Researchers Use 3D Printing to Guide Human Face Transplants
Researchers are using computed tomography (CT) and 3-D printing technology to recreate life-size models of patients' heads to assist in face transplantation surgery.
Medical technology
Article • Ultrasound
Carestream rolls out Touch Ultrasound
The most unexpected news at RSNA 2014 came from Carestream, a leader in x-ray imaging, when it announced it is entering the highly competitive and crowded field of ultrasound diagnostic imaging with the Touch Ultrasound System. Report: John Brosky
News • Technology
Thales launches a new range of products at RSNA
On the occasion of the 100th edition of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the largest international event in the field of radiology, Thales is proud to announce the launch of new innovative products.
Article • Cardiac CT
Aquilion ONE delivers ultra-low dose for cardiac CT
An independent survey by the British Society of Cardiac Imaging finds Toshiba Aquilion scanner delivering ultra-low radiation doses for cardiac CT. "This data is possibly the most powerful thing I can show about the Aquilion ONE with the PUREViSION detector," said Russell Bull, M.D., Consultant Radiologist at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in Dorset, the United Kingdom.
Interview • RFID
Identifying the best hospital safety technology
On the occasion of the Euro ID and ID World International Congress 2014 in November in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, EH asked about the role of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in healthcare, during her interview with H Sprague Ackley, Technical Fellow at Honeywell Scanning & Mobility. Report: Cornelia Wels-Maug
Article • Ultrasound
Carestream Unveils New Ultrasound System
With unveiling scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 30, at the annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference, Carestream will debut its Carestream Touch Ultrasound System that offers a revolutionary combination of exceptional user experience and image quality to meet the needs of even the most demanding radiologists and sonographers.
CARDIOVIT MS-Line now with CCAA
In the year of its 40th anniversary, Schiller proudly presents an algorithm which immediately and accurately localises coronary occlusions and provides early detection of STEMI. This algorithm is now integrated in the sophisticated touch ECG devices, the Cardovit MS line.
The new Affiniti ultrasound system
Launched at this year’s Medica, the new Affiniti ultrasound system was developed to help tackle increasing patient volumes and cost pressures, Philips reports.
Medicine and the Internet of Things
According to Gartner, the IT research and advisory company, the Internet of Things (IoT)*, excluding PCs, tablets and smartphones, will grow to 26 billion devices by 2020.
Individualised cancer medication
Among updates on breast cancer diagnostics and treatments aired at the 33rd German Society for Senology meeting last year was SpheroTest, an evidence-based tool that helps select the most effective drug for each individual cancer patient. Report: Anja Behringer
Article • New Technology
Scanning technically difficult patients (TDP)
A new system, with wider bandwidth due to single-crystal technology combined with 3T technology, gives greater penetration and higher resolution
The operating theatre management system
Hospital management seek more economic viability and efficiency in the operating theatre (OT) when deciding on the procurement of advanced Management Systems. The special software/hardware of systems achieve shorter operation and documentation times with uniform intervention outcomes.
News • Hospital renovation
The newly integrated operating theatre
For image management, they progressed from a video-based routing system to a system that uses the network.
Healing with software
Barmer GEK, Germany’s second largest statutory health insurer, is covering the expense of a web-based stimulation therapy developed by Caterna Vision GmbH, a spin-off from the University of Dresden. Report: Cornelia Wels-Maug
A new tool for biochemical analyses
Although telemedicine could improve the quality of life of patients with chronic liver diseases, viable home care systems are still lacking. However, within the EU-project ‘d-LIVER’ (www.d-liver.eu) scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT, in St. Ingbert, Germany, are working with European partners to develop an IT- and cell-based system that will help chronic…
Article • Study
New Norwegian breast cancer research
A new study has suggested that mammography screening of healthy women can help to significantly reduce deaths from breast cancer. Much will now depend on new treatments and more systematic management of patients. Report: Mark Nicholls
Article • Organ donation
The liquid biopsy
Donor transplant rejection and cancer relapse have two things in common: early recognition is vital and monitoring is hugely challenged.
IBM Watson Ushers in a New Era of Data-Driven Discoveries
IBM announced significant advances in Watson's cognitive computing capabilities that are enabling researchers to accelerate the pace of scientific breakthroughs by discovering previously unknown connections in Big Data.
News • Event
Chicago’s AACC 2014 highlights
‘Never-before-seen breakthroughs in diagnostic research and technology’ were revealed during July’s American Association for Clinical Chemistry meeting in Chicago, where up to 20,000 people packed in for research updates.
Correcting Tetralogy of Fallot
ECMO's role in a world's first cardiac procedure: Cardiac specialists in the UK have performed a world’s first operation on a 14-year-old boy suffering a severe heart condition. Mark Nicholls reports.
Compamed 2014: High tech solutions for medical technology
Medical technology still is among the fastest growing industries worldwide. However, the growth of the demand volume even in emerging markets is less based on volume expansion but more driven by targeted investments in modern systems and procedures.
Carestream gets orders for managed print solutions that save time and money
Carestream is receiving orders from healthcare providers around the world for its new Carestream Managed Print Solutions (MPS), a comprehensive, web-based, pay per print programme that tracks laser imaging film usage, and remotely monitors and delivers film inventory according to each facility’s needs. This comprehensive programme saves both time and money for healthcare providers.
Same-day diagnosis from hand-held device
Scientists in the UK are working to develop a hand-held testing device to provide same day diagnosis from a patient’s bedside. The device will use disposable cartridges and utilise printed circuit board technology (PCB) that will allow a fast and low-cost diagnosis.
Pumping synchronously with the heart
Synchronised Cardiac Assist i-cor, which the company reports to be the first system that links mechanical circulatory support to the heartbeat.
Disappointing HTN-3 trial results challenge future of procedure
It was the quiet before the storm. At the end of March, during the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Washington, the future of renal denervation was about to be decided with the presentation of the Medtronic-funded Simplicity HTN-3 clinical trial.
