According to Philips, the GEMINI TF is the first PET system to use atomic particle time-measurements to deliver increased image quality and consistency, helping earlier disease detection in patients. These advantages have been demonstrated in a research setting, but Philips is the first to apply them to a clinical environment.

GE Healthcare has introduced Dynamic VUE, a new software application for performing dynamic studies of the heart to assist cardiologists detect perfusion defects. The application is available on the Discovery Dimension Console on the Discovery STE and Discovery VCT Consoles and the AW Workstation.

In the neurological environment, Siemens has introduced a sophisticated computer-aided brain function database for SPECT and PET, SPECT/CT and other multimodalities with syngo Scenium. The analysis tool allows physicians to assess abnormalities by automatically correlating patient studies with average brains.

Spectrum Dynamic’s D-SPECT cardiac camera is reportedly built around implementation of solid state CZT detector technology.

This design employs 10 independent CZT detectors that move back and forth to collect cardiac images from hundreds to thousands of different angles, said the company. This implementation reportedly offers up to a factor of 10 improvements in sensitivity over a conventional NaI-based system.

Siemens Medical Solutions has added TruePoint technology to its family of Biograph hybrid PET/CT systems. This addition was announced at the 2006 Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Annual Meeting in June.
TruePoint brings many benefits along with it, including increased axial coverage per bed position to provide whole-body PET/CT protocols and a new level of system integration for PET/CT technology and software applications.

Barco has released a new version of their advanced visualization and analysis software, VOXAR 3D 6.1. The VOXAR suite incorporates clinical applications for CT cardiac analysis. Barco also introduced VOXAR 3D ENTERPRISE, which makes hospital-wide visualization accessible from the reading room and throughout the enterprise.

Valleylab has announced the FDA has granted marketing clearance for the Cool-tip RF ablation system. According to the manufacturer, the system is the first and only device cleared for marketing to physicians for use in ablating nonresectable liver tumors. This minimally invasive alternative for patients with hepatic cancer, who are not ideal surgical candidates or are otherwise unable to be successfully treated with other methods, solidifies the company’s commitment to the oncology market.

NOMOS Radiation Oncology, a division of North American Scientific, has announced that it received FDA clearance to market nomosSTAT, the serial tomotherapy automated treatment solution, which was introduced at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) in October 2005.
nomosSTAT integrates nomosSTAT MLC and AutoCrane with a single user interface and connects to the CORVUS IMRT inverse planning system.

Along with the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) 34th Annual Meeting and Exposition came Kodak’s introduction of the Point-of-Care CR-ITX 560. The device is an integrated portable X-ray/computed radiography (CR) system for mobile medical imaging applications.
The CR-ITX 560 can perform diagnostic X-ray imaging right at the patient’s bedside in a number of settings, including intensive care units, clinics, nursing homes and hospitals of all sizes. The unit combines a tabletop Kodak CR system and imaging processing software with a Siemens portable X-ray system.

Fuji Computed Radiography for Mammography (FCRm) has received approval from the FDA to be sold in the U.S. The solution offers a combination of image quality, versatility and practicality, and according to the company, is expected to see rapid adoption in the U.S.
FCRm provides 18-by-24-cm and 24-by-30-cm fields-of-view, 50-micron pixel sampling and Fuji’s patented dual-side reading technology.

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