Boosted into space March 8, the modified HDI 5000 built by ATL Ultrasound now waits for a crew capable of running it. Budget cuts have reduced the size of the crew of the International Space Station (ISS), sidelining research with the space-faring More »
Radiologists reluctant to use the Internet to transmit digital images for fear of losing image quality or violating patient confidentiality can take heart from a Cleveland Clinic study.
The paper, presented at the November RSNA meeting, concluded that More »
Despite the technology and capital invested in the International Space Station, the crew has to contend with some of the same problems as citizens of far-flung areas on earth. Healthcare is limited and sophisticated diagnostic imaging is not available. More »
MRI providers seeking to accredit their facilities will soon have an option other than the American College of Radiology to provide that accreditation. Industry played an important part in developing this choice.The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission More »
By Robert BruceMedison claims to have the fastest 3-D ultrasound rendering. If true, the Korea-based company may take the place of Acuson and Agilent as the most influential stand-alone ultrasound company.The company's new product, the Voluson 730 (SCAN, More »
The first dedicated MRI high-field extremity scanner has been cleared by the FDA. The system, called OrthOne, runs at 1 tesla yet can be sited in a 10 x 10-ft. room.Developed by ONI, a privately held, three-year-old company based in North Andover, MA, More »
The Medison SonoAce 9900 is a fully digital Windows NT 2000-based ultrasound system with multispecialty applications in general imaging, ob/gyn, perinatology, cardiology, vascular, small parts, musculoskeletal, and urology. Medison of Cypress, CA, More »
Ultrasound device manufacturers consistently seek to reduce artifacts that compromise image quality, as well as to develop smaller, less expensive devices. A private Rockville, MD-based firm, Imperium, hopes to enter the market with a product it believes More »
Rather than consolidate, as industries often do under economic pressure, the industry that makes bone densitometry equipment is expanding in a few ways. Two companies, Pronosco and Sunlight Ultrasound Technologies, exhibited bone density products for the More »
Siemens Medical Systems’ Ultrasound Group filled a gap in its Sonoline ultrasound family with the 1999 RSNA introduction of Omnia, a high-end multispecialty imaging system. Omnia, which includes several advanced technology features found on More »
