Carestream’s vendor-neutral archive that unites DICOM and non-DICOM data from disparate clinical systems will be showcased at the 2013 Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting held June 6-9 in Grapevine (Dallas), Texas. In addition to helping equip clinicians with a comprehensive view of patient clinical information, CARESTREAM Vue for Vendor-Neutral Archive can simplify and consolidate storage resources to simultaneously help reduce costs and enhance workflow by eliminating departmental silos of clinical information.

Detection of cerebral infarction was similar using LCD monitors with either gamma 2.2 calibration or gray-scale standard display function calibration, and only slightly worse performance was measured with use of an iPad, according to a study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Medical imaging IT company Sectra (STO: SECT B) has signed a contract to deliver its Sectra Visualization Table to Université Claude Bernard in Lyon.  This makes Claude Bernard the first French university to improve its medical education using Sectra’s visualization table.

Data suggest radiologists’ adherence to Fleischner Society guidelines for managing pulmonary nodules incidentally detected on CT hovers in the 34 to 57 percent range. However, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston touts 82.8 percent adherence, likely related to departmental strategies, according to an article published in the June issue of Journal of American College of Radiology.

RamSoft, a leader in RIS, PACS, Teleradiology, Routing and Viewing solutions, announces its partnership with DatumMedics to distribute its complete line of fully-customizable radiology workflow solutions in Finland, Sweden and Estonia.

California-based Madera Community Hospital selected Novarad Diagnostic Suite solutions for its Diagnostic Imaging Department. The solutions the hospital installed include: NovaPACS, NovaRIS, NovaDose, NovaMG, NovaMotion and NovaOrtho. The Diagnostic Suite includes more than one dozen products. Facilities are able to customize the right combination of integrated solutions for their needs.

Agfa HealthCare announces today it has been awarded a new contract to provide a full spectrum of radiology, cardiology and enterprise imaging solutions to Novation, a leading healthcare supply chain expertise and contracting services company.

Nephosity, a digital health startup that was a member of Rock Health’s second class, has received clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their MobileCT Viewer, a software application for diagnostic image viewing on the iPad.