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Mercury Computer creates Visage subsidiary
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization software developer Mercury Computer Systems has formed Visage Imaging, a wholly owned subsidiary for its life sciences and medical businesses.
August 13, 2007
Canadian research finds no loss with lossy compression
By Erik L. Ridley
A Canadian study to evaluate suitable compression ratios for imaging studies has found a broad degree of success in applying lossy compression schemes. Many of the radiologists participating in the study said they saw no discernable difference in image quality between images compressed with lossy and lossless methods -- although some modalities fared better than others.
August 13, 2007
Medtronic to buy Biophan MRI technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Medtronic of Minneapolis has signed a deal to pay $11 million for patents owned by Biophan Technologies of Rochester, NY, covering the development of MRI-safe devices.
August 8, 2007
RadInfo Systems files for DICOM e-mail patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS/PACS vendor RadInfo Systems has filed for a patent covering an aspect of its upcoming DICOMmail software.
August 6, 2007
CHAMP Act moves forward, passes U.S. House
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In a vote that brings the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act (CHAMP) of 2007 (H.R. 3162), closer to becoming law, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill Wednesday, August 1.
August 1, 2007
U.S. House reauthorizes MDUFMA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to reauthorize the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA II).
July 11, 2007
TeraRecon settles suit against Fovia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm TeraRecon of San Mateo, CA, has settled a 3D imaging technology lawsuit it filed in 2005 against volume-rendering technology firm Fovia.
July 2, 2007
E-Z-EM to fight Tyco lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast and virtual colonoscopy developer E-Z-EM said that it has been sued by Tyco Healthcare Group in a U.S. district court in Texas.
July 1, 2007
U.S. Senate tries again with healthcare IT bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A bipartisan healthcare IT bill has been reintroduced in the U.S. Senate after failing to pass in the waning days of the 109th Congress. Called the Wired for Health Care Quality Act of 2007, the bill aims to encourage the development of standards for healthcare IT, according to its sponsors.
June 25, 2007
The DRA at six months: How outpatient imaging centers are coping
By Kate Madden Yee
After looming large for two years, the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 finally took effect this past January. Now, six months into its implementation, U.S. outpatient imaging centers have a clearer sense of what they're up against.
June 25, 2007
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Guardian files patent for CAD algorithm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology informatics firm Guardian Technologies International of Herndon, VA, has filed for a new patent covering an aspect of the company's Signature Mapping computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm.
June 24, 2007
U.S. House passes healthcare IT workforce bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the 10,000 Trained by 2010 Act (H.R. 1467) on Wednesday. The bill calls for a trained workforce capable of innovating, implementing, and using health communications and information technology (IT).
June 7, 2007
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