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Hewlett-Packard scanner gains FDA okay
Ultrasound vendor Hewlett-Packard apparently has a new scannerwaiting in the wings. The Andover, MA, company gained Food andDrug Administration 510(k) clearance in August for a new diagnosticultrasound system. HP officials are not ready to make a
Ultrasound vendor Hewlett-Packard apparently has a new scannerwaiting in the wings. The Andover, MA, company gained Food andDrug Administration 510(k) clearance in August for a new diagnosticultrasound system. HP officials are not ready to make a publicintroduction of the scanner, however, and declined to providedetails about the system.
HP is the market leader in cardiac ultrasound and has operatedin the radiology market since 1993 through a joint R&D andmanufacturing agreement with Philips Medical Systems. The alliancedeveloped the Philips sonoDiagnost 800, a moderately priced colorflow system introduced in 1994 (SCAN 12/14/94).
HP's lead product in cardiology is Sonos 2500, which was introducedat the American Society of Echocardiography meeting in 1994 (SCAN6/29/94).
Assessing MACE Risk in Women: Can an Emerging Model with SPECT MPI Imaging Have an Impact?
December 9th 2024In research involving over 2,200 women who had SPECT MPI exams, researchers found that those who had a high score with the COronary Risk Score in WOmen (CORSWO) model had a greater than fourfold higher risk of major adverse coronary events (MACE).
