ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 15 — Carestream earned the top rating in MD Buyline’s Market Intelligence Briefing™ (2015 Q1) for both portable and room-based DR systems. Carestream’s DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray Systemand its DRX-Evolution and DRX-Ascend systems earned high marks from customers for system performance, reliability, installation and service repair quality. The DRX-Revolution was the highest rated portable system and Carestream’s DRX room-based platform tied for the highest rating in the DR room category. 

Siemens Healthcare has launched its new portable and compact ACUSON P500TM ultrasound system, FROSK edition, enabling rapid imaging even in difficult scanning conditions. The hand-held technology can be easily carried and positioned in a range of clinical environments and is ready to image in less than 30 seconds, making it ideal for emergency settings. The system introduces two new advanced technologies that ensure sharp ultrasound images, regardless of patient and probe motion.

For some, cracking their knuckles is a nervous habit or part of a stretch routine during the workday. Others are sure it must cause damage or lead to arthritis. But until recently, nobody was certain about how the noise was even created. A team of researchers turned to MRI for the answer.

With the push for breast density notification laws around the country, more patients are being recommended for supplemental screening. Ultrasound is a top choice for this purpose, and it should be available to all women, according to a recent editorial published in Forbes.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 26 — Carestream Health’s newest DRX imaging system—the CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution Plus—adds several major software and hardware enhancements to meet the changing radiology needs and budgets of healthcare providers worldwide.

At ECR 2015 Esaote, a world leading manufacturer of medical diagnostic systems, introduces Evolution’15 (EVO’15) as the latest upgrade in its dedicated MRI Evolution program. EVO’15 combines software updates and new hardware features to provide superb image quality and increases productivity by almost 50 percent.

A new addition to the cryogen-free, preclinical MRI imaging family, the 4.7T model, is now available to order. It joins the 3T and 7T systems for superior soft tissue contrast and molecular imaging research. This has been brought to the market by MR Solutions, the world’s largest independent developer and manufacturer of commercially available MRI technology. MR Solutions, which pioneered the cryogen free technology in 2013, is the only company to have delivered this technology to customers across the world.

ROSELLE, IL, Feb. 24, 2015 — Planmed announced today that effective November 15, 2014, its Planmed Verity® extremity CT scanner is available on the Novation Merry-X-Ray capital equipment and diagnostics imaging distribution contract (XR0262), effective through July 31, 2017.