Archive for June, 2006

Medical Imaging – Emageon Signs New Agreement with MidMichigan Health

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Emageon Signs New Agreement with MidMichigan Health
dBusinessNews.com – We share a vision of a completely integrated medical imaging solution that will extend across MidMichigan Health’s entire enterprise. We believe MidMichigan Health is well prepared to take full advantage of our enterprise content management

IBM Boosts Blades With Cell Processor
TechWeb – Its multi-core architecture and high-speed communications capabilities deliver supercomputer capabilities for high performance workloads in digital media, medical imaging, defense, aerospace and communications. The Cell BE, developed with Sony and

Airline baggage gets boost
SignOn San Diego – Steve Hill of GE Security, which manufactures the machines, said the equipment uses computed tomography, the same technology used in medical imaging, to perform its analysis. During yesterday’s media tour, pieces of baggage pulled out of line all

Stealth radar system sees through trees, walls — undetected
PhysOrg – Eric K. Walton, senior research scientist in Ohio State’s ElectroScience Laboratory, said that with further development the technology could even be used for medical imaging. He explained why using random noise makes the radar system invisible

Link to us
Engineer Live – video over DSL phone lines, all the areas that TI is targeting. We expect to expand our architecture and software expertise into other markets that are very allied to the current one such as video surveillance, military systems and medical imaging

Angiography – Two Technologies Together Spot Clogged Vessels (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Two Technologies Together Spot Clogged Vessels (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
THURSDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) — Using two non-surgical scanning technologies together greatly improves doctors’ ability to spot clogged coronary arteries, a new study shows.
Stress perfusion and delayed-enhancement MRI accurate for CAD … – TheHeart.Org

Stress perfusion and delayed-enhancement MRI accurate for CAD
TheHeart.Org, NY - 6 hours ago
artery disease or those suspected of having coronary disease, according to the results of a new study [1]. Compared with coronary angiography, the combined MR

Mitral Valve Prolapse
WTNH.com – Combining a new cardiac MRI technique called “stress first-pass perfusion MRI” with another method, the “delayed contrast enhancement technique,” works better than the gold standard, invasive coronary angiography, according to a study in the July …
EPIX Pharmaceuticals Files Appeal With FDA Regarding Vasovist(TM) Approvable Letters; Company Remains Committed To (RedNova)
EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPIX), a developer of innovative pharmaceuticals for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which recently announced a definitive agreement to merge with Predix Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc., today announced that it has submitted a formal appeal to the U.S.
Stress perfusion and delayed-enhancement MRI accurate for CAD … – TheHeart.Org

Stress perfusion and delayed-enhancement MRI accurate for CAD
TheHeart.Org, NY - 6 hours ago
artery disease or those suspected of having coronary disease, according to the results of a new study [1]. Compared with coronary angiography, the combined MR

Mammography – United Community & Family Services listings

Friday, June 30th, 2006

United Community & Family Services listings
Norwich Bulletin – Women without insurance (ages 19-64) may receive free physical, pap smear and mammography. Appointments and information: 892-7042, Ext. 731. Pediatric Program. Comprehensive well child care and care when your child is ill. Services include

Auxiliary “ambassadors” honored at luncheon
Boothbay Register – With its motto, “We Care, We Share, We find time to Spare,” you can understand how this organization has provided such necessary costly items as: a mammography machine, Oxygen Concentrator, Telemetry unit, Emergency Room and Oncology unit, to name a

ART Submits Licence Application To Health Canada To Begin
WebWire – ART is seeking regulatory approval of SoftScan as an adjunct to X-ray mammography. It uses a non-invasive and pain-free approach based on time-domain optical imaging technology which will enable the characterization of breast tumours by clinicians

Larger displays for all-day viewing Larger displays for all-day
Engineer Live – Mammography, for example, is considered one of the most difficult radiographic examinations to interpret and confirm in terms of detection and diagnosis. The complexity of breast x-ray images makes it difficult to discern abnormal features because of

Smokers find refuge in secret nicotine dens
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Despite all the promises- and lies- from the health nazi’s, the smoking ban is slowly strangling small businesses. It is just like the old guy in the article who went out on the patio- never been there before, probably never will be there again, but

Philips Medical – Tomorrow’s hospital moves to homes

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Tomorrow’s hospital moves to homes
Nation – Thailand – Patients’ lives will now be easier with more effective diagnosis and treatment wherever they are – in the hospital or back home recuperating – as a result of work by giant medical equipment and system supplier Philips Medical System, a division of

