Press Releases

Kortrijk, Belgium, 24 June 2014 – Healthcare imaging specialist Barco announces the launch of Eonis 21” – a new 21-inch clinical review display offering a 40% higher calibrated luminance and almost twice the contrast ratio of the previous generation. With a 2MP resolution for viewing consistent, quality-controlled images for accurate review, Eonis 21” is the perfect display for image review in radiology and cardiology.

The Texas Society of Radiologic Technologists will be in Austin June 24-25 to urge the Sunset Advisory Commission of the Texas Legislature to maintain licensing standards for radiologic technologists in the state.

Together, the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) will share details about RO-ILS: Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System, a new, national patient safety initiative to facilitate safer and higher quality radiation oncology care.

During the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting, GE Healthcare introduced its Discovery IQ PET/CT system, enabling both outstanding image quality and intelligent quantitation, helping physicians deliver the best possible patient outcomes.

MINNEAPOLIS (June 11, 2014) -- U.S. Bank Equipment Finance and Konica Minolta Medical Imaging (KMMI) announced a new financing program tailored for KMMI channel partners and their healthcare customers. This new program offers KMMI resellers and customers a streamlined application and approval process, lease calculation tools, and direct access to a dedicated U.S. Bank support team.

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today the acquisition of Amirsys.

June 12, 2014, Toronto—Claron Technology, a leading medical imaging solution provider, was ranked today as No. 305 on the Canadian Business and PROFIT 26th annual PROFIT 500, the definitive ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies. The PROFIT 500, which is published in the July issue of Canadian Business and online at PROFITguide.com, ranks Canadian businesses by their revenue growth during the preceding five years. Claron was selected for its five-year revenue growth of 166%. “

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 12 — Carestream showcased the ability of its CARESTREAM Vue PACS workstation to support streamlined reading, processing and reporting of imaging studies from multiple modalities at the “Workstation Face-Off,” which is part of the annual International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT. The event was held June 11 in San Francisco. It was hosted by the International Society of Computed Tomography (ISCT).

Medical-imaging software under development at Rochester Institute of Technology could someday give radiologists a tool for measuring the growth of nodules in patients at risk of lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new use for Lymphoseek (technetium 99m tilmanocept) Injection, a radioactive diagnostic imaging agent used to help doctors determine the extent a type of cancer called squamous cell carcinoma has spread in the body’s head and neck region.

The Interactive Patient Profiler for AdreView is a simulation tool designed to help educate physicians on the use of AdreView (Iobenguane I 123 Injection) to assess mortality risk in patients with heart failure. The tool demonstrates the types of patients where the use of AdreView can provide further information to assist physicians in identifying patients who may have a lower one- and two-year mortality risk, among groups of patients with similar profiles based on other clinical information.

Piramal Imaging released details from research presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), currently underway at St. Louis Convention Center in St. Louis, Mo.

ScImage, Inc., a leading provider of on premises, in the cloud or hybrid healthcare enterprise imaging and clinical workflow solutions has announced the U.S. government has awarded the company its DIN-PACS III (Digital Imaging Network/Picture Archiving and Communications System) contract.

Carestream’s Smart Link helps ensure optimal system performance and uptime by continuously monitoring operations of its healthcare IT and digital imaging systems at healthcare providers across the globe.

aycan, a recognized worldwide leader in medical imaging, announced today that it is now listed as a manufacturer on NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) list through business partner and contract holder Alvarez & Associates.

vRad (Virtual Radiologic), the  largest U.S. telemedicine company and radiology practice with over 450 physicians, and Ramsay Diagnostics, a network of imaging centers in St. Petersburg and Moscow, have announced they have signed an exclusive agreement with plans to increase their footprint across Russia.

Mach7 Technologies, a global provider of enterprise image management systems and services, is helping healthcare institutions around the world easily identify, connect, and share diagnostic image and patient care intelligence where and when needed.

ST. LOUIS – June 9, 2014 – Today at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting, GE Healthcare introduced its Discovery* IQ^ PET/CT system enabling both outstanding image quality and intelligent quantitation, helping physicians to deliver the best possible patient outcomes.

ST. LOUIS – June 10, 2014 – Nuclear medicine scanning will be enriched with the introduction of GE Healthcare’s Discovery*^ NM/CT 670 Pro, announced today at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting (SNMMI 2014). The vision of quantitative accuracy in nuclear medicine is enabled by Q.Metrix^ and Q.AC^, GE Healthcare’s newest software innovations in nuclear medicine.

OAKLAND, Calif., June 3, 2014 – LUMEDX Corporation, a leading provider of cloud-based cardiovascular imaging and information systems (CVIS), and Scientific Software Solutions, Inc., (SSS), maker of PedCathcongenital catheterization (cath) reporting software, announced today that they are partnering to create an innovative solution for congenital cardiac data and image management.

Los Altos, CA – June 9, 2014 - ScImage, Inc., a leading provider of on premises, in the cloud or hybrid healthcare enterprise imaging and clinical workflow solutions has announced the U.S. government has awarded the company its DIN-PACS III (Digital Imaging Network/Picture Archiving and Communications System) contract. The contract continues for two years, worth a potential $45 million USD.