• Toshiba Stands Out in Cardiovascular X-ray Survey Rankings

    In a report on cardiovascular x-ray system service, Toshiba received the top ranking in 18 of 36 attributes, including overall service performance, overall satisfaction with a manufacturer, reliability of hardware and reliability of software. The survey by IMV Ltd., a provider of independent analysis of service trends in the imaging industry, had customers...

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  • Abstract Deadline for CARS 2012 Congress Approaching

    Taking place in Pisa, Italy, from June 27 – 30, the annual CARS congress is the yearly occasion where medicine and technology meet to present and discuss the key innovations that shape modern medicine on a worldwide basis. As is traditional, the ISCAS, EuroPACS, CAR, CAD and CMI societies will join CARS holding their own meetings are part of this large...

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  • CIRSE Foundation Educational Grants Deadline

    The Cardiovascular and Interventional Society of Europe have announced that applications for the CIRSE Foundation 2012 education grants will be possible until March 1st, 2012. Applicants are asked to send all documents required to [email protected]. Late applications will not be accepted.  The purpose of the education grant is to advance training...

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  • IHE Technical Framework and Profiles Implemented by National Initiatives

    IHE Europe today counts national initiatives in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. A national IHE initiative promotes, supports and implements IHE activities within the respective country, and often at the regional level within the country. National IHE initiatives also assume the responsibility...

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  • Alliance for MRI Reacts to Revision of EMF Directive

    Threat from Council to Proposed Derogation for MRI On November 8, a reception of the Alliance for MRI was jointly hosted by MEP Elisabeth Morin-Chartier and MEP Sylvana Rapti at the European Parliament. Since the adoption of the European Commission proposal for a new EMF-Directive in June 2011, it has become clear from the discussions in Council that...

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  • Matching Talents and Jobs

    Programmed to under-perform? This is how some healthcare managers may feel when they go home after a typical day at work, according to a recent white paper 'What Does Being in Over Your Head Look Like'. In reality, the average healthcare organisation creates leadership alignment (the right people in the right roles) approximately 55 percent of the...

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  • Manufacturer's Association Cooperates on Dose Safety

    IMAGING Management spoke to David Fisher, Executive Director of the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) and Vice-President of the National Electrical Manufacturers' Association (NEMA) about recent momentum in the drive to address potential health hazards caused by radiation exposure through medical imaging and related procedures. Also concerned...

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  • Interview With Prof. Oliver Speck

    Interviewee Prof. Oliver Speck Physicist Service for Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Institute for Experimental Physics Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg Magdeburg, Germany President European Society for Magentic Resonance in Medicine & Biology (ESMRMB)  How did you choose experimental physics and what do you enjoy about it? I...

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  • Philips Announces First Mobile 3T with Multitransmit

    Philips Electronics has announced the world's first Mobile 3.0T MRI system with MultiTransmit - the Achieva 3.0T TX Mobile MRI. The mobile system brings advanced MRI diagnostic capabilities to patients who previously may not have had access otherwise. Additionally, the Achieva 3.0T TX Mobile MRI will be the first 3.0T MRI system in Europe with MultiTransmit....

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  • GE Healthcare Opens First Plant in Brazil

    CEO Jeff Immelt recently announced that the location of the next Global Research Centre (GRC) will be in Brazil, one of four focus countries in GE's globalisation process, which also includes Russia, India and China. Brazil and South America are of critical importance to GE Healthcare's future. For the last several years GE Healthcare has envisioned...

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