Recliner soothes patients, promotes image qualityProgress is usually associated with high technology. Smaller, faster, cheaper ways to capture and convey data have paved the way to the digital age of modern computing and video

Major systems appear in all modalities but CTThe imaging industry's good fortunes at the FDA continued to accrue in August, as the watchdog agency cleared 32 devices for marketing in the U.S.-two more than the month before. The

Siemens Medical Solutions introduced the Axiom Artis dBC, a biplane cardiac and angiography system at the Pediatric Interventional Cardiac Symposium in Orlando, Sept. 22 to 24. The Artis dBC is equipped with a digital flat-panel detector in each of two

Dr. Duncan is a radiologist with the Unitas Interventional Unit in Lyttelton, Centurion, South Africa. He can be reached at .Interventional radiology (IR) is not a formally recognized subspecialty in South Africa. Other than the basic training

For those struggling with what sort of monitor to use when distributing medical images throughout the enterprise, consumer-grade LCD monitors may provide the solution. The PACS vendor usually offers little guidance on hardware and monitor configuration

Early look at August indicates continuing trendThe radiology industry is riding a wave of good news from the FDA. The number of devices receiving clearance for marketing in the U.S. shot up to 30 in July, and a preliminary look at

Enhancements star at TCT show in Washington, DCPhilips Medical Systems unveiled three technologies at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) trade show that promise to improve workflow, image quality, and safety when

Short-bore magnet reflects firm's orientation toward patientsOne window of opportunity closed in MR, but another is opening, as Toshiba America Medical Systems prepares to make good on plans to enter the compact high-field market.

OEMs tackle void created by DVI insolvencyWhen healthcare financing firm DVI filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company left a number of lingering questions and a spate of big-name medical imaging manufacturers apparently in the

Web-based image distribution is a popular choice among hospitals trying to extend PACS access beyond the radiology department. And the expense of equipping every department with sufficient PCs for hospital-wide viewing need not be prohibitive, according

With the introduction by several PACS vendors of active matrix crystal display (AMLCD)-based monitors, concern has risen over their increasing use in primary diagnoses."The characteristics of AMLCD monitors, especially contrast sensitivity, are not

Abbott Northwestern Hospital has signed a 10-year strategic alliance with Siemens Medical Solutions to collaborate in cardiac R&D activities at the 128-bed heart hospital, which will open in February 2005.The alliance will focus on cardiovascular

As baby boomers survive heart conditions and malignant tumors, and limp into old age with fragile bones and creaky joints, musculoskeletal radiologists can expect a major increase in workload.Radiology researchers should invest in understanding

MALVERN, Pa., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Reduced medical errors, improved clinical efficiency, and increased clinician and patient satisfaction helped Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) become the only winner of the 2003

Computed radiography has been around for two decades, but it is far from obsolete. CR has stayed current by evolving new technologies and expanding into new clinical applications. But the factor that makes CR competitive with digital radiography involves

Siemens has begun selling medical imaging systems from Kodak's Health Imaging Group as part of a new three-year global agreement. The deal expands previous regional agreements between the two companies. The OEM agreement allows Siemens to sell CR and

GE Medical Systems has agreed to distribute a preclinical optical molecular imaging system made by Advanced Research Technologies. The deal grants GE exclusive worldwide rights to distribute the system, called SAMITM, which is designed for use in the R&D

CTI quarterly results show shrinking marginsIncreasing price competition by major competitors is shrinking margins for PET and PET/CT scanners at CTI Molecular Imaging, which sells the scanners directly and through Siemens and

Philips launched a new CT simulation workstation at the 2003 annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine held Aug. 10 to 14 in San Diego. The AcQSim3 combines simulation features of the AcQSim workstation with Philips' radiation

Flat to slightly higher revenues loom next quarterHologic continued to plug away in its fiscal third quarter, achieving respectable gains in revenue and more than respectable profits, thanks in large part to cost cutting. Overall,