Imaging Informatics: Page 1230

Sectra signs German hospital

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has signed a five-year agreement with Düsseldorf University Hospital in Germany.

December 16, 2007

Medipattern lands Italian customer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer Medipattern has installed its B-CAD software at General Hospital in Gorizia, Italy.

December 16, 2007

CAD offers value in detecting lung nodules with CT

By Erik L. Ridley

Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology offers a relatively high detection rate for detecting lung nodules on CT scans, according to two studies presented at last month's RSNA 2007 meeting in Chicago. The first analyzed the performance of a CAD scheme for detecting lung nodules of various sizes and patterns on thin-slice CT studies, while the second study looked at CAD's effect on the performance of thoracic radiologists for detecting lung nodules.

December 16, 2007

RIS developer Sunquest returns to radiology as standalone company

By Brian Casey

Nearly 30 years after it first began operations, radiology information systems developer Sunquest Information Systems has returned to the imaging market as a standalone company.

December 16, 2007

Healthcare IT makes for better patient outcomes, study finds

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Patients have better health outcomes if they receive treatment at hospitals using healthcare information technology (IT) systems, according to a Florida State University (FSU) study.

December 13, 2007

Multislice CT, 3T MRI to boost data converter market

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Increasing demand for portable imaging and technologies such as multislice CT and 3-tesla MRI will contribute to growth in sales of data converters and amplifiers, according to new analysis from market research firm Frost & Sullivan.

December 13, 2007

Web-based order entry improves CT, MRI exam use patterns

By Kate Madden Yee

A Web-based radiology order entry (ROE) system can help make ordering high-cost imaging exams more "sensitive and specific," according to researchers from Boston. They found that the decision-support tool could help facilities better understand whether high-cost modalities such as CT and MRI are over- or underused based on radiology exam ordering patterns.

December 13, 2007

DeJarnette offers migration guarantee

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

DeJarnette Research Systems of Towson, MD, has announced a new program guaranteeing that customers will not have to pay for PACS data migration if they use its software.

December 12, 2007

DeJarnette readies dyseCT VMS

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

DeJarnette Research Systems will release its dyseCT VMS CT workflow engine in February 2008.

December 12, 2007

3D volume-rendered CT for pelvic fractures scales back imaging studies, not quality

By Shalmali Pal

Diagnosing acetabular fracture, particularly in the trauma setting, is an elaborate process that involves multiple, time-consuming, radiation dose-heavy imaging studies. In an effort to simplify this complex imaging paradigm, radiologists and orthopedists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, have proposed using 3D volume-rendered CT to assess acetabular fractures. Their protocol would reduce the number of imaging studies as well as the patient dose.

December 12, 2007

AuntMinnie.com Advanced Visualization Insider

By Erik L. Ridley

December 11, 2007

FDA reports RF ablation deaths

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Public Health Notification regarding reported deaths following radiofrequency (RF) ablation of lung tumors.

December 11, 2007

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