Product News: Page 536

Emageon lands new clients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Enterprise image management firm Emageon has signed on Genesys Health System in Grand Blanc, MI, and St. Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham, AL, as new customers for its PACS technology.
November 29, 2001
Mammography positioning tool improves image, patient comfort
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
CHICAGO - A breast positioning product, based on an idea patented in 1996 by Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, shows tremendous promise in improving patient comfort as well as providing a greater field of view for imaging.
November 28, 2001
Stop me if you’ve heard this one about PACS
By Michael J. Cannavo
CHICAGO - One of the most fun and frustrating parts of evaluating PACS each year at the RSNA is understanding what vendors really have vs. what they are promoting. Like George Carlin’s comedy routine on the seven words you can’t say on television, there ought to be a ban on seven words often used in conjunction with PACS.
November 28, 2001
Fischer gets CE Mark for FFDM system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fischer Imaging has received regulatory approval to market its full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system in the European Union, and has received two orders for the system, called SenoScan.
November 27, 2001
Inphact to get another $25 million in funding
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS application service provider Inphact will receive a $25 million round of funding from MDS Capital, which focuses exclusively on providing support for emerging life sciences companies.
November 27, 2001
Study shows minimal false negatives with breast biopsy approach
By Shalmali Pal
CHICAGO - With a false-negative rate of less than 1%, needle-localized open breast biopsy (NLOBB) is a safe and accurate technique for the diagnosis of non-palpable breast lesions, according to Austrian radiologists.
November 27, 2001
Stereotactic breast biopsy proves accurate for benign breast lesions
By Shalmali Pal
CHICAGO - After following up 1,200 cases, German researchers from the University of Halle in Engledorf found stereotactic vacuum breast biopsies were able to spare patients from diagnostic surgery. Dr. Kerstin Rotter presented the results of her group’s study at the RSNA meeting on Tuesday.
November 26, 2001
ADM signs with GE for PET and fused imaging systems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services company American Diagnostic Medicine and GE Medical Systems have signed an exclusive imaging technology agreement for more than 40 GE PET and fused imaging systems.
November 26, 2001
Agfa finalizes Mitra purchase agreement
Agfa-Gevaert has finalized its agreement to purchase its long-time image management technology provider Mitra. The two companies yesterday announced the signing of a letter of intent regarding the sale, which is expected to close in early January, subject to completion of the premerger clearance process.
November 25, 2001
New PACS software spearheads Kodak RSNA launches
PACS and film vendor Eastman Kodak is launching a new line of PACS software at this week’s RSNA meeting in Chicago. The company is also highlighting new offerings in DR and CR, as well as a new film chemistry.
November 25, 2001
Lodox debuts at RSNA show with new CCD-based digital x-ray system
By Leslie Farnsworth
Technology used to keep diamond miners honest is at the core of a new low-dose digital x-ray system that’s being debuted at this week’s RSNA meeting. South African firm Lodox Systems will demonstrate its Lodox unit, a charge-coupled device (CCD) system that the company is targeting at trauma and emergency room applications.
November 24, 2001
Mirada Solutions joins CAD software fray
By Leslie Farnsworth
At this week’s RSNA meeting, Mirada Solutions of Oxford, U.K., is debuting a new computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) workstation that it believes takes CAD to a new level. The workstation is based on the company’s proprietary standard mammogram form (SMF) software, which Mirada believes can do a better job at differentiating between malignant and benign tissue than current systems on the market.
November 24, 2001
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