At RSNA, Agfa HealthCare introduced a range of functional extensions for digital mammography reading and reporting applications on its industry leading IMPAX™ PACS platform. The company launched IMPAX 6.2 integrated with CAD and MRS® Reporting as well as showing a work-in-progress of a new software application that addresses the growing need for digital mammography screening.
A new integrated medical video makes archiving quicker and easier.
Brandon Medical has launched a new range of video camera systems for the operating theatre using Sony Professional technology.
The French firm Sopro, a subsidiary of the Acteon Group, has acquired the German company Comeg.
Although the way adults react to drugs is often not the same for children, there are no special trials to check the suitability for smaller size patients.
Berchtold camerea systems delivers shadow-free images in all lightning situations
System enables ventilator to be controlled by the patient's brain.
Dräger Medical launched new space-saving OR light.
Like obesity it is harder to treat than high BP or cholesterol. Now Spanish cardiologists are urging a new approach to patients who smoke.
Dusseldorf Airport, 11th April 1996: During welding works, glowing cinders and metal pieces loosened then fell onto the false ceiling of the arrivals hall, which was coated with polystyrene. The smouldering fire turned into what must be the biggest airport fire in Europe.
Evacuation chairs and systems: The revision of evacuation and first-aid procedures are among the many side effects in the aftermath of the 9/11 events in New York.
corpuls.net is a database system that amalgamates recorded data and information for use by emergency medical services (EMS).
Visitors coming to MEDICA to purchase pre-hospital emergency equipment will not be disappointed. Specialist exhibitors are plentiful this year.
It's a new colour — but not a quality change for new products BOWA-electronic GmbH reports.
Cerament Spine Support, designed by the medical technology company BoneSupport to treat osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, has achieved full patient enrolment in an open, multi-centre study which will investigate the product's efficacy, safety, and the beneficial quality of life outcome for the patients. The study, being carried out at six centres in Germany, involves 40 patients aged…
UK - Around 10 million people suffer from musculoskeletal ailments in England alone.
The IMS 2007 Pharmaceutical Market Forecast predicts a 5-6% international growth in the global pharmaceuticals market.
The 11/3/04 attacks consisted of a series of ten explosions aboard four commuter trains, during the height of the Madrid rush hour.
Rescue workers are often confronted with chaotically situations which are hard to sum up and coordinate.
VoluCount, a new system by Draeger Medical accurately measures the consumption of all installed medical gases in all hospital areas.
The new face masks are lightweighted and without PVC.
For the past 12 months the intensive care unit (ICU) at Nuremberg Hospital North, Germany, has been testing the IMEC transport system.
Thousands of children are hospitalised annually due to acute asthma attack. Special treatment, adapted to their individual needs, could prevent such emergencies.
According to leading transplant specialists, within five years almost all renal transplants will be steroid free.
In its first year, 450 patients have been treated with CyberKnife - the unique Robotic Radiosurgery System.
