Press Releases

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced significant speech recognition accuracy and workflow enhancements to the PowerScribe 360 platform that will enable a quality, data-driven approach to radiology reporting for radiology groups, hospitals and healthcare systems. 

BRIT Systems announced today Roentgen Works Version 2.2, designed to enhance clinical communication and collaboration with enhanced image sharing functionality.  Roentgen Works is the company’s 100% browser-based platform for enterprise PACS/RIS, including a vendor neutral archive, cloud-based storage and image sharing, and critical results reporting. 

Medweb announced today the successful implementation of the Medweb Multi PACS query engine and viewer that links to multiple PACS systems throughout the Department of Defense (DoD) and Veteran Affairs (VA).

Analogic Corporation (Nasdaq:ALOG), enabling the world's medical imaging and aviation security technology, announced today it will showcase several new innovative products that deliver breakthrough reliability for the lowest cost of ownership at the 99th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiology Society of North America (RSNA), December 1-6, 2013.

CHICAGO – December 2, 2013 – Samsung Electronics America Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, is showcasing its growing presence in the radiology field and its commitment to deliver a new healthcare experience through accurate, easy and fast diagnostics solutions at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting at McCormick Place in Chicago.

For the first time ever, clinicians have the flexibility to track X-ray skin dose exposure in real time during interventional procedures with Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.’s Dose Tracking System. FDA cleared on Toshiba’s InfinixTM-I cardiovascular X-ray systems for use in pediatric and adult cardiac and abdominal procedures, the new technology is Toshiba’s latest advancement in optimizing dose management to improve patient safety.

Lowering CT dose and improving workflow are not choices that clinicians should have to make, so Toshiba CT is putting customers first by providing the industry’s best solutions to solve these challenges. To make complex exams easier, lower dose and improve diagnostic accuracy and reproducibility, Toshiba is introducing its Adaptive Diagnostics CT technology.

Healthcare providers can improve their diagnostic confidence with Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.’s more flexible KalareTM R&F digital X-ray system. Featuring a new 17ʺ x 17ʺ dynamic flat panel detector (works-in-progress), the system provides clinicians with distortion-free, high-quality images.

Amirsys presents RADPrimer 3.0, a curriculum-driven radiology learning environment, at the Radiologist Society of North America. The curriculum is the first comprehensive radiology training environment for residents, faculty, and lifelong learners. RADPrimer’s multiple curriculum levels and more than 7,000 assessment questions serve radiology professionals at all stages in their careers.

Accelarad, the nation's leading cloud-based medical image sharing solution, announces a major product update, which includes the industry’s most advanced image exchange analytics reporting and a new user interface (UI).  Now, each Accelarad customer has access to a real-time analytics dashboard, with options for more complex and custom dashboard options based on subscription level.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has selected Claron’s NilRead zero-footprint diagnostic viewer for the communication of images and related data to support several new research and educational programs.  Newly FDA-cleared Claron NilRead enables ultra-fast viewing of a full range of DICOM and non-DICOM modalities in diagnostic quality with no software download or detrimental impact on performance. 

Drastic reimbursement cuts for image-guided breast biopsies and other medical imaging techniques in the 2014 Medicare Fee Schedule Final Rule may further reduce women’s access to mammography and other breast cancer services. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) directly cut imaging reimbursement every year since 2007. This, along with 12 Medicare imaging cuts in the last six years due to legislation, increasingly threatens patient care.

Chicago, Ill., USA – At the 99th Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today illustrated its technology leadership in medical imaging with the introduction of two fundamentally new developments: its Vereos PET/CT fully digital positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging system, and its IQon Spectral CT1 spectral detector-based computed tomography (CT) imaging system.

Salt Lake City- December 1, 2013– AMIRSYS® announced today the addition of exciting new content to STATdx® Diagnostic Decision Support System.  This new release enhances the radiologist’s STATdx experience through expanded and enhanced clinical content. 

CHICAGO – The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annually invites eminent researchers and leaders to deliver honored lectures during the RSNA Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. RSNA 2013 will feature honored lectures by these esteemed leaders: Damian E. Dupuy, M.D., Irving L. Weissman, M.D., Condoleezza Rice, Ph.D., Paul M. Harari, M.D., David A. Jaffray, Ph.D., and James A. Deye, Ph.D.

ClearCanvas, Inc, a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of innovative imaging informatics infrastructure solutions, with a mission to make medical imaging available to all, announced today the breakthrough informatics solutions it will highlight at the 99th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) at McCormick Place, Chicago from December 1st through 5th.

MedCurrent Corporation, a leading provider of clinical decision support solutions, today announced that AtlantiCare, the largest healthcare provider in southeastern New Jersey,  has chosen MedCurrent’s OrderRight Radiology Decision Support system. Integrated within PowerChart module of Cerner Corporation’s Millennium™ electronic medical record (EMR) ordering system, OrderRight provides optimal workflow for the ordering clinician, and is designed  to enhance patient care planning and treatment, reduce inappropriate healthcare utilization, and lower costs.

Seno Medical Instruments, Inc., the company pioneering opto-acoustic imaging as a tool to improve the diagnosis of cancer, announced today that the first 100 patients have been enrolled into its Pivotal Study of Imagio™, a new opto-acoustic imaging system that may help women with benign breast masses avoid negative, invasive biopsies.

Today, Chinese government officials, key Elekta radiotherapy customers in China and members of Elekta's senior management inaugurated Elekta's Learning and Innovation Center (LINC) in Beijing. The three-story, 1,800sq m (19,375sq ft) education and training facility is equipped with Elekta radiation therapy systems and classrooms to educate oncology and neuroscience professionals as well as Elekta employees on the use of advanced radiotherapy solutions and workflows.

Mortsel, Belgium - 26 November 2013 -(RSNA, Booth 4737, South Hall) Agfa HealthCare announces that it will introduce its newest computed radiography (CR) solution - the CR 15-X - at RSNA 2013, held this year from 1-6 December, in Chicago, USA. The CR 15-X is a versatile and affordable digital radiography system ideal for use in decentralized general radiography environments, private practices, small clinics, general orthopaedic and chiropractic offices.

(Eagan, MN) November 18, 2013 – In response to growing complexity of sharing medical images and documents, Sorna Corporation introduces Vertex – the industry’s most advanced software for sharing, burning, importing, converting, viewing, and storing medical images and associated documents. Utilizing Sorna’s advanced technology, Vertex can take from any source – PACS, CDs, paper, office documents, images – and send to any destination – popular cloud solutions, Secure DICOM Share, removable storage – through a simplified, streamlined interface.