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July 22, 2015
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Carestream Health earned the top rating in MD Buyline’s Market Intelligence Briefing (Q2 2015) for both portable and room-based digital X-ray systems for the second time this year.
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July 22, 2015
GUELPH, Ont. – Guelph General Hospital plans to improve its on-site diagnosis of disease with the addition of nuclear medicine imaging this November. The acute-care hospital is the only one of its size in the province to still be without such imaging technology, but once it is up and running it will be among the best in Canada, said Dr. Samir Patel (pictured), chief of diagnostic imaging.
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July 8, 2015
WINNIPEG – Manitoba has announced the introduction of a comprehensive, fully integrated provincial system for digital mammography. Health Minister Sharon Blady (pictured) said the first provincial site to receive a digital mammography system will be the Brandon Regional Health Centre in September 2015, adding that other sites will receive digital mammography between October 2015 and April 2016.
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June 30, 2015
Dr. Narinder Paul, like Noah, has faith that two are more productive than one. Especially if they are a pair of Toshiba’s Aquilion ONE Vision Edition volume CT scanners, working side by side. Read More
June 17, 2015
BRAMPTON, Ont. – William Osler Health System, one of Canada’s largest community hospitals with sites in Brampton and Etobicoke, Ontario, has awarded Siemens Canada Healthcare a Managed Equipment Service (MES) contract worth approximately $154 million. Read More
June 17, 2015
TORONTO – St. Michael’s Hospital has replaced its existing PACS with a Carestream Vue PACS, which offers an intuitive interface and easy integration with other systems to streamline the reading workflow. Read More
June 17, 2015
TORONTO – Siemens has announced the Magnetom Terra, a 7 Tesla MRI system that is designed to translate cutting-edge MRI research results into clinical application. According to Siemens, it is the world’s first ultra-high field research system ready for future clinical use with planned CE and FDA authorization to market for selected neurological and musculoskeletal MR imaging applications. Read More
June 17, 2015
TORONTO – Agfa HealthCare announced that Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has selected the DX-D 600 full room Direct Radiography (DR) suite to transition two X-ray rooms from analog to DR. The selection followed a thorough review of several DR technologies in which Agfa HealthCare’s DX-D 600, in combination with its MUSICA image processing software, was determined as ideally suited for the hospital’s large and fast-paced trauma centre. Read More
May 6, 2015
WINNIPEG – Construction has started on a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suite at the Grace Hospital, a 251-bed facility in the west end of Winnipeg. The new MRI is expected to offer approximately 2,800 additional scans per year, increasing the number of scans available for Manitobans and helping address wait times. Read More
May 6, 2015
KINGSTON, Ont. – Having an X-ray exam at Hotel Dieu Hospital is faster and more comfortable now, thanks to the major overhaul of a diagnostic imaging suite that introduces patients to advanced imaging technology. Read More