Siemens Medical Systems has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Magnetom Sonata dedicated cardiovascular and neurovascular MRI scanner.
The Sonata scanner builds on the foundation of the vendor’s Magnetom Symphony 1.5-tesla unit, and offers a one-stop, comprehensive cardiac exam, including myocardial function and viability, as well as angiography scanning, according to the Iselin, NJ-based vendor. High-resolution 3-D for multiplanar viewing is provided, as is whole-body MR angiography.
Sonata also features automated post-processing and image analysis, as well as fast gradients for ultrafast imaging. A short, wide-bore superconducting magnet offers maximum patient comfort, according to the company. Siemens developed Sonata through a partnership between the company, multiple research institutions, and private practitioners.
In nuclear medicine developments, Siemens introduced e.soft, a Windows NT-based nuclear medicine workstation, at the American College of Cardiology meeting this week. Developed jointly with Toshiba, e.soft helps users easily manage clinical tools such as quantitative gated SPECT myocardial assessment, non-uniform attenuation correction, and gated blood pool SPECT studies. The workstation software also features automated work flow and other high-throughput image and data-handling features.
In other new product news, Siemens has introduced ACOM.Web, a multimodality image distribution network that allows images to be accessed over the Internet or an intranet from any PC. With ACOM.Web, users can combine images from cardiology and radiology, regardless of which modality created the images, according to Siemens.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
March 13, 2000
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