Imaging Visualization & Navigation

PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Barrow Brain and Spine announces it is the first in the Southwest to use the Precision Virtual Reality™ medical visualization platform by Surgical Theater. This innovative, enterprise-wide virtual reality technology provides Barrow’s world-renowned neurosurgeons and physicians with a never-before view of the anatomy and pathology of their patients’ complex neurologic conditions. For patients, Precision…

If the war on cancer is ever decisively and finally won, chances are good the world will look back and see that the first major turning point was the eradication of breast cancer. And this initial victory will be remembered as a smart place to have started. For, circa 2016-17, the fight against breast cancer…

From a workstation with three computer monitors arrayed in his basement, 3D animation artist Sean Maynard, shown with his dog Augie, has been producing animated medical videos – to help patients — and doctors — better visualize how a medical procedure, new device or new drug will work. Sean Maynard has never performed a surgical…

Administraion officials of the Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) Standards Committee (DSC) announced that they will be launching Working Group 17 (WG-17) that will focus on the promotion of the DICOM standard for the creation, storage and management of 3D printing models in a healthcare setting. “This emerging technology will benefit from a…

Seno Medical Instruments today released data from 2 new analyses of a post-market study of its Imagio opto-acoustic technology designed to aid in the diagnosis of breast cancer, hoping to submit a Premarket Approval application to the FDA early next year. The Imagio system combines traditional ultrasound with light-based imaging, providing physicians with a closer look…

Placing a central venous catheter, or a central line, in patients is a common procedure for physicians, but not an easy one. In fact, mistakes happen up to 10 percent of the time and cost U.S. hospitals an estimated $4.5 billion each year. With its Ballistra Guidewire Advancer, the Acantha Medical team – made up…

BEDFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NinePoint Medical, Inc., a transformative medical device company pioneering the use of an advanced imaging platform for gastrointestinal applications, announced today that the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published its 2017 final fee schedule. The annual update includes a material increase to the reimbursement rate for CPT Code 432521 (upper…

Arterys, a pioneer in cloud-based medical imaging software, announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Arterys Software. This clearance allows the Arterys product to be used in clinical settings for the quantification of cardiac flow, which includes 4D flow and 2D Phase Contrast workflows, and…

TORONTO and NEW YORK (November 3, 2016) — Synaptive Medical, a leading medical device and technology company that pursues connections to transform the process of care, announced today that General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, has made a strategic investment in the company. With over 35 years of experience investing in 250 growth companies…

Acutus Medical said today it launched a trial of its AcQMap high resolution imaging and mapping system designed to guide ablation procedures for treating persistent atrial fibrillation. The company’s AcQMap imaging and mapping system is designed to detect and display standard voltage-based and higher resolution charge-source maps, and is able to generate real-time, 3D images of the…