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B u i l d i n g Q ua l i T y & Va l u e T o g e T h e r ity Cardiology Lab Manager and Centricity CVIS work together to ensure accuracy and optimize clinical workflow.  Marine Polymer Technologies (Booth 20095) is showcasing its line of Syvek hemostasis products—Syvek Classic, Syvek SP, Syvek NT, excel, MrDH. Syvek excel is intended for use following femoral vascular catheterization procedures and the Syvek NT is for use in the local management of bleeding wounds such as vascular access sites.  McKesson (Booth 10012) is highlighting its Horizon Cardiology, a complete cardiovascular information solution (CVIS) that includes fully integrated hemodynamic monitoring and eCG management. Built on a singular platform, Horizon Cardiology integrates reports, images, waveforms and measurements into a central cardiac patient file. NextGen Healthcare Information Systems (Booth 9035) is  helps interventionalists select the optimal projection angle to minimize foreshortening, without using additional radiation in the cath lab. For CT, Philips is featuring its essence technology, a combination of x-ray tube, detector system and reconstruction design elements. The new Brilliance 64 with essence technology is a 64-channel CT technology. For molecular imaging and nuclear medicine, Philips is showcasing the Precedence SPeCT/CT, CardioMD 90-degree nuclear cardiology camera and Astonish reconstruction software. For echocardiography, the ie33 intelligent echo system is on display as well as its Live 3D echo technology, using xMATrIX technology. To reduce door-to-balloon times, Philips is displaying the HeartStart Mrx Monitor/Defibrillator, Philips eCG Transfer Station and the Philips TraceMasterVue eCG management solution. ProSolv CardioVascular (Booth 2049), a FujiFilm company, is  showcasing its enterprise Practice Management System, and the NextGen eMr, which features extensive cardiology workflow content and device integration.  NovaRad (Booth 10035) is releasing a new version of its NovaCardio PACS that meets the image access and reading needs of the hospital cath lab and echo. enhancements in the latest version include: storage management; hanging protocols; clickonce web viewer; patient CD; cine tools with series thumbnails for drag-and-drop to cine views and auto cine when opening a study and automated physician reports. Philips Healthcare (Booth 6000) is highlighting its Allura Xper suite that includes 3D-Coronary Angiography (Allura 3D-CA) for 3D modeling and StentBoost to assist stent deployment. With the ability to transfer CT volumes from the Philips Brilliance CT to the Allura Xper systems, CT TrueView highlighting the latest release of its ProSolv CardioVascular version 4.0, which features the integration of its radiology PACS application, Synapse, with ProSolv CardioVascular to give ProSolv users access to Synapse radiology data from one workstation, with a single sign-on and familiar user interface.  RADinfo Systems (Booth 1026) is displaying its secured version of PowerPACS DICoMmail software, which converts JPeG and BMP images into DICoM format. The user can view the images in the rADinfo’s Basic rSVS Viewer after an internet download of the DICoMmail application. Sony Medical (Booth 26029) is showing printers and other peripherals for digital cardiac imaging, including the uPD77MD model color dye-sublimation DICoM imager; the uP-D74XrD DICoM high-speed monochrome digital imager, and the FilmStation dry film imager.   [ From left: NovaRad’s Cardio PACS, Stent image acquired on Philips Brilliance CT system, RADinfo Systems PowerPACS DICOMmail ] HealthImaging.com March 2008 | Health Imaging & IT 29 http://HealthImaging.com

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Health Imaging & IT - March 2008 Table of Contents On the Web The Enterprise: Communicating Better News Update Critical Test Results Management: The Human Touch The Changing Face of the Cath Lab Cardiovascular CT: A Clinical Boon Cardiology PACS: Solutions to Fit Your Needs ACC 08: Building Quality & Value Together Picking the Perfect PACS Displays PET/CT: A Game-Changer in Cancer Patient Management DR: You Gotta Have IT – Delivering Speed, Efficiency, Savings Laser Imagers: Answering the Call for Hard Copy Reader's Resources Stat Sheet

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