Qfix recently announced its new insight overlay and coil holders for Siemens Healthineers’ Magnetom Aero and Skyra, which enable MRI in the same position as treatment. This technology was available for display at both the Qfix booth and the Siemens booth at the 2016 American Society for Radiation Oncology conference, which ran from September 25 to 28 in Boston.
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Imaging equipment has come a long way over the last 12 months, and 2017 promises more of the same. In November’s cover story, seasoned writer Chris Hayhurst explored recent innovations in medical imaging and told HTM professionals what they could expect to see at the 2016 Radiological Society of North America annual conference.
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Earlier this week, Siemens Healthineers unveiled its Somatom Confidence RT Pro dedicated CT scanner at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology in Boston. Designed for radiation oncologists and physicists, the new Somatom Confidence Pro CT system is the first system of its kind to provide electron density images with a “single-energy” scan.
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The global market is expected to reach $11.91 billion by 2021 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.7%, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets. Of the 11 major segments, including OR and surgical equipment, patient monitors, and defibrillators, the medical imaging equipment segment is estimated to hold the largest share of the market in 2016, MarketsandMarkets says.
Read MoreSiemens Healthineers has named August Calhoun, PhD, senior vice president of North America services. In this role, Calhoun assumes responsibility for all of Siemens’ services business lines in the U.S., including Customer Services (preventative maintenance and repair for imaging and laboratory diagnostic equipment, and education and training), Enterprise Services, and Digital Services.
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