Philips Medical Systems opens Singapore Learning Centre
Manila Bulleting Online – SINGAPORE An education facility to train healthcare professionals on how to operate sophisticated and technologically advanced diagnostics equipment has reinforced the commitment of Philips Medical Systems to the development of healthcare in Asia

Cisco, Philips, Emergin Partner On Patient Monitoring App
TechWeb – Cisco Systems Inc., Philips Medical Systems, and Emergin Inc. have partnered to rollout Cisco Clinical Connection Suite Patient Monitoring application, the companies said in a joint statement. The Cisco Clinical Connection Suite Patient Monitoring

Rx for patching mired in red tape
Network World Fusion – Many IT administrators say the biggest medical-device manufacturers – GE Healthcare, Philips Medical Systems and Siemens Medical Solutions – haven’t decided on the patch-management process on equipment over which they demand

Philips announces U.S. commercial launch of Motiva a TV-based
WebWire – Motiva gives patients a friendly and familiar way to connect everyday with their healthcare organizations the home television, said Jay Mazelsky, vice president and general manager, for Philips Medical Systems. Nearly everyone has a TV and

Ramco Systems
ManagingAutomation.com – owing to reduced total cost of ownership, sustained fit, enhanced agility and reduced risk. Ramco has over 1000 client locations worldwide including Cisco, Preferred Meal Systems, Petroleum Helicopters, Ericsson, Hyundai, MJB Wood, Philips Medical

MRI – San Diego vs. Oakland

Friday, June 30th, 2006

San Diego vs. Oakland
CBS Sportsline – Peavy, who also went eight innings in his previous outing, had a precautionary MRI on his right shoulder Saturday that showed no problems. “We’re very pleased with what the MRI showed,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “It looks like Jake is getting over the

Board vote lays waste to compost facility plan
Oakland Tribune – The board also voted to hold a closed-door session with lawyers to review how to wiggle out of obligations with MRI, the private company that was to oversee operations at Sunol. Mayor Shelia Young of San Leandro said MRI no doubt invested money in

6-5 freshman limited by stress fracture in foot
Waterbury Republican-American – While an MRI test showed there is no longer a stress fracture, she does still experience a little irritation and pain. Phillips opted to decline an invitation to USA Basketball’s U-18 Trials and she hasn’t played games with her new teammates yet. “I

Analogic CEO to Testify Before Congress Today on Financing &
MSN MoneyCentral – The Company is recognized worldwide for advancing the state of the art in Computed Tomography (CT), Digital Radiography (DR), Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and Patient Monitoring. Contact Information: Analogic Corporation Paul M

Definition of Anovulation
HealthScout – It may necessitate use of ultrasound, MRI, CAT scan , and even laparoscopy. Treatment of Anovulation Most fertility drugs are, in fact, medications to induce ovulation. For many infertile women with anovulation , treatment with one or another of these

Angiography – Thin-Slice CT Comparable to Angiography in Detecting In-Stent

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Thin-Slice CT Comparable to Angiography in Detecting In-Stent
Medscape News – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 21 – Sixteen-slice multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is “highly accurate” in the detection of in-stent restenoses and can be more accurate than coronary angiography in some cases, Japanese researchers report. Dr

Liberals hiding real story on wait times
Brampton Guardian – For angiography the median wait time is 14 days so the 90th percentile wait time should be 28 days but it is really 39 days, or 11 days beyond the benchmark. For angioplasty the median wait time was five days benchmarking the 90th percentile wait

Multidetector-Row CT Noninvasively Measures Coronary Artery Diameters
Medscape News – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 27 – Multidetector-row CT (MDCT) measurements of proximal coronary artery diameters correlate well with those obtained by angiography and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), according to a report in the June issue of the

New Manufacturing Facility Will Require Hiring of 100 Employees
KRNV – MEDRAD’s disposable products consist primarily of high-pressure, large- volume syringes and injection systems, including specialty tubing, used to inject contrast agents as part of computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) and angiography

Newest CT technology now in Woodward
Woodward News – New advanced testing that the system can now provide include coronary artery calcium scoring, CT angiography, low-dose lung cancer screening, orthopedic evaluations and stroke evaluations. One of the most important things we re trying to do is

OSI Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer Announce Phase IV Macugen(R)(pegaptanib
Forbes – enrollment baseline vision (treatment initiation baseline); the mean change of visual acuity from baseline to Week 54; the percentage of subjects losing less than three lines of vision at 54 weeks; and anatomical outcomes on fluorescein angiography