“The 2-in-1 Charging Station is perfect as you don’t have to remove the battery to charge it and it can function as a stand for the unit. Having the ability to have an extra battery ready to go is also a huge perk for this unit. This 2-in-1 charging station completes the kit nicely,” says Alan M. Hirahara, MD, FRCSC, an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in arthroscopic sh...
November 23, 2020 – Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. introduced the next-generation, compact ultrasound system, SONIMAGE HS2, featuring advanced image clarity and innovative functionality optimized for point-of-care environments. Building on the company’s advanced ultrasound technology, the HS2 System delivers superior image quality and simplified operation to he...
CurveBeam is a leader in weight bearing CT imaging for the orthopedic extremities. CurveBeam systems offer a wide patient platform that lets patients stand naturally on both feet during a scan. CurveBeam’s HiRise can scan anywhere along the lower extremity from the hip and pelvis to the feet. WBCT imaging of the hip and pelvis is a novel application not previously availa...
The device was designed to be portable and easy to use, allowing healthcare personnel to image internal organs directly at a clinic or the patient’s bedside — avoiding the long waits and costs of specialized diagnostic facilities. This new imaging technology is so sensitive that it can detect some of the earliest cellular abnormalities linked to cancer. This is partic...
With a magnet approximately five times more powerful than most clinical systems, SIGNA 7.0T can image anatomy, function, metabolism and microvasculature in the brain and joints with incredible resolution and detail. This new system can be used for both research and clinical purposes to support a broad range of investigations across neurologic and musculoskeletal diseases...
At the bedside, the Carestream DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System fulfills the need to keep critically ill patients in isolation, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the industry’s first mobile X-ray system with a collapsible column, the DRX-Revolution delivers high-quality diagnostic images in tight spaces, helping to limit the spread of infection by providing c...
Three new detectors are included, including the new MAX wi-D, the lightest 14 x 17” wireless detector with a handle, that weighs only 6.6 lbs. and is just over a half an inch thick. The new wireless MAX Mini, developed for pediatric, orthopedic, and trauma applications, is 10 x 14 x 0.6″ in size and weighs 3.5 lbs. Finally, a static 17 x 17” MAX is a general purpose dete...
Certainly intended for neurological applications, the SIGNA 7.0T should also be useful for imaging of metabolism, function, and of joints that can’t be properly seen with even a 3 Tesla device. Besides clinical use, the same scanner can just as readily be utilized for research. In addition to raw power, the SIGNA 7.0T features UltraG gradient technology in the whole-b...
The system relies on Cone Beam CT imaging, to provide a high resolution 3D view of the lungs, along with X-ray guidance for clear awareness of the anatomy being worked on and the tools within. A combination of additional hardware and software features work together to help with thoracoscopic surgeries, biopsies, and lesion ablations that are common when diagnosing and tr...
The new Butterfly iQ+ features better imaging capabilities, improved ergonomics, and longer battery life. Clinicians can utilize the portable, handheld ultrasound in a variety of situations and clinical fields to image the heart, lungs, bladder, and other organs and tissues. It even has Needle Viz technology that aids with imaging a needle during in-plane guided procedur...
A federal research facility in Crane, IN, has developed a temperature scanning sensor system and software to help contain the coronavirus. The US Naval Surface Warfare Center's "sensor agnostic thermal imaging system" was licensed to Greene County General Hospital, according to a news release Tuesday, allowing the staff to detect feverish persons up to 200 yards away....
The KA Imaging (Waterloo, Canada) Reveal detector is constructed with a unique triple stacked layer design, which permits spectral decomposition of the X-ray beam, allowing for high quantum efficiency of transmitted photons. The additional energy data enables the removal of motion artifacts and selective removal of the anatomical background, thus enhancing detectability ...
A new device has just been unveiled by PulseNmore, an Israeli firm, that allows patients to perform ultrasound exams themselves and share the results immediately with their sonographers or physicians. The device is a dock for a smartphone, the bottom being the ultrasound transducer. An app on the smartphone provides training and guidance to the patient so that a scan ...
The SOLTUS 500, powered by a 40kW generator, has touch screens both at the main unit and at the collimator, making it easier and quicker to operate it around patients. Detectors are charged right on the device and stored within a special bin, plus special Canon technology allow the detectors operate at a long range when necessary. “Today’s hospitals are challenged wit...
This new, accessible and scalable screening method could make the difference and enable widespread early detection of Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia affect an estimated 50 million patients in the world. In the US alone, Alzheimer’s is believed to affect 5.8 million people, 5.6 million of them over 65 years in age. While some treatments have be...
Conventional MRI scanners need dedicated rooms with entry protocols, quench venting, and safety measures, and patients have to be taken to where the machine is located, often at a distant corner of a hospital. Earlier this year, Hyperfine, a company with offices in New York City and St Guilford, Connecticut, won the first FDA clearance for a portable MRI that can be take...
A machine, a concept and technology that is revolutionizing the detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. We interviewed Dr. Veronica Mendez, the semiologist who performed this groundbreaking biopsy last October. MedicalExpo e-magazine: Are you satisfied with the first uses of this high-tech machine? Dr. Veronica Mendez: Absolutely. Since the beginning, I’ve been ...
Surgeons treating brain cancer face a conundrum: They can capture ultra-high-resolution images of the tumor using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) or they can use ultra-precise surgical tools to remove the tumor, but they can't do both at the same time. At least they couldn't previously. Today, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Professor Greg Fischer, is busy developing a ...
