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PACS market expected to double in four years
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The PACS market will continue to expand in North America and Europe, according to a report by market analyst Datamonitor. The firm predicts the PACS market in Europe and North America will reach $8.6 billion by 2011, almost doubling its estimated $4.9 billion value today.
May 3, 2007
Hansen ships Sensei catheter in Europe
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Robotic technology developer Hansen Medical of Mountain View, CA, has begun shipments in Europe of its Sensei robotic catheter system.
May 2, 2007
HHS to join EHR terminology bid
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that it will participate in a new international effort to encourage faster adoption of standard clinical terminology for electronic health records (EHRs).
April 26, 2007
ContextVision releases GOPView for digital x-ray
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish image enhancement developer ContextVision has released GOPView XR2-ADi, new software for enhancing digital x-ray images.
April 17, 2007
NHS computer project needs urgent review: MPs
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters), Apr 18 - A troubled and costly upgrade of National Health Service (NHS) computers is at risk of failure and should be urgently reviewed at the highest level, an influential committee of U.K. legislators said on Tuesday. The $23.9 billion National Programme for IT is already more than two years behind schedule, the Commons Public Accounts Committee noted in a report.
April 17, 2007
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Optimized barium, easier prep improve VC experience
By Eric Barnes
Some see virtual colonoscopy combined with a gentler bowel prep as an important way to get patients to undergo colon cancer screening. And unlike conventional colonoscopy, VC is in a position to make things easier for the patient. Studies are experimenting with gentler regimens that produce less discomfort and mark the residual stool. Recently, researchers tried to find the optimal formula for reduced-prep VC.
April 17, 2007
Capsule endoscopy readily spots obscure GI bleeding
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 16 - Capsule endoscopy is more effective than CT or standard angiography for the diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, Spanish researchers report in the April issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
April 15, 2007
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Multivendor digital mammo project makes mark in Germany
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Digital mammography is often deployed in a heterogeneous IT environment with different developers' RIS, PACS, and archive products interacting with the modality, presenting a host of integration concerns. A group of information systems administrators in Germany recently faced the challenge of bringing CR mammography online and discovered that successfully assimilating the modality into the enterprise is not just an issue of interfacing the technology.
April 15, 2007
Agfa, Free University of Brussels partner
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Mortsel, Belgium-based Agfa HealthCare and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels) have signed a long-term agreement to advance current research surrounding hospital IT and imaging technology.
April 10, 2007
Norwegian teleradiology project overcomes technical, political hurdles
Steering information from disparate RIS and PACS products throughout an enterprise has historically presented a challenge for IT system administrators: it can be done, it just hasn't been easy. One country that has tackled the challenge is Norway. In 2003, the regional health authority of western Norway initiated a teleradiology project to improve the retrieval of radiology exams across the entire region. In the process, both management and technology hurdles were overcome.
April 10, 2007
DeJarnette to open London office
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
DeJarnette Research Systems said it will be expanding its business operations to the European market.
April 10, 2007
Sectra to distribute iCAD
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer iCAD of Nashua, NH, said that it has signed a distribution agreement with healthcare technology developer Sectra of Linkoping, Sweden.
April 9, 2007
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