Technology

Biograph mCT 20 Excel Offers Affordable, High-Quality PET/CT
The Biograph mCT 20 Excel addition to the Biograph family of PET/CT imagers offers good hybrid imaging performance at a lower cost. Designed to ensure that PET/CT imaging is available to medical i...
Myocardial Ischemia Biomarker H-FABP Used to Diagnose Acute Coronary Syndrome
Randox Laboratories' automated laboratory assay for heart-type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) is designed to improve the diagnosis and management of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrom...
Withings App Connects Blood Pressure Monitor to iOS Devices
French technology company Withings announced the U.S. availability of its blood pressure monitor (BPM) for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch....
Boston Scientific Launches Mustang PTA Balloon Catheter Worldwide
Boston Scientific Corporation announced the global launch of its Mustang PTA balloon catheter, a highly deliverable 0.035-inch percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) catheter designed for a wide ...
GE Healthcare Introduces Discovery NM630 SPECT system
The new GE Healthcare Discovery NM630 single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is engineered to help accommodate more patients than previous generation GE nuclear medicine systems....
Boston Scientific's Innova Self-Expanding Stent System Recalled
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FDA Clears Endologix Low-Profile Stent Graft
The Endologix AFX Endovascular AAA System is for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA)....
Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Receives 510(k) Clearance for Pathfast Cardiac Troponin I Test in U.S.
The Pathfast cTnI-II (cardiac troponin I) test from Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corporation was granted 510(k) premarketing notification clearance by the U.S....
Cordis Discontinues Cypher Stent, Halts Development of Nevo Stent
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis International announced in June 2011 it will cease production of the Cypher sirolimus-eluting stent, the first drug-eluting stent (DES) by the end of 2011....
Terumo Coronary Ostia Cannula
Terumo Recalls, Discontinues Coronary Ostia Cannula Line
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp. issued a class I recall for its Coronary Ostia Cannula 10 (25 cm) long....
Maquet Datascope CS300 Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
Maquet Datascope Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps Recalled
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Maquet Datascope Corp....
ASE, lifeIMAGE partner to bring image sharing service to members
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and lifeIMAGE announced a partnership that will give ASE members the ability to exchange medical images and data with anyone, anywhere....
AngioViz uses peak time and density with color as time, and peak density as brig
Angiography Application Creates a New Vision of Blood Flow
AngioViz is a GE Healthcare application that gives doctors a new visualization of vascular flow on a single image to help them make important decisions during complex interventional radiology procedur...
Multi-Tracer Platform Expands Cassette-Based Tracer Production to FDG Formulation
Expanding upon its radiopharmacy platform, GE Healthcare is introducing new tracers to the FASTlab multi-tracer platform, an advanced positron emission tomography (PET) chemistry system on which the c...
First Combined PET/MR System Enters U.S. Market
The Biograph mMR is the first system worldwide to enable simultaneous whole-body acquisition of data from magnetic resonance (MR) and positron emission tomography (PET). While MR provides exquisite...
Philips Releases Economical Time-of-Flight PET/CT system
Philips Healthcare's TruFlight Select is the first economical positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) system equipped with time-of-flight (TOF) technology....
Web-Based Calibration Offered for Displays
The X-Cal Web Calibration Suite allows both complete front DICOM calibration and quality assurance (QA) of DBI liquid crystal displays (LCDs) as well as the ability to track and manage calibrations fo...
New Self-Calibrating LCD Line Shown at SIIM
June 8, 2011 - Double Black Imaging (DBI) released its X-Series of self-calibrating LCDs at the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2011 meeting.
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CoActiv Debuts Cloud-Based Zero-Footprint Exam-Browser
CoActiv introduced Exam-Browser, a cloud-based, zero-footprint, universal clinical viewer that enables anywhere, anytime review of medical images and reports....
MIM's Medical Imaging App for Patients, VueMe, Available on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch
MIM Software Inc. released the VueMe App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch and it is available on the App Store....
MIM Software Inc. Releases MIMcloud 2.0
MIM Software's MIMcloud 2.0 worldwide provides an easy, convenient and secure way for physicians and patients to transfer images....
Intelerad Multi-Method Reporting Features Embedded Voice Recognition, Structured Report Templates
Intelerad Medical Systems announced the availability of its Multi-Method Reporting module along with the new IntelePACS 4.3 release, which provides radiologists access to voice recognition in their re...
AngioDynamics Launches VenaCure 1470nm Laser for Treatment of Varicose Veins
June 6, 2011 – AngioDynamics has expanded its VenaCure EVLT System product offering with the global launch of the new VenaCure 1470nm laser to treat varicose veins with greater energy efficiency.
Novarad, Flexible Informatics Offer Comprehensive Cardiology PACS
A fully integrated cardiac picture archiving and communications system (CPACS) image and information management system is offered with NovaCardio....
FDA grants Maquet Cardiovascular 510(k) clearance for its CardioRoot aortic graft
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Maquet Cardiovascular 510(k) clearance to market its CardioRoot aortic graft in the United States....
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