Hospitals and institutions are continually looking for ways to improve diagnostic imaging throughput, especially in today’s environment where disinfection of systems and rooms in between patients is crucial. Now, with the newly FDA-cleared Compressed SPEEDER technology for Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.’s Vantage Orian 1.5T MR system, clinicians can speed up magnetic re...
With the self-developed WeChat mini program, you can use the mobile phone to remotely control the camera of the operating room through PTZ. According to your need, you can zoom, adjust the camera direction to get a clear and complete picture of the operating room. Then by the LiveV200, you can obtain real-time video from the operating room, so as to realize remote contro...
CT scanners, fluoroscopes, and mammography machines have to produce a great deal of ionizing radiation because existing silicon-based detectors aren’t very efficient at capturing incoming X-rays. Most of the radiation passes through existing detectors. Now, researchers at Los Alamos and Argonne National Laboratories have developed an X-ray detector based on perovskite, a...
Used for visualization within the bladder during diagnostic and interventional procedures, the Ambu aScope 4 Cysto comes ready to go in its sterile packaging and is disposed of once a procedure is complete. There is no reprocessing involved, the device doesn’t need to be repaired, and a clinical practice simply needs to keep stock of the scopes to provide relevant ser...
The handheld device weighs in at 5.5 pounds (2.5 Kg) and resembles a large digital camera with a touchscreen. AiRTouch acquires images with the push of a button and can wirelessly transmit them to PACS (clinical image storage system), without the need for a computer. Its battery charges within two hours and can capture up to 300 exposures per charge. Its portability has ...
Clinical practices that never seriously considered using telemedicine are now performing virtual house calls with their patients. However, although it’s possible to do a lot through a video call, many procedures such as ultrasound exams require a trained professional to perform them. Or so we thought… Butterfly Network, a maker of portable ultrasound wands that can tu...
“We have pioneered single-use endoscopy for more than ten years, and we now bring our portfolio to a new level of sophistication,” said Juan Jose Gonzalez, CEO of Ambu. “Image quality is critical for healthcare providers and patient diagnosis, and we can now offer a display unit that was not possible with a single-use endoscope just a few years ago. I believe we are rais...
Vathin Medical dedicated on the guideline of '' Safe, Simple, Smart''. High quality Bronchoscope, no Cross-Contamination, and ensure the safety of patients. Our single-use bronchoscopes are widely used in the operations BAL, PDT Intubation and IP procedure etc, even in Covid-19 pandemic. Now Vathin has already acquired ISO 13485 certificate, CE marque and US FDA, we h...
In response to the Covid-19 outbreak caused by the coronavirus, Vathin medical has quickly mobilized to provide crucial donations and material support for front-line medical staff. Our single-use bronchoscopes are all sterilized and it can eliminate the risk of cross-contamination. Vathin Medical dedicated on the guideline of "Safe Simply smart" and has carried forwar...
The Kosmos platform consists of an eight-ounce ultrasound device, the Kosmos Torso, which also has ECG and digital auscultation functions. It is connected to the Kosmos Bridge tablet, which runs AI-based software that analyzes the ultrasound images to assess heart and lung function more quickly and accurately. Currently, the company is focused on using the Kosmos plat...
MEG is a promising imaging technique that uses superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) to detect ionic currents produced by excited neurons, giving a window into the live activity of the brain. One day it may have a great number of applications outside of clinical research, but as of now it is expected to be primarily used for mapping the functional brain a...
MRI machines typically require specially built rooms with magnet quench vent pipes, entry systems that check people for metals attracted to magnets, and specific protocols to ensure safety. Patients, therefore, have to be brought to the MRI scanners rather than the other way around. This is about to change in many cases, as Hyperfine, a company with offices in New Yor...
Across pilots with several national dental insurers, Pearl Claims Approval and Pearl Protect have identified $3 billion to $6 billion worth of dental insurance fraud on top of the $12.5 billion estimated by the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association. Pearl says its findings suggest that of the $250 billion spent on dental care annually in the United States, up to...
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have produced the first laser ultrasound images of humans, according to an MIT News report. The advancement is important because the technique they used may help remotely image and assess the health of infants, burn victims, and accident survivors in hard-to-reach places. Conventional ultrasound requires conta...
MaxQ AI, a company focused on developing artificial intelligence (AI) applications to enable doctors to reach faster, more accurate decisions when diagnosing stroke, traumatic brain injury, and other life-threatening conditions, has selected Flywheel to support data management and curation and gain efficiencies in their machine learning workflow. “We selected Flywhee...
Philips and Paige, a leader in computational pathology, announced a strategic collaboration to deliver clinical-grade artificial intelligence (AI) applications to pathology laboratories. These AI technologies, starting with Paige Prostate, aim to help pathologists identify, quantify and characterize cancer in tissue samples and make precise diagnoses more efficiently. T...
Elekta announced that the company has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with ViewRay, Inc. to advance the knowledge and application of MR-guided radiation therapy. In connection with the collaboration, Elekta has committed to make an investment in ViewRay representing approximately 9.9 percent of the shares of ViewRay’s common stock, outstanding after the...
IBA (Ion Beam Applications SA) announced that the University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute (UFHPTI) has started the first treatments with its Proteus ONE solution. The Proteus ONE solution comes as a complement of the ProteusPLUS solution, in operations since 2006, to meet the increasing demand of proton therapy treatment. With its open gantry enabling a...
