Technology on a platter

[This article was published in the June 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] Since its inception in the 1970s, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become one of the largest and

Carestream Health shipping dry laser imager

Carestream Health has begun worldwide shipments of its new compact DRYVIEW 5700 Laser Imager designed to meet the specialised radiology needs of clinics, imaging centres and other medical imaging services providers.

Haryana to provide round the clock health services

Round-the-clock health services will be provided by Haryana’s health department at all primary health centres and community health centres in the state.

News Review: May 2009

Schiller India Launches MRI Monitor

Rajeev Agarwal, General Manager � Healthcare Informatics, Philips is a business leader, having extensive experience in healthcare IT solutions for emerging markets.

New brain image techniques being developed

Brain imaging new techniques to find out more about patients in a coma are being developed by University of Aberdeen researchers.

Smartphone application detects cancer

Scientists have invented a mobile phone application which is capable of spotting cancer accurately.

“jaslok is at the forefront of medical advances” : Col M Masand, Jaslok Hospital, India

It is uncanny to imagine a defence officer, who once held the responsibility of operating army tanks, is now a well-known CEO of a leading hospital in the country and saving lives of thousands of ailing patients each day

“TI’s semiconductor technology makes life healthier” : Rakesh Joshi, Business Development manager, Medical Business, Texas Instruments India, India

As the Business Development Manager at Texas Instruments, Rakesh Joshi is responsible for setting short-term and long-term strategies to develop business with new customers and expand business with existing customers in the medical segment in India.

Technology changing the face of health care

There is a surge in certain medical tests because of recent boom in medical technology.

Local Chemotherapy Delivery to Tumours

Royal Philips Electronics and Eindhoven University of Technology announced an important development in MRI-guided local drug delivery for cancer treatment. Image-guided drug delivery has been studied by scientists all around the world for almost a decade because it may enable a beneficial increase in tumor chemotherapy drug levels, thereby increasing treatment efficacy without an increase in adverse side effects. The joint research team has now demonstrated in pre-clinical studies that an improved local drug uptake in tumors is achieved, and that it can be visualised and measured in real time.

Schiller India launches a new MRI Monitor

Schiller India, a leading Swiss Joint Venture Company in the field of Medical Diagnostics, has launched a new MRI compatible monitor called MAGLIFE Serenity.

Silent strokes could cause learning deficits

Silent strokes, which have no immediate symptoms but could cause long-term cognitive and learning deficits, occur in a significant number of severely anemic children, especially those with sickle cell disease, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2011.