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Laser microdissection microscope series with LED for transmitted light launched by Leica Microsystems

Leica Microsystems has launched two instruments of the laser microdissection microscope series, the Leica LMD6 and the LMD7, with LED illumination for transmitted light. Users can now choose between halogen and LED illumination. LEDs are an energy-efficient light source providing homogenous illumination and a constant color temperature.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 13 Jul 2015

Three European medical centers planning upgrades to Elekta's stereotactic radiosurgery system for the brain

Three foremost medical centers in the United Kingdom and Germany have ordered and are now planning upgrades to Elekta's latest generation stereotactic radiosurgery system for the brain, Leksell Gamma Knife Icon, to provide the most advanced brain radiosurgery treatments for their patients.

From Elekta 13 Jul 2015

KF-SYSCC creates paperless, filmless clinical process in radiation oncology to enhance patient safety

The Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center has established an entirely paperless and filmless clinical process in radiation oncology, designed to enhance patient safety as well as operational efficiency. Using the ARIA oncology information system from Varian Medical Systems, the clinical team has automated essential tasks, built in safety-checks, and centralized patient information for easier access by staff members.

13 Jul 2015

Ultrasound treatment speeds up skin healing among diabetics and the elderly

Healing times for skin ulcers and bedsores can be reduced by a third with the use of low-intensity ultrasound, scientists from the University of Sheffield and University of Bristol have found.

13 Jul 2015

Imaging technique could help in diagnosis of atherosclerosis in at-risk patients

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, have shown how a radioactive agent developed in the 1960s to detect bone cancer can be re-purposed to highlight the build-up of unstable calcium deposits in arteries, a process that can cause heart attack and stroke.

13 Jul 2015

MPI applications: an interview with Tobias Knopp, University Hospital Hamburg

Up to now, we've seen a lot of improvements made, but now we're almost at the point of focusing on the application of MPI and proving what the real benefits of this technology are, which is very exciting...

From Bruker BioSpin Group 12 Jul 2015

Researchers develop sperm RNA diagnostic test to help determine best infertility treatment for couples

A Wayne State University School of Medicine professor, in collaboration with researchers at CReAte Fertility Center, University of Toronto, Harvard University and Georgia Reagents University, has developed the first diagnostic test for sperm RNA based on next-generation sequencing. For couples with unexplained infertility, the test may help determine the best infertility treatment for couples having difficulty conceiving.

12 Jul 2015

Scientists develop communication system for people with cerebral palsy

Scientists at the Centre for Genomic Regulation, the research company Starlab and the group BR::AC (Barcelona Research Art & Creation) of the University of Barcelona developed a device that produces sounds from brain signals.

12 Jul 2015

Turnstone announces ongoing enrollment of Marabex clinical trial

Turnstone Biologics Inc., a FACIT portfolio company, has announced the ongoing enrollment of the Marabex clinical trial assessing the safety and immune responses in patients with advanced or metastatic, MAGE-A3-expressing solid tumours.

12 Jul 2015

ImPACT Applications to provide baseline, training services to Mercy Sports Medicine facilities

ImPACT Applications, Inc., developer of the ImPACT test and ImPACT Concussion Management Model, is proud to announce that Mercy Sports Medicine, a division of Mercy, will administer ImPACT baseline and post-injury testing at 100 Ohio and Michigan locations.

12 Jul 2015

Mitek Sports Medicine introduces two new arthroscopic surgery radiofrequency devices

Mitek Sports Medicine, part of DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson, is introducing two new arthroscopic surgery radiofrequency devices this week at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine 2015 Annual Meeting.

12 Jul 2015

Agfa HealthCare to launch new mobile DR system with FreeView telescopic column at AHRA 2015

Agfa HealthCare announces today that it will launch its new mobile DR system with FreeView telescopic column at AHRA 2015, the Association for Medical Imaging Management's annual meeting, in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 19-22.

