Konica Minolta Inc. announced that it has developed the SPFS Immunoassay System, capable of highly sensitive measurements based on the fluorescent antibody technique. A prototype will be on reference exhibit at MEDICA 2015, the world’s largest international medical equipment fair in Dusseldorf, Germany, Nov. 16-19, 2015.

Today, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allows more gentle, precise and cost-effective heart disease diagnosis. However, the method has limitations when examining children and patients with cardiac arrhythmia. A joint project of the Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing MEVIS and the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry promises a solution for these limitations. Experts were able to accelerate the image acquisition process and expand the method’s applicability.


There is a growing need to exchange and share imaging studies with outside entities. Hospitals that have foregone the traditional merger and acquisition route to become affiliates, for example, have a need to share both individual patient and population health data, though their modalities for exchange and viewing may be very different. Patient transfers between facilities, specialty and professional consultations and even telehealth opportunities have created a new way of thinking about the delivery of images between two related, yet independent points of care.

Merit Medical Systems Inc. and its ThinkRadial education program now offers a new vascular training model at events throughout the world.

Kopp Development Inc. announced the release of the new accessory for their latest magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) entryway system, FerrAlert Ferromagnetic Incident Log Manager (FILM). This logging device was designed specifically with The New Joint Commission standards in mind. In addition, it is a great tool to assist with internal root cause analyses, according to the company.

Philips announced its collaboration with UCHealth, an integrated delivery network of five hospitals in Colorado and more than 100 ambulatory locations across three states, to consolidate and standardize UCHealth’s electronic health records (EHR), voice recognition systems and PACS onto specialized platforms for radiology and cardiology.

GE Healthcare’s Molecular Imaging business will showcase the Discovery IQ positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) platform at this year’s Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting, delivering both outstanding image quality and intelligent quantitation.

endoscopic vein-graft harvesting

We are approaching 20 years since the introduction of endoscopic vein-graft harvesting (EVH) as a method of vessel harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), and two decades and more than 2 million procedures have justified EVH as the standard of care. Patients experience faster recoveries, better clinical outcomes and enhanced satisfaction. This is a review of the benefits and ongoing advances in the technology.

Endoscopic Vein-graft Harvesting
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