Royal Philips Electronics and the International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT) announced a unique program to extend healthcare education in Europe, Asia and the South Pacific.
Dr Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, Member, Planning Commission, has steered the Indian Space programme for over nine years as Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Space Commission and as Secretary to the Government of India.
Singapore consortium has developed a synthetic surface that will be chemical-free and anti-bacterial.
AUSPI (Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India) and COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India) held a workshop cum press briefing on
In a research, radiation oncologists at Mayo Clinic were able to reduce by 55 percent the number of lymph nodes, critical for removing fluid from the arm, that received damaging radiation doses.
FAST CARE from Siemens Healthcare is the new technology platform for CT (computed tomography) scanners which helps hospital staff to perform CT examinations faster and more efficiently than before as well as keeping the dose as low as possible.
The John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, US, has unveiled a US$130m cancer facility.
The Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot, has inaugurated the Biograph 16 PET.CT scanner by Siemens at Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital, Jaipur. It is the first PET.CT scanner in the state of Rajasthan, which helps in identifying cancer lesions at a very early stage. It also comes with HD.PET technology, which provides the best image resolution in the industry and an X-ray reduction feature, which reduces the radiation dose to the patient up to 68%.
October is a Breast Cancer Awareness month. Siemens Healthcare Sector has started a worldwide campaign to increase the public
Siemens has launched a new image processing software, which helps cardiologists and cardiac surgeons prepare and perform Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantations (TAVI), Syngo Aortic ValveGuide that automatically reconstructs a 3D representation of the aortic root from CT-like cross-sectional images acquired with the angiography system.
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.
Vashi’s Fortis hospital has taken a huge initiative to address all problems related to infertility (unproductiveness) in men and women. Fortis hospital in association with Bloom IVF centre has conceptualised Navi Mumbai’s most advanced IVF (In vitro fertilisation) clinic – Fortis Bloom IVF clinic.
[This article was published in the May 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
News: May 2010
