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Mercury Computer creates Visage subsidiary

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Advanced visualization software developer Mercury Computer Systems has formed Visage Imaging, a wholly owned subsidiary for its life sciences and medical businesses.

August 13, 2007

Merge provides details on 10-Q delay

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare of Milwaukee today offered up additional details on why the company is unable to file its second-quarter 10-Q financial reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on time.

August 9, 2007

Stereotaxis growth in Q2 sales, net loss

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis of St. Louis posted record revenue for its second quarter (end-June 30).

August 9, 2007

Novadaq grows sales and net loss in Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Novadaq Technologies of Toronto reported higher sales for its second quarter (end-June 30), although the company's net loss grew as well.

August 7, 2007

Giant virtual reality chamber boosts 3D echo accuracy

By Eric Barnes

Have you ever diagnosed a three-foot-tall 3D heart? Talk about cardiomegaly. Researchers from the Netherlands who survived the experience found they could diagnose valve defects that went unnoticed in a standard 2D exam. At the 2007 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting in Berlin, Anton Koning, Ph.D., from Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam discussed how 3D visualizes complex pathology of the heart and how image display can be improved with different kinds of VR (virtual reality) systems.

August 1, 2007

Interest surges in use of imaging for tracking radiation therapy

By Kathlyn Stone

MINNEAPOLIS - How will the imaging community respond to the challenge of quantitative imaging for treatment response? That was the question that multiple speakers set out to answer in a symposium at last week's American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting. MRI, PET, and SPECT are all being thoroughly scrutinized in order to meet the increasing demand for noninvasive imaging biomarkers that can not only customize treatment, but also track treatment response.

July 30, 2007

Computer-assisted MR guidance improves prostate biopsy

By Eric Barnes

An automated prostate biopsy system based on real-time guidance with high-field MRI earned high scores for accuracy and image quality, according to German researchers. They found that using a transgluteal needle approach to the prostate with the patient prone was accurate and safe when used in combination with the pneumatically driven needle positioning system.

July 30, 2007

Radiologists call on PACS vendors to improve 3D imaging integration

By Kathy Kincade

As digital imaging technologies improve, does it make more sense to remain wedded to dedicated postprocessing workstations or to go with an integrated PACS solution? Jeffrey Mendel, chair of radiology at Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston, recently shared his views on this topic and discussed how to choose between separate workstations and PACS integration for advanced processing functions.

July 24, 2007

Medicsight, Barco sign global pact

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm Medicsight of London has signed a global distribution contract with image display and advanced visualization software developer Barco of Kortrijk, Belgium.

July 22, 2007

AIE wins Hologic licensing agreement

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image processing software developer Advanced Image Enhancement (AIE) has signed a licensing agreement with women's imaging vendor Hologic of Bedford, MA, to provide image enhancement software for Hologic's SecureView diagnostic mammography workstations.

July 18, 2007

Practice Fusion buys Medical ChartWizard Systems

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare IT firm Practice Fusion of San Francisco has acquired Medical ChartWizard Systems of Hayward, CA, for an undisclosed amount.

July 16, 2007

TeraRecon grows in Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Advanced visualization firm TeraRecon of San Mateo, CA, doubled its sales bookings in the U.S. and Canada in the second quarter of 2007 (end-June 30) compared to the second quarter of 2006.

July 15, 2007

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