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Illinois AG names additional centers in MRI kickback lawsuit
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office has refiled its civil fraud case against more than a dozen MRI centers, and has named as defendants MIDI LLC and affiliates that own and operate under the Open Advanced or Open MRI radiology centers.
Study: Investing in health IT, incentive plans could save $456B
Investment in a universal healthcare program, combined with incentive plans and investments in health IT adoption could result in $456 billion in reduced spending over 10 years, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report, Bending the Curve: Options for Achieving Savings and Improving Value in Health Spending.
RSNA News
Philips adds new advanced visualization tools; BrightView SPECT technology
Philips Medical Systems unveiled the new features and technology for its BrightView SPECT device and new advanced visualization technology at the 2007 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual conference in Chicago last month.
GE highlights its DR advances
GE Healthcare showcased the Definium 8000 at the annual meeting of the Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA) last month in Chicago.
Big buzz over Siemens' small ultrasound
There was plenty of buzz around the smallest ultrasound, the 1.6-pound Acuson P10 from Siemens Medical Solutions, at RSNA 2007 in Chicago last month.
Philips upgrades ultrasound system
Philips Healthcare introduced Vision 2008 upgrades for the iU22 ultrasound system at RSNA 2007 in Chicago last month which deliver new workflow and imaging capabilities.
Vidar upgrades digitizer solution for mammo
Vidar Systems Corporation unveiled upgrades to its DosimetryPro Advantage film digitizer at RSNA 2007 in Chicago last month.
Hologic shows a host of products and look at tomosynthesis
It's been a year of mergers for Hologic, which provided the Bedford, Mass.-company with a full suite of offerings at RSNA 2007 last month in Chicago.
MagView unveils new patient history module
In Chicago last month at RSNA's annual meeting, MagView unveiled its new Patient History Module designed to run on tablet PCs. The Patient History module allows breast imaging facilities to electronically collect breast history information.
Codonics highlights two works in progress
Codonics highlighted two works in progress, Integrity image recording system and Infinity medical image server, switching the focus of previous product lines toward the importation of images, at the 93rd annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
Aurora debuts MRI-guided breast biopsy technology
Aurora Imaging Technology of North Andover, Mass., introduced a new computer automated and fully integrated MRI-guided breast biopsy system, AuroraBiopsy, at the 2007 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference.
Carestream introduces multispectral imaging, advanced visualization tools
Carestream Molecular Imaging unveiled its new Kodak In-Vivo Multispectral system for advanced research applications along with new large Stokes shift dyes at the 2007 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual conference last month in Chicago.
Barco rolls out advanced visualization development framework
Barco of Kortrijk, Belgium, demonstrated its solution to provide advanced visualization reading tools that support the same mouse controls and the same interface look and feel as clinicians' existing PACS products at the 93rd annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference in Chicago last month.
Median debuts lesion management applications
Median Technologies of Biot, France, introduced its complete portfolio of lesion management solutions, highlighted by its LMS-Lung/Track and LMS Liver applications, at the 2007 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual conference last month.
Double Black moves into OR/ER environment
Double Black Imaging released their new P-Series line of LCDs and introduced a new 46-inch high-brightness, high-contrast color LCD at this year's RSNA show, which is "perfect for operating room and ER environments where accurately viewing images at a distance is key."
Richardson Electronics not just for display
Richardson Electronics showcases Image Systems' new 19-inch LCD, designed specifically for viewing endoscopic images, during the 2007 RSNA conference in Chicago.
Franklin & Seidelmann adds breast MR to subspecialty expertise
Franklin & Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology highlighted a recent addition to their subspecialty expertise offering, breast MR interpretation, during the 2007 RSNA conference in Chicago.
NDS Surgical enhances PrimeVue product line
NDS debuted a wider display for its PrimeVue product line with a 30-inch 4MP DICOM unit and showcased an updated version of PrimeVue 21-inch 3MP during the 93rd annual meeting of RSNA.
ScImage showcases advanced visualization capabilities
ScImage spotlighted the advanced visualization software built into its PicomEnterprise image management application at the 2007 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference in Chicago last month.
Acuo showcases its DICOM archive solution
Acuo Technologies showcased its DICOM Services Grid software at the 93rd scientific assembly and annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago last month.
PACSGear introduces PacsSCAN Video
At the 93rd annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago last month, PACSGear introduced PacsSCAN Video.
AMS highlights Catella archiving, recording products
American Medical Sales (AMS), located in the front of the South Building at this year's RSNA annual meeting, highlighted its Catella archive and PACS servers and its Catella DVD/CD recorders and labelers.
AFC debuts add-ons to workstations, new point-of-care station
AFC Industries debuted a pop-up unit addition to its Ergo Tier Deluxe workstation at the 93rd scientific assembly and annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago last month.
NAI Tech features new disc publisher
NAI Tech Products launched its MDR Publisher, an automated enterprise class disc publishing system at the 93rd scientific assembly and annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago last month.
First-time RSNA exhibitor GencoSoft launches AutoPACS
GencoSoft, a first time exhibitor at this year's RSNA annual conference, featured its AutoPACS, a DICOM image router, server and burner.
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