern of the cath lab.

The NICO2 Respiratory Profile Monitor, part of the AluRT Advanced Lung Recruitment Tool, is designed to monitor the patient rather than the machine side of the breathing circuit, going beyond conventional capnography to measure breath-by-breath volumetric CO2 — taking the guesswork out of ventilation management.

Elekta, which provides IT and clinical solutions for cancer care and neurological disorders, will host an investors meeting in conjunction with ASTRO, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, on November 6, 2006, to offer investors a deeper understanding of the radiation oncology market, technology development and the competitive situation.
Among the presenters will be Tomas Puusepp, president and CEO of Elekta, Anthony deCarolis, CEO of Elekta, Inc., and Jay Hoey, CEO of IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc.

Cardiologists expect the top three modalities for diagnosing key cardiac conditions to become CT angiography (CTA) and MR angiography (MRA) and diagnostic catheterization over the next three years, reported a study recently published by IMV Medical Information Division.
While the “top three imaging modalities currently used by cardiologists for diagnosing key cardiac conditions are echocardiography, SPECT and cardiac cath,” clinicians surveyed anticipate that CTA and MRA will be used more routinely, with CTA superceding SPECT for diagnosing cardiac conditions.

GE Healthcare announced today that Valley Baptist Health System will upgrade its IDX “LastWord” system to the Centricity Enterprise (formerly IDX Carecast) solution, as part of Valley Baptist’s plan to provide caregivers with a complete view of a patient’s medical history electronically.

UltraRAD Corp., a provider of fully integrated, scalable PACS and teleradiology systems, and Breece Hill, a provider of data protection solutions, have announced their companies have completed development of an all-in-one backup, recovery and archive appliance to meet the specific data management and protection needs of small and medium-sized medical organizations, as well as departments or remote sites of large health care operations.

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has named Emily Wilson as director of Government Relations and Robyn Lynn Watson, Ph.D., as director of Research.
During her tenure at ASTRO, Ms. Wilson has led the Government Relations team in spearheading ASTRO’s lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill and has been working with ASTRO’s physician members to further develop grassroots support in their respective states. Ms. Wilson is also responsible for managing ASTRO’s political action committee, ASTRO PAC.

In addition to the ability to provide accurate pulse oximetry (SpO2) readings in situations of motion and low perfusion, Masimo Rainbow SET now allows clinicians to continuously and noninvasively monitor the level of carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO) and methemoglobin (SpMet) in the blood, helping them detect and treat potentially life-threatening conditions earlier than before.

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