In a previous article ("It won't be long before you will not be able to live without a PDA," Sept. 2001, page 23), we discussed the myriad applications of PDAs in medicine, with a specific focus on radiology. While PDAs offer radiologists a portability More »
As we prepare to celebrate our 10th year anniversary with PACS and filmless operation at the Baltimore VA Medical Center, we look back on our trip from film-based to filmless imaging and try to predict where we and the medical imaging community will be More »
Execs seek partnerships and M&A opportunitiesSince its first commercial use in the late 1980s, 3D reconstruction has been a solution without a problem. Finally, advanced postprocessing algorithms are addressing real clinical needs, More »
Efforts intensify to increase access to 3DVoxar is determined to become a dominant power in 3D, as a provider of both stand-alone tools and PACS software. It plans to achieve this through the development of products that run on More »
The latest iteration of Vitrea 2, Vital Images' 3D visualization and analysis software for CT and MR, is out. The company has begun shipping the new software to initial customers and installed Vitrea 2 sites. Version 3.1 offers advances in CT More »
Regulatory hurdles are behind the three major CT vendors, and the industry is moving nearly in lockstep to produce a commercial 16-slice capability in the coming months. The More »
FDA clearances rebounded sharply in August, tying the year-high number of 29 reached six months earlier. The sharp increase contrasted starkly with two months of very low numbers—20 in June and 21 in July. The reason for those poor showings may More »
