Each advancement in medical imaging enables significant improvements in the quality and efficiency of diagnostics and therapy. The challenge: Each advancement requires significant computing performance gains to allow medical image data to be measured and analyzed. And once this massive amount of digital data has been created, it needs to be visualized too – including…
Importance of Computing Health Management in Transportation Systems The Intelligence Needed to Maximize Long-term Reliability, Manage Costs and Enhance Customer Satisfaction The market for transportation systems is forecasted to continue its rapid expansion according to a report by Transparency Market Research that predicts double-digit growth from 2013 to reach $30.2 billion by 2019. As the…
High-end medical equipment, such as MRI and ultrasound imaging devices, has enormous compute demands to produce images that help physicians in diagnosis and treatment. Today’s high-power GPUs can be used in add-on appliances to boost the power of such equipment. BY MARK GUNN, ONE STOP SYSTEMS, INC. Medical applications like computed tomography (CT) scanning and…
Feature Demonstrated at Nonin’s Booth at Medtrade Spring Conference MINNEAPOLIS, March 11, 2014 (PR NEWSWIRE) – Nonin Medical, Inc., the inventor of fingertip pulse oximetry and a leader in noninvasive medical monitoring, announced today that a Memory Volume Indicator (MVI) mode has been added to the company’s WristOx2®Model 3150 wrist-worn pulse oximeter. The MVI…
Dr. Jilan Liu spearheads HIMSS Greater China 27th March 2014; CN-Healthcare.com Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), an internationally renowned healthcare IT (HIT) organization has set foot in Greater China, with JCI lead consultant Dr. Jilan Liu appointed as the HIMSS Vice President and Greater China Executive Director. This is an exclusive interview with…
IQPC’s 17th Annual Software Design for Medical Devices Summit will convene VP’s, Director and Managers of Software Engineering, Software Validation, Software Development, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Design Controls, Risk Management and Hardware Engineers from the Medical Device industry, Software Development community, and all major players throughout the value chain Date: May 17th – 19th, 2014…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Edward G. Chekan, a speaker at the marcus evans Medical Device Manufacturing Summit Fall 2013 and the Medical Device R&D Summit Fall 2013, on how device manufacturers and those delivering patient care must collaborate. Interview with: Edward G. Chekan, Medical Director, Worldwide Medical Education, Johnson & Johnson Global Surgery Group There is…
On September 10, 2013 at the Intel Developer Forum, Intel President Renée James highlighted the growth of connected, personalized healthcare and the merge of healthcare and computation. Human genome, which holds the key to personalized medicine, usually takes a long time to calculate and is very expensive. But the new high-speed computing power from Intel will…
September, 2013
- By: By Jackson Mao
Product Planning Division Director
IBASE
When IBASE Technology Inc. was tasked with creating a new kind of bedside terminal for use in hospital patient care, the result was a pure-purpose machine used for patient information and video-on-demand that could replace a variety of other hospital systems. And while this application was great for budget-limited hospital situations, we knew we were…
• Siemens recalls specific panels shipped June 2011 through August 2013 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has issued a voluntary recall of its MicroScan Synergies plus® Negative and rapID/S plus Negative panels. These panels are used for determining antimicrobial susceptibility and/or identification for gram-negative bacteria. An internal investigation has confirmed an increase in false susceptible and false…
August, 2013
- By: by Ivan Salgo, M.D., M.S.
Among all the medical devices used by doctors, ultrasound has had a unique quality attached to it. It possesses a power that distinguishes it from other devices—the power to “see by sound.” It’s an interesting concept that has ultimately changed medical imaging today and will most likely power the future of imaging. In 1952…