10 Jul 2015

Dual breast exam using MRI and NIRST more accurate than MRI alone

By combining two modalities of imaging, investigators from Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth, led by Keith Paulsen, PhD with first author Michael Mastanduno and collaborators from Xijing Hospital in Xian, China, demonstrated that a dual breast exam using MRI and Near Infrared Spectral Tomography (NIRST) is feasible and more accurate than MRI alone.

10 Jul 2015

Connexient, RWJUH announce public launch of MediNav Navigator Edition 2.0

Connexient and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital announced this week the public launch of MediNav Navigator Edition 2.0. This makes RWJUH the first hospital in North America to deliver for its patients, visitors and staff the world's first true turn-by-turn indoor navigation smartphone application, with reliable indoor positioning accuracy of one to two meters.

10 Jul 2015

Virginia Tech researchers develop new scoring method for assessing overall beverage intake quality

Researchers at Virginia Tech have developed a new scoring method for assessing beverage intake, the Healthy Beverage Index (HBI). In a report published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics they describe how this tool can be used to more accurately evaluate dietary consumption of all types of fluids.

10 Jul 2015

High-frequency tympanometry testing can help identify middle-ear problems in newborn babies

Screening newborn babies who are in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using a testing process called high-frequency tympanometry can help identify middle-ear problems earlier, according to newly published research from a local team of researchers.

10 Jul 2015

Derby Teaching Hospitals implements Welch Allyn’s FlexiPort blood pressure cuff system

Caring staff at Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, currently featuring in a new ITV hospital documentary ‘Superhospital’ have been demonstrating their star qualities to an audience of millions.

10 Jul 2015

UA researchers awarded NIH grant to develop software that lets doctors analyze digitized biomedical data

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.3 million grant to researchers at the University of Arizona to develop open-source software that will enable health care professionals and scientists to manage biomedical big data in digital form.

10 Jul 2015

New screening program using CT scan technology can help better detect lung cancer in smokers

Long-time smokers and past smokers now have a more accurate way of detecting whether or not they have lung cancer thanks to a comprehensive lung cancer screening program that uses CT scan technology at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City.

10 Jul 2015

Major turnkey refurbishment project at Weston General Hospital

Medical Air Technology (MAT) is midway through a major turnkey refurbishment project at Weston General Hospital, part of the Weston Area Health NHS Trust. The upgraded theatres will help the hospital to meet new targets for infection control, and expand and improve surgical capabilities.

9 Jul 2015

Device / Technology News

Laser microdissection microscope series with LED for transmitted light launched by Leica Microsystems

Three European medical centers planning upgrades to Elekta's stereotactic radiosurgery system for the brain

KF-SYSCC creates paperless, filmless clinical process in radiation oncology to enhance patient safety

Ultrasound treatment speeds up skin healing among diabetics and the elderly

Imaging technique could help in diagnosis of atherosclerosis in at-risk patients

MPI applications: an interview with Tobias Knopp, University Hospital Hamburg

Researchers develop sperm RNA diagnostic test to help determine best infertility treatment for couples

Scientists develop communication system for people with cerebral palsy

Turnstone announces ongoing enrollment of Marabex clinical trial

ImPACT Applications to provide baseline, training services to Mercy Sports Medicine facilities

Mitek Sports Medicine introduces two new arthroscopic surgery radiofrequency devices

Agfa HealthCare to launch new mobile DR system with FreeView telescopic column at AHRA 2015

Dual breast exam using MRI and NIRST more accurate than MRI alone

Connexient, RWJUH announce public launch of MediNav Navigator Edition 2.0

Virginia Tech researchers develop new scoring method for assessing overall beverage intake quality

High-frequency tympanometry testing can help identify middle-ear problems in newborn babies

Derby Teaching Hospitals implements Welch Allyn’s FlexiPort blood pressure cuff system

UA researchers awarded NIH grant to develop software that lets doctors analyze digitized biomedical data

New screening program using CT scan technology can help better detect lung cancer in smokers

Major turnkey refurbishment project at Weston General Hospital

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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