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TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW improvement with image enhancement, autostitching, and shutter detection and removal. ÿ Registration technology for clinical packages that require rigid or deformable registration. ÿ Cedara ISG is able to serve up 2D and 3D compressed images over the web. ÿ A thin-client G6 viewer work in progress that can run on Windows, Linux and Macintosh in standard browsers. In addition, the company’s custom engineering group is available to discuss its development services. Emageon (Booth 8508) is displaying the capabilities of its optimizes tumor management, allowing for early quantiﬁcation of treatment effectiveness for optimal treatment planning. It identiﬁes, delineates and quantiﬁes areas of increased metabolic activity in PET/CT scans, and provides registration capabilities for comparison of tumor response over time. Lung VCAR offers the capability to ﬁnd, isolate and measure lung nodules over time. It automatically highlights, isolates, and analyzes lung nodules, comparing the measurements to previous results. Median Technologies (Booth 8548) is unveiling its LMS-Lung/Track and LMS Liver applications. They segment user identiﬁes lesions and measure key characteristics such as volume and longest axial diameters. They automatically pair the lesions in follow-up exams, compute their growth and doubling time and generate RECIST-criteria reports. LMS-Lung/Track and LMS-Liver support chest or liver images acquired on any multidetector CT, and can be integrated with modality or PACS/RIS workstations. Medis Medical Imaging Systems (Booth 7032) is introducing QBrain MR and QPlaque MR software. QBrain features manual and automatic 3D registration, manual and automatic segmentation and calculation of brain volumes and lesions, and multiple time-point analysis. QBrain has received FDA clearance and is expected to be available worldwide in the fourth quarter 2007. QPlaque MR post-processes multi-spectral MR images and provides tools for semi-automatically determining the boundaries of vessel, lumen, and plaque components; calculating vessel wall and plaque volumes; and measuring the thickness of the vessel wall and the ﬁbrous cap. Medis expects QPlaque MR to be available worldwide in the ﬁ rst quarter 2008. MIMvista (Booth 4174) is showcasing the latest release of its MIM 4.1 software. MIM4.1’s MIMcontouring Advanced provides automatic atlas-based deformable contouring and adaptive re-contouring using the VoxAlign Deformation Engine. Therapy Response Tools include automatic registration, PET tumor segmentation, contour propagation, and RECIST/WHO calculations across time points. In addition, the ﬁrm is highlighting its MIM Extensions, which provide a programming interface for customizable functionalities. Philips Medical Systems (Booth 4129) is unveiling its RadSuite Express, the result of a partnership with Dell. RadSuite Express provides smaller facilities access to the same 3D imaging tools used by specialists in large facilities. Exxim Computing (Booth 8931) is displaying COBRA 6.0, its Cone Beam Reconstruction software. Exxim has ported part of its algorithm onto the NVidia GeForce8800GTX graphic card, which boosts reconstruction speed. Emageon: RadSuite Express 3D imaging tools Exxim has added a correction for typical Feldkamp artifacts, which show up at large cone angles in asymmetric detector conﬁgurations. The ﬁrm is debuting an optional visualization module comprising volume rendering, MIP, MPR and analysis tools via a network. These features are now available for end-users and OEM partners using COBRA software development kit libraries. Fuji lm Medical Systems USA (Booth 1129) is dem- MIMvista: MIM4.1 software onstrating future extensions to its distributed 3D software, including PET/CT fusion capabilities. Workin-progress advancements to existing diagnostic MIP/ MPR capabilities also are being displayed. In the area of full-ﬁeld digital mammography, Fuji is featuring advanced visualization advances for its Synapse digital mammography system. GE Healthcare (Booth 1729) is demonstrating PET VCAR as well as Lung VCAR. PET Volume Computer-Assisted Reading (VCAR) 42 N O V E M B E R 2 0 07 | Health Imaging & IT iSite Volume Vision and iSite 3.6 and 4.1 advanced visualization tools. The iSite 3.6 and 4.1 advanced visualization tools feature MIP/MPR/3D volume rendering, on-demand task guidance, and a simpliﬁed user interface. The iSite Volume Vision features task-guided segmentation and classiﬁcation tools, merging and color mapping of CT and MR datasets, and the capability for protocolbased and freestyle movie generation and capture. Philips anticipates general market availability of the products during the ﬁrst quarter 2008. HealthImaging.com http://HealthImaging.com

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Health Imaging & IT November 2007 RSNA 360 Table of Contents Table of Contents On the Web: HealthImaging.com The Enterprise: Imaging & IT = Knowledge News Update RSNA 360: Technology Previews RSNA 360: PACS RSNA 360: PACS Peripherals RSNA 360: Reading Services RSNA 360: Voice Recognition & Reporting RSNA 360: Furniture RSNA 360: CT RSNA 360: Molecular Imaging RSNA 360: Advanced Visualization RSNA 360: MRI RSNA 360: Ultrasound RSNA 360: Health IT RSNA 360: Cardiac Imaging RSNA 360: Digital X-ray RSNA 360: Women’s Imaging RSNA 360: CAD RSNA 360: Data Storage & Archiving RSNA 360: Displays RSNA 360: Oncology Imaging PACS & the EHR: Users Love the Link Lung CAD: A Power Tool in the Imaging Toolset Special Section: RIS/PACS: Efficiency Gains through Integration Fine-Tuning Breast Imaging Workflow Peace of Mind: Long-term Archives that Deliver QA in Medical Displays: Two Approaches CPOE: Wonders in Workflow Emergency Imaging in Flux Reader's Resource Stat Sheet

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