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European Grid technology project banks on open source
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- Category: Research
Grid technologies connect computers and scientific instruments, bringing together users from around the world and from different companies in a single, 'virtual' organisation. In turn, members of this virtual organisation can share knowledge instantly and easily access and store shared data.
The BT e-Health Insider Awards 2007
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There are FIVE categories for healthcare organisations to enter:
New Siemens software helps to correct cardiac fibrillations
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Worldwide, five percent of all people over the age of 65 suffer from atrial fibrillation. While cardiac arrhythmia can be treated with medication, patients have to take it for the rest of their lives. Ablation therapy offers an alternative: myocardial cells in the left atrium are obliterated to interrupt the problematic pathway. However, every patient is different. For this reason, electro physiologists have to be able to discern the size and shape of the left ventricle in precise detail during the intervention.
Medical Search Engine for General Practitioners in France
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SQLI and Initiate Systems announce strategic agreement
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- Category: Initiate Systems, Inc.
SQLI Groupe, the leading provider of identity management services in healthcare in France, and Initiate Systems, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise master person index (EMPI) software for organisations that want to create complete views of patient information from data dispersed across multiple facilities, today announced a strategic agreement in principle to introduce best of breed, industry-strength patient identification and matching solutions to the French healthcare market.
CSW signs OEM agreement with Visbion
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CSW Group has signed an OEM agreement with Visbion Ltd, whereby Visbion's DICOM imaging technology will be incorporated into CSW's Case Notes product for Electronic Health Records and sold as its new Diagnostic Image Management and Diagnostic Image Viewer modules.
New USB-IF Working Group to Improve Healthcare Technology
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World's First System Capable of Simultaneous Imaging of the Brain by MRI and PET
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In what could prove to be a turning point in diagnosis and therapy for millions of patients suffering from neurological diseases, stroke and cancer, Siemens Medical Solutions showed a prototype for the worlds first fully-functioning imaging system capable of performing simultaneously Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Testing of this new prototype MR-PET will start before the end of 2007.
EFMI STC 2007 - Medical Informatics in Enlarged Europe
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The Brijuni Islands, Croatia, 30th May to 1st June 2007
EFMI STC 2007, carrying on the traditional series of EFMI Special Topic Conferences, is one of the most international and national events in the common sphere of medicine and informatics. Its major goal is to increase interaction and collaboration among professionals from both health and IT.
Telemedicine Clinic provides advanced diagnostic work for NHS in the UK
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With this contract, Telemedicine Clinic will be the largest PET/CT centre in Europe. Thanks to high case volumes, it will be possible to build up a sub specialised reporting solution with very skilled medical experts.