New Mammography Study From U-Systems

Mammography has been one of the most significantly important medical imaging techniques. It has been used through years for detection of breast cancer, one of the common forms of cancer, in women.

Hitachi And RSNA Grant Their Awards To Ultrasound Researchers

Hitachi Medical Systems, a major company providing medical imaging systems, and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Research & Education (R & E) Foundation,  have recently awarded their Hitachi Medical Systems/RSNA Research Seed Grant to a couple of researchers, Omolola Atalabi, M.B.B.S. and Sidhartha Tavri, M.B.B.S. Atalabi, a researcher at the University College Hospital, University of Ibadan, Nigeria was awarded $30,000 by Hitachi/RSNA to aid her in his researches for new medical and technical options while using ultrasound with children.

Canon Presents Its CXDI-70C Wireless Digital Radiography System

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of digital imaging solutions, announced that it is going to present its CXDI-70C, the first wireless Digital Radiography (DR) system, at the forthcoming 2010 American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) Meeting and Exposition, which will take place later this month. Canon has recently received a 510(k) clearance from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its CXDI-70C Wireless DR System.

Guide For Successful Electronic Health Records Implementation

A detailed guide to support healthcare CIOs in the implementation of electronic health records (EHR) has been released by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The aim of this guide is to meet the meaningful use requirements reported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Worldwide Shortage Of Radioactive Isotopes For Medical Scans

Scientists today announced that radioactive isotopes which are used for medical scans and treatments suffer from a global shortage. About Twenty million medical scans are done each year which necessitate radioactive isotopes, so lack of these vital life-saving materials represents a true hazard to patient care and may cause significant elevation of healthcare costs. This fact was revealed at a symposium at one of the opening sessions of the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Smartfreeze Unit For Remote Monitoring And Control Of Laboratory Fridges

Smartfreeze S.r.l, Italian company and part of Desmon Group, has developed an innovative system, Smartfreeze Unit (SFU), for remote monitoring and control of laboratories refrigerators. If any problem encountered such as a critical alarm due to temperature drops, power cut-off, dirty condenser or relocation of a fridge, the authorized user will receive an SMS alert on his/her mobile phone and will be able to manage the problem remotely and quickly. It is also possible to view real-time information about each refrigerator through the Internet, store history data and even change working parameters remotely.