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New laboratory manual on imaging in developmental biology

Imaging technologies have revolutionized the study of developmental biology and are now essential tools for researchers in the field. A newly released laboratory manual, Imaging in Developmental Biology, presents a comprehensive set of visualization methods specifically for developmental biologists. It is the newest volume in a series of imaging manuals published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

5 Jan 2011

Toshiba to introduce new M-Power user interface to enhance diagnosis

To streamline the imaging process for MR technologists and enable overall exam efficiencies, as well as enhanced diagnoses, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. will introduce the advanced M-Power user interface. M-Power is a new user interface that improves technologist efficiency by reducing the number of steps technologists go through during exam set up and features advanced post-processing software.

23 Nov 2010

Sirona fourth quarter revenue decreases 2.8% to $182.9 million

Sirona, the dental technology leader, today announced its financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

18 Nov 2010

Gore launches new internet cloud-based 3D advanced visualization and decision support system

W. L. Gore & Associates today announced the introduction of the GORE® 3D Imaging System, a new internet cloud-based 3D advanced visualization and decision support system that will change the paradigm of pre-case planning. The revolutionary new system, which is on exhibit at the VEITHsymposium (37th Annual Symposium on Vascular and Endovascular Issues), reflects Gore's ongoing commitment to supporting physicians in making informed treatment decisions.

18 Nov 2010

Elekta awarded delivery of three Leksell Gamma Knife systems to Chinese hospitals

In winning a tender to deliver three Leksell Gamma Knifeâ models to hospitals in China, Elekta will help more cancer patients receive the therapy they need. The agreement also helps Elekta increase its leading market position in China.

From Elekta 2 Nov 2010

Shrink announces agreement to produce high content screening tool for biotech R&D subsidiary

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the alternative energy industry, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to produce a high content screening tool for its biotech R&D subsidiary, Shrink Chips LLC.

25 Oct 2010

Sirona third-quarter revenue increases 1.0% to $182.4 million

Sirona, the dental technology leader, today announced its financial results for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2010.

3 Aug 2010

IntegenX selects Zeta's 3D to analyze dimensional properties of micro-channel biochips

Zeta Instruments, Inc. a leading provider of cost-effective, precision measurement solutions for micron-scale surface analysis, announced that its Zeta-20™ optical metrology system has been selected for the analysis and development of advanced microfluidics/biotechnology laboratory products. IntegenX, an innovative supplier of automation systems for DNA and RNA-based micro-sample preparation used in forensics and gene sequencing, has chosen Zeta's 3D surface measurement solution to analyze the dimensional properties of its micro-channel biochips.

3 Aug 2010

Partners in ENIAC project announce details of multinational/multidisciplinary program

The partners in a new publicly-funded European research project today announced details of the multinational/multidisciplinary program: 'CSI: Central Nervous System Imaging.' This three-year ENIAC project aims to achieve substantial advances in state-of-the-art medical 3D-imaging platforms by focusing on the diagnosis and therapy of serious diseases of the central nervous system and brain.

30 Jul 2010

Northwest Hospital surgeon performs first robotic hand surgery in America

Stacey Berner, M.D., medical director of the Hand Center at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown, MD, has become the first surgeon in America to perform a revolutionary new robotic hand surgery.

28 Jul 2010

Sirona second-quarter revenue increases 15.4% to $190.1 million

Sirona, the dental technology leader, today announced its financial results for the three and six months ended March 31, 2010.

5 May 2010

EOS shows better image quality compared to CR x-ray system: Clinical study

biospace med announced today that a 50-patient clinical study published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed medical journal Spine demonstrates that the Company's ultra-low-dose 2D/3D imaging system, EOS, shows "significantly better" image quality compared to a CR (Computed Radiography) x-ray system while "substantially reducing (a) patient's (radiation) dose exposure" by up to 9 times (89%) compared to CR imaging.

19 Apr 2010

biospace med raises $18M to accelerate market penetration of EOS imaging system in North America and Europe

biospace med announced today that it has raised $18 million to accelerate market expansion in North America and Europe of the company's FDA-cleared EOS ultra-low-dose 2D/3D imaging system.

15 Apr 2010

VECTRA X3 3D Imaging System now available at Staten Island Special Surgery

Probably most known for the Staten Island Ferry, New York City's fifth and often "Forgotten Borough" does not possess a reputation for being a leading destination for cutting-edge medical procedures. That is, until now. This month, prominent Manhattan plastic surgeon, Dr. Andrew Klapper, brings his more than ten years of experience and revolutionary surgical techniques, along with the most advanced 3D imaging technology available to his new Staten Island medical practice, Staten Island Special Surgery.

30 Mar 2010

New QUANTEC guidelines for safe treatment of cancer with radiation therapy

The culmination of a two-year effort to review available studies and establish new guidelines for the safe treatment of cancer with radiation therapy was published today in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics.

3 Mar 2010

Shina Systems' 3Di medical imaging advanced (3D/4D) visualization software suite receives FDA clearance

Shina Systems announces U.S. Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its 3Di medical imaging advanced (3D/4D) visualization software that downloads over the Internet and provides a full suite of image processing and clinical analysis applications on any PC.

3 Feb 2010

3D images of synapsis between neurons through electron cryotomography

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, in Germany, led by the Spanish physicist Rub-n Fern-ndez-Busnadiego, has managed to obtain 3D images of the vesicles and filaments involved in communication between neurons. The method is based on a novel technique in electron microscopy, which cools cells so quickly that their biological structures can be frozen while fully active.

23 Jan 2010

New mobile dental radiology service from 3D Mobile Imaging of the CSRA

(3D Mobile Imaging of the CSRA and AFP Imaging Corporation Dental practitioners in Georgia and South Carolina can now offer the latest technology and greatest convenience to their patients thanks to a new mobile dental radiology service.

18 Jan 2010

Specialized software provides 3D images of individual patients' livers

Odysseus has developed systems to construct 3D images of individual patients' livers, with their tumours or other pathologies, from MRI or CT-scans. The reconstructions can be transmitted to external experts in any location, for consultation in real time just before surgery.

8 Jan 2010

French team develops robotic technology to operate on a beating heart

If you've been waiting for the day to arrive when computers actually start performing surgery, that moment might soon be upon us. A French team has developed a computerized 3D model that allows surgeons to use robotics to operate on a beating heart, according to a report in The International Journal of Robotics Research, published by SAGE.

11 Dec 2009