GE Healthcare has introduced version 2.0 of its Centricity Cardiology CA1000 workstation at this week's annual American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in New Orleans.
Version 2.0 includes tools such as analysis, segmentation, measurements, annotation, filming, and exporting of clinically relevant images, according to the Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.-based vendor. GE said it also combines the workstation's traditional DICOM viewing capabilities with the 3D clinical analysis tools of Centricity AW Suite 2.0.
Licenses can also be managed either concurrently or seat-based, GE said. In addition, the new release enables integrated ECG viewing on GE's Muse system and other external devices.
In other cardiac developments, GE has signed a research agreement with the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Researchers from GE and the University of Mississippi will employ the vendor's Vivid ultrasound technology to examine a large, random sample of African Americans.
The study could either confirm or rule out ultrasound as a tool for heart disease and stroke detection, according to the firm. Research is expected to begin in 2008.
In nuclear cardiology developments, GE has completed the 100th installation of its Ventri gamma camera. Cardiovascular Consultants in Arizona received the system.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
March 27, 2007
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