Prototype could improve efficiency and precisionAugmented reality image guidance is how Siemens executives describe a prototype that enables in situ visualization. The technology features a head-mounted display that allows surgeons

Studies should see dramatic increase by 2005Patient tables might seem too ordinary, too basic to play an important role in the future of MR. But tables, and how they are used, may shape the acquisition of vascular studies.At the

Siemens and Philips target late 2003 for commercializationHigh-field open MR scanners are technological phantoms, existing in spirit but not in substance. While GE Medical Systems and Hitachi are in production with systems they

Duke University Medical Center has purchased two Sonata MR systems from Siemens Medical Solutions. The two scanners will be dedicated to cardiac MR. Research will focus on myocardial viability imaging. The ultimate goal is to define how MR viability

Monitor technologies provide new focusQuest International is seeking a fresh beginning in the world of medical display monitors. Established some 20 years ago in Irvine, CA, as a medical monitor repair facility, Quest is hoping to

Even Oprah can't guarantee sustained demandPumped up by publicity from Oprah Winfrey's television talk show over a year ago, whole-body CT screening experienced a burst of business activity and demand by customers willing to

Web-based PACS provider Amicas will provide Metropolitan Diagnostic Management with an enterprise-wide medical image management system. Metropolitan, a provider of medical imaging services, has four sites in the New York City area, one each in Manhattan,

The first installation of Siemens' Care Bolus software package has been completed on a 0.2T Concerto system at the Wide Open MRI clinic in Hagerstown, MD. The software, which is designed specifically for Siemens' open MR systems, allows clinicians to

Cardiovascular" may no longer be part of the Society of Interventional Radiology's name, but vascular access remains a crucial element of the latest research presented at the society's annual meeting in Baltimore in April. Stent design, embolization therapies, and gene delivery topped the clinical agenda even as the society launched ambitious efforts to reinvent its image.

Rising demand for scanners that combine PET and CT has allowed GE Medical Systems to site 55 Discovery LS units in the first seven months of its commercial availability, according to the company. Florida Hospital became the latest institution to install

Siemens and GE have each achieved milestones in IT, landing key customers for their integrated RIS/PACS products. Bethesda Healthcare System in Boynton Beach, FL, became the first healthcare provider to implement Siemens' RIS/PACS combination. The

Siemens and Philips debate significance of GE subsystemThe annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine is an unlikely location for either groundbreaking announcements or controversy. Vendors

Second Look, a computer-aided detection system for mammography developed by CADx Medical Systems, has cleared another regulatory hurdle. The FDA cleared a system upgrade for the export of digitized images and CAD results to a PACS or archive using a

Chinese firm provides needed local connectionIn five years, China could become the third or even the second largest market for MR scanners, according to a top executive at Siemens Medical Solutions. The German vendor of imaging

By Greg Freiherr, Editor, gfreiherr@cmp.comPoliticians sometimes twist words. I think they don't want to lie, but telling the truth doesn't quite make it. So they invent

Toronto-based Cedara Software has released the latest version of I-SoftView, integrating its proprietary form of 3D volume rendering, also known as Point and Click classification, into a PACS workstation. The implementation enables quick, automated

Tim Chaney has taken the helm of the ultrasound division at Toshiba America Medical Systems. As Toshiba vice president, Chaney will manage the ultrasound field sales organization, the alternate distribution sales channels, and its profit and loss

Asian manufacturers clear MR and CT scannersThe FDA in April cleared 23 radiological devices, slightly under par for the same month in previous years (24 in 2000 and 26 last year) but a welcome uptick from March, which sank to 17.

MR manufacturers agree that clinical sites considering the purchase of a high-performance scanner are now seriously examining 3T systems alongside 1.5T scanners--and choosing 3T, if their budgets permit. With that realization, Siemens Medical Solutions

The seeds of PACS have been scattered widely in radiology. The sprouting popularity of Society for Computer Applications in Radiology meetings is one indication of how deeply the roots have reached.