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Industry News
Study: Telemedicine offers cost-effective alternative to ED visits
Nearly 28 percent of all visits to the pediatric emergency department (ED) could have been replaced with a more cost-effective internet doctor's "visit," according to a community-wide study conducted at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, N.Y., and presented at the 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Honolulu.
Cytogen increases losses, revenues in Q1; merges with EUSA Pharma
Cytogen has reported an increase in net losses and total revenue for the first quarter of 2008, which ended March 31, and completed a merger agreement with EUSA Pharma, a Doylestown, Pa.-based pharmaceutical company.
Nestlé to use GE's Lunar imaging system for nutrition, health research
The Nestlé Research Center in Lausanne, Switzerland, and GE Global Research, the General Electric's centralized research and development organization, have partnered to scientifically assess associations between body composition, metabolic status, diet and lifestyle habits.
Clinical Studies
SPECT reveals link between altered dopamine activity, social anxiety disorder
Using SPECT imaging, researchers have detected biochemical differences in the brains of individuals with generalized social anxiety disorder (also known as social phobia), providing evidence of a long-suspected biological cause for the dysfunction, according to a report in the May issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
New Products
ETIAM releases new Open LiteBox edition
ETIAM has added Open LiteBox Publisher Edition, which uses the Primera DiscPublisher to produce full-fidelity DICOM images on CDs and DVDs, to its CD/DVD portfolio.
Contracts & Installations
Aspyra nets Elite Lab Services LIS install
Aspyra has contracted with Elite Lab Services, an independent clinical reference laboratory in Tyler, Texas, to provide Aspyra's CyberLab Laboratory Information System (LIS).
Houston breast clinic completes EBM Mammo PACS install
The Rose Breast Center in Houston is now operational with EBM Pangea Mammo PACS, from EBM Technologies, a provider of web-enabled PACS and teleradiology products.
Neurostar signs more than 30 new sites in Q1
More than 30 radiology practice groups, freestanding imaging centers, hospitals and other medical imaging sites have selected Neurostar's Virtual Radiology Network (VRN) to provide advanced image management and communications during the first quarter of 2008.
NovaRad signs two Tennessee PACS contracts
Coffey Family Medical Clinic in Oneida, Tenn. and Speight Family Medical in Atoka, Tenn., have selected NovaRad's NovaPACS imaging technology, bringing the total number of facilities in the state using NovaRad's RIS and PACS technologies to 10.
Visage to provide Tufts Medical Center with thin client-based solution
Tufts Medical Center in Boston has chosen Visage Imaging, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercury Computer Systems, to provide a Visage CS Thin Client/Server system with the fully integrated Visage Cardiac Analysis Package.
Executive Announcements
iCAD adds Ecock to board
iCAD has appointed Anthony F. Ecock to its board of directors, increasing the number of directors to eight.
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