Imaging

Brilliant idea this. Use the principle behind your in car GPS to create the map of the internal organ, then fit your insertable device with sensors so you can locate it without repeat fluoroscopy. Real time navigation with reduced radiation exposure.

Volcano Corporation a leading developer and manufacturer of precision guided therapy tools designed to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and peripheral vascular disease, said today it has received clearance to market its new Visions® PV .035 Digital IVUS Catheter in both the US and Europe. The new intravascular ultrasound catheter is designed to image large vessels and facilitate the use of less iodinated contrast in endovascular procedures.

Echometrix LLC has announced that it has received U.S. FDA clearance to market its EchoSoft™ ultrasound technology, which the company claims provides a new level of information from diagnostic ultrasound tests.

Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has received FDA clearance for its Aquilion™ RXL Edition CT system. The Aquilion RXL reconstructs images faster and includes the latest dose reduction technologies, providing what Toshiba says is faster, safer information to physicians and patients.

Based out of Shenyang, China, Neusoft Positron Medical Systems, a joint venture between Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd., and Positron Corporation has received ISO certification (9001:2008 & 13485:2003) and CE Mark approval for the Attrius® PET Systems.

Siemens Healthcare has announced that its MAGNETOM Spectra 3 Tesla MRI system has received US FDA clearance. The company believes it has achieved the optimal blend of reduced ownership costs, excellent image quality and rapid scan times with this system which it says provides hospitals and radiological institutes with easier access to 3T technology.

Imaging specialist Olea Medical, has obtained FDA 510(k) clearance to market its Olea Sphere medical imaging enterprise software package in the US.

NeuroLogica has announced the integration of NeuroLogica’s portable BodyTom™ 32-slice CT scanner with Medtronic’s StealthStation® S7® surgical navigation system.

Intrinsic Medical Imaging says its newly FDA cleared, next generation 3D capabilities will provide visualisation and quantification tools designed to improve on existing conventional 2D and 3D methods.

NinePoint Medical, Inc., an emerging leader in the development of medical devices for in vivo pathology, has announced that it has gained CE mark approval for the NvisionVLE™ Imaging System.

Cleveland medical device company ViewRay Inc., has received U.S. FDA 510(k) premarket notification clearance for its MRI-guided radiation therapy system. The ViewRay system features what the company calls a unique combination of radiotherapy delivery and simultaneous magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the treatment of cancer.

Bioptigen Inc. has received FDA 510(k) clearance to begin marketing its hand-held Envisu Spectral Domain Ophthalmic Imaging System (SDOIS) for patient use. In receiving this regulatory clearance, Bioptigen’s Envisu SDOIS become the first optical coherence tomography(OCT) imaging system commercially available in the United States for hand-held and paediatric imaging.

GE Healthcare’s Discovery CT750 HD scanner has been included in the first ever fully positive recommendation from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)’s Diagnostic Assessment Programme, opening the door for increasing use of the technology in Coronary Artery disease assessment.

Planmed’s Verity, a new, mobile extremity scanner for orthopedic imaging of the extremities has gained CE mark approval, bringing a new level of accuracy, speed, low dosage and adaptability to CT scanning.

Here’s a feature on Medgadget’s coverage of the new iMedic3D imaging navigation system from Digital Artforms.

The Radiological Society of North America held its 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago from Sunday, November 27 – Friday, December 2.