Wednesday 11 August 2010

GE to Develop Pediatric MRI Systems

GE Healthcare, a leading company providing medical imaging systems and healthcare IT solutions, along with GECincinnati Children’s Medical Center and the Davis Heart and Lung Institute of The Ohio State University, was awarded a fund of $1 million for developing magnetic resonance imaging MRI and other imaging devices for the “Pediatrics Population” project. By participating in this project, GE confirms its commitment to healthymagination, which is deployed to deliver new technologies and solutions to more people.

OCT Imaging Boosts Angioplasty Monitoring Procedures

A new optical imaging technique, optical coherence tomography (OCT), promises to enhance angioplasty procedures. The technique was developed recently in the United States; it is highlighted in the journal Review of Scientific Instruments, which is published by the American Institute of Physics. Angioplasty is a commonly-used surgical intervention carried out to manage patients with partial or complete block in their coronary arteries that affect cardiac blood flow.

Brain Scan Can Detect Autism, Study

In a recent study, scientists from the United Kingdom were able to develop a 15-minute brain scan technique which they brainhope it could be used to diagnose autism among children, in a way that reduces the time and costs needed for identifying the disorder. The brain scan technique was developed during a study conducted by researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London. The technique was used on adults and it showed about 90% accuracy in diagnosing autism. The study is published in The Journal of Neuroscience.

BridgeHead Software's CEO Highlight The Company’s HSV As a Secure Data Management Solution

Ashtead, UK – Tuesday August 10 2010 – Tony Cotterill, a Healthcare data storage expert, has referred to secure data BridgeHeadmanagement as the “missing link” to improving patient care in the 21st century. He was highlighting BidgeHead's HSV as a secure data management solution. Cotterill’s comments followed a research conducted by GS1 UK and Hospital Dr which reported that nearly 50% of doctors are expecting Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) to enhance patient care by offering verifiable, consistent and complete data to support verbal handovers between medical staff.