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| The Aurora 1.5T Dedicated Breast MRI System with Bilateral RODEO now can be sold in Europe and Canada. |
• Aurora Imaging Technology Inc (North Andover, Mass) has achieved ISO 12485:2003, CMSDCAS, and CE marketing certifications for its Aurora 1.5T Dedicated Breast MRI system with Bilateral RODEO (rotating delivery of excitation off-resonance). The ISO certification signifies Aurora's compliance with the quality-management-system standards developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The CE certification allows Aurora to sell the system in the European Economic Area (EEA), and CMSDCAS allows for sales in Canada. The system is cleared by the FDA for use in the United States.
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| The Dominion from Imaging3 is capable of multiple imaging functions, making it capable of replacing or supplementing some existing devices. |
• Imaging3 Inc (Burbank, Calif) plans to release a new product, The Dominion. The device is designed to generate images in a fraction of a second, allowing medical personnel to simultaneously perform procedures on the patient being imaged. "CT and MRI systems today produce high-quality 3-D reconstructions, but they do so in minutes, not in the fraction of a second that is required for real-time imaging," said Imaging3 CEO Dean Janes, noting that The Dominion fulfills those time necessities. Additionally, The Dominion is designed to be mobile, is capable of being pushed by an average person through a standard room door, and uses power from a standard wall outlet. The Dominion also uses photo-fluoroscopy, which produces approximately 40% to 50% lower dose output than standard fluoroscopy devices today.
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| Matrox's RoHS-compliant medical display
controller boards are form-, fit-, and function-equivalent to RoHS noncompliant counterparts and are drop-in compatible. |
• Matrox Graphics Inc (Montreal) is targeting its applicable Matrox medical-imaging display controller boards—including the Matrox MED, RAD, TheatreVUE, and AuroraVX series boards—to be qualified as compliant with the provisions related to RoHS as specified under the directive 2002/95/EC.
• PACSGEAR (Pleasanton, Calif) has announced sweeping advancements to its PacsSCAN FILM product. PacsSCAN FILM's automated segmentation technology (AST) provides the ability to scan prior CT, MR, and other cross-sectional films and automatically return the slices to their original stacked format. AST includes a number of unique algorithms to create jitter-free cine display.
• Siemens Medical Solutions (Malvern, Pa) has announced the general availability of Soarian Community Access, an information technology solution that enables healthcare providers to reach outside the walls of their organizations to securely connect with patients and other members of the healthcare community online—helping to build physician affinity, increase efficiency, and streamline communications. Soarian Community Access is a Web-based solution that provides secure, single sign-on access to browser and nonbrowser-based applications, Web content, online services, and content created by a health enterprise. It also features a Web-based messaging system for secure communications and information exchange between hospitals, physician providers, ancillary providers, and patients.
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