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Kuwait hospital implements new Cardiac MRI technique

added 2012-02-18

Dar Al Shifa Hospital in Kuwait has implemented a cardiac MRI to diagnose and assess cardiac diseases and conditions….

Agfa HealthCare at ECR 2012

added 2012-02-18

Agfa HealthCare announces that at ECR 2012 it will demonstrate how its products and portfolios create complete and integrated solutions to meet the specific needs of healthcare facilities at the departmental, hospital and regional levels, regardless of size, workflow design or budgetary considerations.

Agfa HealthCare will give visitors the opportunity to experience anywhere/anytime patient

Michigan hospital deploys Toshiba’s new ultrasound system

added 2012-02-10

Spectrum Health in Michigan, US, has deployed the first Aplio 500 ultrasound system from Toshiba America Medical Systems.

The Aplio 500 will feature workflow automation tools, advanced visualisation capabilities, and Fly Thru and Smart Fusion technologies.

Fly Thru will leverage 4D ultrasound to diagnose the interiors of ducts and vessels for better exploration of lesions and

Capital Health deploys new molecular breast imaging device

added 2012-02-03

US-based medical network Capital Health has deployed GE Healthcare’s Discovery NM 750b, a specialised breast scanner that enables advanced functional imaging of breast cancer, at its New Jersey Hopewell medical centre….

NICE approves new generation CT scanners

added 2012-01-29

Four new generation cardiac computed tomography (CT) scanners can now be used by the NHS to help diagnose and manage patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who are difficult to image, says NICE.

CT scanners are used to evaluate the function of the heart, its arteries and the degree of calcium build

Arizona medical centre installs Toshiba breast imaging solution

added 2012-01-26

Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, has deployed the Vantage Titan 1.5T MR system from Toshiba America Medical Systems.

The solution is expected to help the medical centre image patients from the Laura Dreier Breast Center during screening and surgical planning.

Banner Good Samaritan director of medical imaging Kathy Altergott said that Vantage Titan is helping

Philips and VU University Medical Center Amsterdam Sign Agreement for PET/MR Scanner

added 2011-12-23

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam (the Netherlands) have signed an agreement to install one of Philips’ highly innovative Ingenuity TF PET/MR (Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance) scanners at the center. This advanced imaging modality will help researchers at the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam to

Hoag Memorial Hospital opens new operating suite in California

added 2011-12-17

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in California, US, has opened an advanced cardiac operating suite….

Agfa HealthCare’s ORBIS Solution Replaces Existing HIS/CIS at Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe

added 2011-12-15

Agfa HealthCare announced that its ORBIS solution will replace the existing HIS/CIS (Hospital Information System/Clinical Information System) in the Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Germany. The 1500-bed hospital is a German ‘maximum-care hospital’, with 22 medical departments and four institutes providing care to 57,000 in-patients and 161,000 out-patients every year. Städtisches Klinikum

FDA clears Philips’ whole-body PET/MR imaging system

added 2011-12-02

Royal Philips Electronics’ whole body PET/MR imaging system, the Ingenuity TF PET/MR, has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)….