Diagnostic Workstation
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American Medical Sales Inc, Hawthorne, Calif, introduces the Catella Docu-Scan for its full line of Catella PACS products. With a two-second scan-per-sheet, the Catella Docu-Scan allows for the addition of documents, reports, and laboratory studies to a patient’s DICOM image file. It incorporates the one-step BatchScan TM that automates the DICOM header creation, scans uncounted groups of documents, and sends the resulting files anywhere on a network. Digitized documents can also be sent over the Internet and/or directly to the Catella CD-burning station. All images are securely transmitted using Catella Image Armor TM (3DES encryption software). (800) 423-3535; www.digitalams.com .
Mammography Film Viewer
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Broadwest, New York, offers the LumiVue TM LVM12 flat-panel illuminator. Through a cold cathode fluorescent lamp, the LumiVue is able to provide a brightness of 8,000 cd/m 2 . Its backlight technology employs high daylight color temperature for improving contrast and providing a uniformity greater than 90%. The LumiVue LVM12 accommodates 6 over 6 of the 18 cm by 24 cm mammography films, or 4 over 4 of the 24 cm by 30 cm mammography films. To complement its technical features, LumiVue’s design is less than three inches thick with fully masking shutters and a choice of three colors (ivory, white, and gray). Installment options include mobile workstation, wall-mounted, and desktop stand. (800) 232-2948; www.broadwest.com .
Ultrasound Software
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Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, Pa, introduces the inMotion software upgrade for its Sonoline G50 TM and Sonoline G60 S TM ultrasound systems. The inMotion upgrade features fourSight TM ultrasound four-dimensional imaging technology, which includes the C6F3 fourSight 4D transducer, and for the G50 system only, the EV8F5 fourSight 4D transducer. Other transducers available with the inMotion upgrade are the BE9-4 bi-plane endorectal transducer and the VF13-5SP transducer. The inMotion upgrade also offers enhanced digital clip capture solutions. New connectivity features include network export capabilities for direct PC file transfer via an Ethernet port, and expanded system integration into a DICOM network. (888) 826-9702; www.usa.siemens.com/medical .
LCD Monitors
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NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America, Chicago, introduces 17-inch and 19-inch LCD monitors, 1280 x 1024, which feature digital and analog connectivity, integrated sound bars to enhance multimedia applications, a high brightness of 250 cd/m 2 , and response rates of 16 ms or less. Additional features include a collapsible base for portability, wall or arm mounts, and a new thin-frame, two-tone cabinet design. (888) 632-6487; www.necmitsubishi.com/mml .
Docking Station
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Quest International Inc, Irvine, Calif, offers the Medical Docking Station, which allows a laptop computer to work with one or two freestanding Totoku medical display monitors, enabling remote access to patients’ records. The station features universal laptop connectivity via a PCMCIA (cardbus) slot, single or dual head support, and access to nondiagnostic functions, such as RIS data. The Medical Docking Station is available with multiple configurations, 2 MP, 3 MP, and 5 MP. (800) 231-6777; www.questinc.com .
Multimodality CAD System
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iCAD Inc, Nashua, NH, introduces the Second Look 500M, a combined mammography and MRI computer-aided detection (CAD) solution for the early detection of breast cancer. The Second Look 500M helps to streamline equipment needs and increase productivity by performing CAD for both film-based and digital mammography, as well as breast MRI. Results are shown on the common Second Look Viewer. (866) 280-2239; www.icadmed.com .
