Barco, a supplier of diagnostic systems, presented its MDSC line of network-ready surgical displays.

Millar Inc. and CD Leycom announced the appointment of Millar as the exclusive U.S. distributor of CD Leycom’s clinical Inca in pressure-volume (PV) loop system and disposable clinical PV loop catheters.


A 320-detector computed tomography (CT) scanner that shows both anatomy within coronary arteries and blood flow can accurately sort out which people need an invasive procedure to identify coronary blockages, according to an international study.


GE Healthcare announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to manufacture Optison (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres Injectable Suspension, USP) in-house. Optison is a contrast agent that may improve the visualization of the left ventricular border ? an area of the heart that is critical to see in order to assess and diagnose certain heart diseases. As a result of the FDA’s action, GE Healthcare will provide a supply of Optison to the U.S. and European markets from its manufacturing facility in Oslo, Norway, becoming the only contrast media manufacturer to supply its own stock to the United States.


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning healthcare professionals of the rare but serious risk of heart attack and death with use of the cardiac nuclear stress test agents Lexiscan (regadenoson) and Adenoscan (adenosine).


Exponential growth in vendor neutral archive (VNA) study volumes is forecast to drive strong demand for VNA solutions in the next five years, according to a report titled “Medical Enterprise Data Storage — World — 2013” from IHS, a global source of critical information and insight.


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