Dubai hospital gets Philips iSite PACS
Tawam Hospital in Dubai, part of the United Arad Emirates, has celebrated the ‘go-live’ of Philips’ iSite Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS). The solution integrates with the hospital’s Cerner HIS/RIS, creating a paperless, filmless workflow for patients and care providers. In addition to being installed at the main hospital site, the iSite PACS also […]
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Database to record sudden cardiac death
A database has been launched to record cases of sudden cardiac death, so doctors can better understand when and why it occurs. The database was developed by pathologists and cardiologists, but funded by the Department of Health. It will allow pathologists to record cases referred to them by coroners. Professor Roger Boyle, national director for […]
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Philips and King’s College to collaborate
Philips and King’s College London have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on research into heart disease over the next five years.
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European prize awarded for 3D patient modeling
A scientific pioneer in computational medical image analysis was this week awarded one of the largest international prizes in science, the Royal Society and Académie des Sciences Microsoft Award.
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Carestream supports Ebay for radiologists
Carestream Health is to provide technical infrastructure to the European Union-funded project to create an Ebay-style online market for radiology services.
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Medtronic to open CareLink for atrial fibrillation
Patients with atrial fibrillation or suspected atrial fibrillation could soon be monitored via Medtronic’s CareLink platform. This could substantially increase the number of users. CareLink is a secure online platform that can be used by doctors for cardiac patients who need telemonitoring. Medtronic officially launched CareLink in Europe at the beginning of 2008, after it […]
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GE’s Centricity cardiology system wins award
GE Healthcare’s Centricity cardiovascular information system has won Frost & Sullivan’s 2008 ‘product line leadership’ award. The GE CIS system recognised is Centricity Carddas Xi². The CIS is designed to meet cardiologist’s needs for advanced data management and PACS capabilities in a common infrastructure for cardiology and radiology. According to GE Cardass provides a single […]
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Barco upgrades 3D imaging software
Image from Version 6.3 of Voxar 3D Belgium medical imaging specialist Barco has released an updated version of its Voxar 3D advanced visualisation software suite, integrated into Agfa’s IMPAX picture archiving and communication system. Version 6.3 of Voxar is said to provide streamlined imaging workflow, enabling physicians to read and report their studies faster and […]
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Wireless mannequin helps train health professionals
University of Portsmouth to use a portable mannequin which can be remote-controlled to talk, sweat, bleed, vomit and have a heart attack, for their clinical training from September.
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