December 14, 2011 — A new survey reveals many cardiologists believe angioplasty for hospital heart patients should be allowed even if no heart surgeon is present to perform emergency surgery if needed. The survey, conducted by U.S. News & World Report and theheart.org showed two-thirds of respondents agreed with this change to the current rules.

December 14, 2011 — Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC) has begun enrollment for a new program, Care Beyond Walls and Wires, an initiative extending patient care beyond the walls of the hospital or physician's office. In collaboration with Qualcomm Inc., and its Wireless Reach initiative — along with Zephyr Technology, Verizon Wireless, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — the program uses advanced 3G wireless technology and health-monitoring devices to enhance patient care for congestive heart failure (CHF) or other related conditions.

December 14, 2011 — The results of the COMPASS (Coronary Obstruction Detection by Molecular Personalized Gene Expression) trial were presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2011 conference in Orlando, Fla. This prospective, blinded multi-center study was designed to provide a third independent validation of the Corus CAD blood-based gene expression test.

December 13, 2011 — Royal Philips Electronics announced that iDose, the latest generation of its iterative reconstruction technique, has nearly 500 sales.

December 13, 2011 — Siemens announced its computed tomography (CT) iterative reconstruction algorithm SAFIRE – Sinogram Affirmed Iterative Reconstruction – has been cleared for domestic sale by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This new generation of image reconstruction software and hardware allows for a robust reduction of radiation dose in CT examinations.

December 13, 2011 — Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. has introduced DICOM Radiation Dose Structured Report on all new Infinix-i vascular X-ray systems. The new feature automatically records radiation dose information from every X-ray event, from beginning to end, based on each pedal push administered by the clinician.

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