Industry News: Page 1306

Carestream lands large DR order in Ill.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health has sold four DRX-Evolution digital radiography (DR) rooms and a DRX-Ascend system to Springfield Clinic in Springfield, IL.

May 13, 2013

HeartIT debuts universal viewer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image management firm Heart Imaging Technologies (HeartIT) has unveiled its WebPax Universal Viewer.

May 13, 2013

Olympus adds new ultrasound processor

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Endoscopic ultrasound developer Olympus said that its ultrasound endoscopes will be now be driven by the ProSound F75 ultrasound processor.

May 13, 2013

iCRco gets clearance for CR mammo

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computed radiography (CR) firm iCRco has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its 3600M mammography system.

May 13, 2013

KLAS: Demand for breast tomosynthesis is increasing

By Kate Madden Yee

The demand for digital breast tomosynthesis systems is increasing, according to a new report released on May 14 by market research firm KLAS. When imaging providers were asked which technology they would choose if they could start over, 62% said tomosynthesis.

May 13, 2013

CR mammography lags DR, film-screen in cancer detection

By Kate Madden Yee

Canadian researchers performing mammography with a computed radiography (CR) system saw lower breast cancer detection rates compared to analog film-screen mammography or a system based on flat-panel digital radiography (DR). Results were published online May 14 in Radiology.

May 13, 2013

Caradigm, Bio-key enter OEM deal for biometric ID

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Authentication protection software company Bio-key International has entered into an OEM agreement with healthcare IT software firm Caradigm, a joint venture between GE Healthcare and Microsoft.

May 12, 2013

Quantitative Insights appoints CEO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image analysis software developer Quantitative Insights has named Keith Tipton as its chief executive officer.

May 12, 2013

Philips, Elekta add to MR-guided radiotherapy consortium

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre will join a consortium sponsored by Royal Philips Electronics and radiation oncology firm Elekta to validate the clinical potential of MRI-guided radiation therapy.

May 12, 2013

FDA issues report on medical device ID plans

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a report providing an update of its plans to require that most medical devices distributed in the U.S. carry a unique device identifier.

May 12, 2013

Saudi Arabia makes big strides in healthcare IT

By Herman Oosterwijk

The recent Saudi Health meeting highlights the major investments the country is making in healthcare IT. But Western IT vendors must do a better job of adapting their software to local needs, according to radiology informatics expert Herman Oosterwijk of OTech.

May 12, 2013

Digirad beats back board challenge

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine firm Digirad has beaten back a challenge by a disgruntled shareholder that sought to replace the company's board of directors in a proxy contest.

May 9, 2013

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