Conference News
19 Jan 2012
Innovative healthcare IT and medical technology solutions are one step closer to winning the coveted IT @ 2012 trophy and cash prize at the IT @ Networking Awards 2012.
Willy Heuschen, Secretary General of the European Association of Hospital Managers officially opened the event, welcoming contestants and delegates. Heuschen highlighted the increasing importance and relevance of healthcare IT and the great opportunity the IT @ Networking Awards is for decision-makers to learn about these solutions; to have access to their developers and users; and to ask questions and judge the...
Industry News
16 Jan 2012
Hologic, Inc. today announced that Conceptus, Inc.'s (Conceptus) request for an injunction barring future sales of Hologic's Adiana permanent contraception (Adiana) system has been denied and that no royalty will be due to Conceptus on such sales.
In October 2011, a jury returned a verdict in favor of Conceptus' finding that use of the Adiana system infringed certain claims of one patent. As a result of the jury verdict, Conceptus sought to permanently enjoin future sales of the Adiana system. On January 6, 2012, a judge in the United States District Court for the Northern...
Industry News
13 Jan 2012
Carestream and its subsidiaries were awarded 47 patents in 2011 for innovations in its radiology imaging and healthcare IT, dental imaging and molecular imaging products from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
These new patents include: improvements in image processing techniques for digital radiography and mammography exams; data processing enhancements for radiology information management systems such as RIS and PACS; advances in camera and sensor technology for dental imaging systems; and new sensor, dye and multi-modal imaging improvements for the...
Association News
10 Jan 2012
A full programme has been announced for the first ESOR course on imaging biomarkers, which will be held on Wednesday, February 29 and is aimed at addressing the following subjects:
- What are biomarkers? Why is there so much interest on them?
- Paradigm shifting from morphology to quantifying function
- Advice on biomarker development – the actual process and at least one practical worked up example
- Short overview of some imaging biomarkers from US, CT, MRI and PET
- The multiparametric paradigm – combination is greater than the parts
- Bias analysis and clinical...
Industry News
09 Jan 2012
Siemens Healthcare has launched five new mobile solutions that help provide imaging specialists and referring physicians with secure access to diagnostic images and reports, both inside and outside the hospital. These next-generation IT solutions reflect Siemens’ efforts to increase user efficiency, which is a goal of the recently launched Siemens Agenda 2013 programme.
syngo®.via WebViewer enables fast viewing of images with stunning graphics and syngo.via WebReport¹ provides secure access to reports and images anywhere. Both syngo.via WebViewer and syngo.via...
