Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

Biosound Esaote announces MyLab enhancements

Ultrasound vendor Biosound Esaote of Indianapolis, Ind. has released a new version of its operating system software - MyLab30CV - and introduced a portable ultrasound imaging system, MyLab25.

Matrox launches new boards

Matrox Graphics Inc. this week introduced the Aurora VX2mp medical imaging display controller boards.

The Low-down on Digital Mammography Displays

Choice is a new addition to digital mammography displays and workstations - with new monitors now on the market.

3T for the Masses

3T MRI made its name with brain studies at research institutes. But now it is cross-pollinating in academic and community-based medical centers, performing a wider variety of scans.

NetApp revenues jump 39 percent in 3Q of FY05

Network Appliance Inc. reported increases in revenues and net income in the third quarter of FY05.

EMC unveils fibre channel and iSCSI storage systems

EMC Corp. this week introduced new versions of its EMC CLARiiON networked storage systems with native iSCSI (Internet small computer system interface) support, including the new CLARiiON AX100i, CLARiiON CX300i and CLARiiON CX500i models.

InSiteOne, SeaChange ink agreement

Digital video systems vendor SeaChange International Inc. of Maynard, Mass. and on-and off-site secure DICOM storage vendor InSiteOne have formed a strategic partnership.

Teges integrates IBM's WebSphere multimodal software

IBM is providing Teges Corp. of Coral Gables, Fla. with its WebSphere software that enables doctors making their rounds to enter or access patient information using speech, a keyboard or handwriting via handheld, slate tablet PCs.

Around the web

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

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