Toshiba America Medical Systems said that its MR systems have received approval to operate with the U.S. Air Force.
The approval makes Toshiba the only vendor to have fully certified MR systems -- its Vantage Titan 1.5- and 3-tesla systems -- available for use on the Air Force Network, according to the company. Toshiba's CT systems were also recently approved for the Air Force.
To achieve approval-to-operate status, Toshiba met the Air Force and Defense Health Agency's Platform Information Technology guidelines for ensuring protection of patient health information and guarding against malware, viruses, and attacks.
Toshiba included Microsoft Windows 7 and application white-listing software to identify and prevent viruses and malicious solicitations in its MR platform.
