Imaging Informatics: Page 1642

Heartlab adds distributor, lands big order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac image management firm Heartlab has signed an agreement with cardiology equipment distributor Medical Sales Partners. MSP will distribute the Westerly, RI-based firm’s Encompass cardiac image management product in the U.S.
March 7, 2004
Italian hospital finds that PACS doubles costs
By Tracie L. Thompson
VIENNA - When the radiology department at City Hospital in Legnano, Italy made the move to PACS, it took on a lot of additional costs as well, according to a candid description presented Friday at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 4, 2004
Cedara signs Aloka
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging software developer Cedara Software has signed an agreement to supply medical imaging technologies and services to ultrasound vendor Aloka of Wallingford, CT.
March 4, 2004
Agfa adds Voxar 3D
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has integrated Scottish 3-D software developer Voxar’s 3-D software into its Impax PACS network.
March 4, 2004
New fusion method joins MR and CT in prostate cancer therapy planning
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - CT and MRI, both anatomical and functional, can be combined to improve the targeting of radiation therapy of the prostate, according to researchers from the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. At today’s prostate imaging sessions of the European Congress of Radiology, Jorn van Dalen, Ph.D. presented a study utilizing the novel coregistration method the group created.
March 4, 2004
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WebMD posts profitable Q4
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare services and information technology developer WebMD reported fiscal 2003 fourth-quarter revenues of $258.4 million, up 12.6% from the $229.5 million posted in the same period last year. For the period (end-December 31), the Elmwood Park, NJ-based company had net income of $10.5 million, compared with a net loss of $2.4 million reported for the fourth quarter last year.
March 4, 2004
Lung nodule analysis makes progress, not perfection
By Eric Barnes
Researchers at the 2003 RSNA meeting examined CT lung imaging beyond the issue of nodule detection, i.e., nodule tracking, analysis, and follow-up using both automated and manual tools. These tasks are far more challenging than detection, of course, so automation's benefits to date are less convincing. Still, important progress is being made.
March 4, 2004
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Esaote RIS/PACS network to debut at ECR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Designed for enterprise-wide radiology management, Risolution allows radiologists to get a complete overview of prior and current examinations and display images within seconds.
March 3, 2004
Varian to acquire OpTx
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The acquisition will enable the firm to offer an integrated single software system for managing and coordinating radiation therapy and chemotherapy used in the treatment of cancer, according to Palo Alto, CA-based Varian.
March 3, 2004
RADIN, Philips Speech Processing to partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The partnership arrangement will enable RADIN and its sales partners to offer a RIS/PACS solution that integrates the Philips SpeechMagic speech recognition technology.
March 3, 2004
NEMA releases gamma probe standard
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) of Rosslyn, VA, has released a published standard for non-imaging intraoperative gamma probes.
March 3, 2004
Nucletron releases Oncentra 1.3
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The application also includes the Monte Carlo Electron algorithm for clinical use.
March 3, 2004
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