Philips Ingenia 1.5 T and 3.0 T MR will get a spotlight in the Philips booth at RSNA 2011. Touted as the first ever digital broadband MR, the devices received FDA clearance in April 2011 and started shipping commercially in July.
Scott Smith, director of project management, CT, Philips Healthcare, describes low-dose CT as nearly a given in the marketplace now. Whats more important is maintaining the speed and quality of the image while using iterative reconstruction to keep the dose low.
Given concerns about radiation dose and a call for more comfortable machines, officials at Philips saw an opportunity for a new product in the North American mammography market. Last week Philips introduced their MicroDose Mammography system, which officials said provides a lower dose, less stressful scan.
At the 2011 RSNA Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago last month, the PACS industry seemed to have quit the era of out-of-tune marketing communications cold turkey. The collective marketing message perhaps lacked the energy of years past, but the different voices were certainly more in harmony around PACS 2.0
Given concerns about radiation dose and a call for more comfortable machines, officials at Philips saw an opportunity for a new product in the North American mammography market. Last week Philips... More »
Royal Philips Electronics will start rolling out simplified medical imaging support and service agreements in North America on Tuesday, July 5 ,the company has announced. More »
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Remote radiography and fluoroscopy systems traditionally have appealed more to Europeans than to practitioners in the U.S. But Philips is betting the time—and design of its new Juno DRF—are right to... More »
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Philips’ new xMatrix brings real-time volumetric scanning to radiology as part of the company’s latest version of the iU22 ultrasound scanner. First built into Philips’ echocardiography systems five... More »
Philips is adding to its portfolio a new line of CT scanners and a new line of PET/CTs based on dose-saving technologies. Ingenuity CT will displace Philips’ Brilliance line of CTs in configurations... More »
Philips introduced at the 2010 RSNA two work-in-progress MRI scanners, the Ingenia 1.5T and 3.0. A key feature, according to Stephen O. Mitchell, Philips senior director for MR, is direct signal... More »
Increasing demand for imaging systems sparked a 7% jump in orders for healthcare equipment at Philips in the third quarter. Much of the gain came from customers in North America, where orders grew by... More »
Royal Philips Electronics announced it has acquired Shanghai Apex Electronics Technology, a leading Chinese manufacturer of ultrasound transducers, key determinants of image quality for ultrasound... More »
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Scott Smith, director of project management, CT, Philips... 