Siemens wins 132-million-Euro contract for medical technology in Spain
The Ministry of Health of the Spanish region of Murcia has placed an order worth 132 million Euros to Siemens Healthcare for medical technology, service and financing.
Siemens Launches SIERRA Dose Reduction Initiative in Computed Tomography
In a continual commitment to patient care and radiation reduction in computed tomography (CT), Siemens Healthcare has launched SIERRA (Siemens Radiation Reduction Alliance) and has established an expert panel to advance the cause of dose reduction in CT.
Toshiba Aquilion ONE Scans Entire Organ in Single Rotation
A new computed tomography (CT) scanner that provides physicians with precise images of internal organs with a single rotation of the gantry has been developed by Toshiba. The Toshiba Aquilion ONE 320-detector row CT system with pediatric imaging capabilities can image an entire organ in a single rotation or over multiple rotations, showing real-time dynamic movement and resulting in lower doses of radiation.
Philips and VU Medical Center signed long term research agreement
An agreement has been signed between Royal Philips Electronics and the VU University Medical Centre for conducting a joint research on new multi-modality imaging solutions aimed at improving the early detection and treatment of diseases such as cancer and neurological and cardiovascular diseases.
Cancer Centres for Districts Launched
Health and family welfare minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that besides a state-of-the-art cancer hospital in Guwahati, two cancer diagnostic centres will also be set up at Mangaldoi and Sivasagar.
Philips Neuro Perfusion Package (NPP) software for brain care : S Bhaskaran, Philips Innovation Campus, Bangalore, India
The brain is the most sensitive organ in human body and consumes the maximum amount of oxygen and other nutrients to keep it alive and healthy. Thus, the brain needs to be continuously fed with fresh oxygenated blood, whilst deoxygenated blood is flushed out.
Advances in Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine
[This article was published in the December 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Nuclear medicine is a branch of medicine and medical imaging that uses the nuclear properties of matter in diagnosis and therapy
NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS
[This article was published in the November 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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Philips opens advanced healthcare technology factory in Brazil
Philips opens first Magnetic Resonance and Computed Tomography plant in Latin America strengthening Philips
Global Hospitals to launch a 500-bed facility soon
Multi-speciality healthcare provider Global Hospitals Group will soon launch a hospital with 500 beds in Chennai.
GE Healthcare, Gujarat Imaging expand facilities
GE Healthcare and Gujarat Imaging Centre (GIC), which launched the State
Bangkok Hospital Medical Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Bangkok Hospital Medical Centre (BMC) is one of the most technologically sophisticated hospitals in the world today.
Teleradiology plus electronic health record
Klinikum Chemnitz GmbH has become one of the first hospitals in Germany to link its teleradiology service with the electronic health record (EHR).
