Image Processing: Page 138

ContextVision opens U.S. office

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image enhancement software developer ContextVision has opened a new office in Boston to handle North American sales of the company's products.

April 3, 2006

Neurognostics inks deal with Medical Numerics

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Functional MRI developer Neurognostics has signed a partnership with Medical Numerics, a software development company specializing in medical image visualization and analysis.

March 30, 2006

Bio-Imaging to develop quantitative CTA software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bio-Imaging Technologies of Newtown, PA, has signed an agreement with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands to develop clinical software for the quantitative analysis of CT angiography data.

March 29, 2006

PET/CT shows virtual bronchoscopy potential

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

ORLANDO, FL - Three-dimensional visualization with PET/CT may soon be expanded to virtual bronchoscopy, providing a new tool for diagnosis, treatment planning, and interventional guidance, according to a multidisciplinary group from Stanford University in California.

March 29, 2006

AIE, Hologic highlight research

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image processing software developer Advanced Image Enhancement (AIE) and women's imaging vendor Hologic said that radiologists at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, MA, have reported favorable results using AIE's software with Hologic's Lorad Selenia digital mammography system.

March 28, 2006

The more CT detectors, the more MPRs help

By Eric Barnes

Radiologists know the value of multiplanar reconstructions (MPRs) for finding what's wrong. In the abdomen, cross-referencing coronal images with the axials can sometimes reveal subtle pathologies that might otherwise be missed. But some might be surprised to learn that the more detectors rows in the scanner, the more useful MPRs are to the diagnosis.

March 21, 2006