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NoemaLife buys Ferrania LifeWeb business
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Italian-German healthcare software provider NoemaLife has acquired the LifeWeb PACS and RIS business of medical imaging device and software developer Ferrania Imaging Technologies.
August 6, 2008
PACS data-mining tool analyzes CR retake rates
By Brian Casey
Researchers from Spain have developed software that analyzes PACS data to automatically perform quality control analysis of retake rates of computed radiography studies. They believe their QC tool could make it easier for imaging facilities to reduce retakes and improve the overall quality of service.
August 4, 2008
Image tools cut false positives in unprepped VC
By Eric Barnes
Aiming to optimize the results of prepless vitual colonoscopy, researchers have developed a pair of tools to process unprepped CT data and make it easier to read. According to the results of a pilot study, the methods reduced false positives by as much as one-third.
August 3, 2008
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Gestix device gives brain surgeons a hand in the OR
By Cynthia E. Keen
How could the amount of operating room time scheduled for complex brain surgery some day be dramatically reduced? With a wave of the hand -- more specifically, through a graphical user interface that responds to hand motions rather than keyboard or mouse commands.
July 30, 2008
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Dexela launches breast imaging workstation, names chairman
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Breast imaging developer Dexela has begun commercial shipments of its DexTop breast imaging workstation.
July 30, 2008
Italian colon study to use CAD as primary reader
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A province in Italy is launching a new research project to screen residents for colon cancer using virtual colonoscopy and computer-aided detection software as a primary reader.
July 28, 2008
FOBT-screened cohort yields too many positives for VC
By Eric Barnes
Virtual colonoscopy (VC) seems a promising way to sort through patients with a positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT), considering the latter's demonstrated low sensitivity and high false-positive rate. But in a screening cohort from the Netherlands, polyps and cancer were so common in FOBT patients that VC hardly seemed worth it.
July 27, 2008
Sectra debuts RIS/PACS software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra is introducing an integrated RIS/PACS software suite at the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) annual meeting in Denver.
July 27, 2008
Agfa taps new VP for IT
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has appointed a new executive vice president for IT, the company reported.
July 22, 2008
Barco receives Dutch display order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Image display and advanced visualization firm Barco has received an order for its Coronis Fusion 6MP DL 6-megapixel diagnostic display system.
July 22, 2008
Philips Speech adds Finnish language support
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Speech Recognition Systems and its Finnish distributor Oy Konttorityö have released the SpeechMagic Executive Advanced speech recognition system for the Finnish market.
July 15, 2008
Higher VC laxative dose burdens patients, doesn't improve reads
By Eric Barnes
Researchers from the Netherlands report that higher levels of catharsis conferred neither better image quality nor improvement of tagging characteristics on image data, compared to images from subjects given lower laxative doses.
July 15, 2008
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