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Philips, Methodist partner on imaging suite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare and the Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston are collaborating to develop new imaging technology that might help identify the start and cause of an infectious disease epidemic.
August 16, 2011
iCRco completes Fla. install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computed radiography (CR) firm iCRco has completed the installation of its ClarityE PACS software and iCR3600 CR reader at Clinica Venamer, a multimodality urgent care center in Doral, FL.
August 16, 2011
Nomogram developed for laryngeal cancer treatment planning
By Cynthia E. Keen
Of the many treatment options for laryngeal cancer, radiation therapy by itself may cause the least toxicity and preserve the voice of a patient. But how effective will it be if used as the sole treatment? A new risk-prediction nomogram could help provide the answer.
August 16, 2011
U-Systems' somo.v nets Canadian license
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer U-Systems has received a medical device license from the Medical Devices Bureau of Health Canada to sell and market its somo.v automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) system as an adjunct to mammography for screening asymptomatic women for breast cancer.
August 15, 2011
AHRA: Healthcare reform changes the rules for radiology
By Kate Madden Yee
GRAPEVINE, TX - For years, the conventional wisdom was that radiology practices needed to increase volume to stay afloat. But federal healthcare reform legislation passed last year, as well as the current debt ceiling crisis, may be changing that equation, according to a presentation at this week's AHRA meeting.
August 15, 2011
Brit teams with SaferMD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS and PACS vendor Brit Systems is partnering with SaferMD for radiologists who use Brit Systems' UrgentWorks critical results test management product to apply for malpractice insurance discounts from their insurance carrier.
August 15, 2011
Sony debuts HD camera system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sony Medical is showing its new MD2GO remote high-definition (HD) Internet protocol (IP) camera system at the annual AHRA meeting this week in Grapevine, TX.
August 15, 2011
FDA schedules workshop for mobile medical apps
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hold a public workshop on its draft guidance proposal for the regulation of mobile medical applications on September 12 and 13 at its White Oak Campus in Silver Spring, MD.
August 15, 2011
Viztek launches free PikoPACS software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging informatics firm Viztek has released PikoPACS, free PACS software available for download from the company's website.
August 14, 2011
Vital gets FDA nod for VitreaView viewer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm Vital has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for VitreaView, the company's new universal viewer that provides uniform access to all DICOM and non-DICOM images within a patient's medical record.
August 14, 2011
FDA proposes new PMA guidance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed new guidelines for high-quality clinical studies and a draft guidance to clarify how benefit-risk determinations are made during premarket approval (PMA) review of certain medical devices.
August 14, 2011
IsoRay Cs-131 used for gyn procedure
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cesium-131 (Cs-131) brachytherapy seeds from medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical have been used at the University of Kentucky for gynecological cancer in a female patient whose disease recurred after previous radiation treatment.
August 14, 2011
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