CIVCO’s eTRAX™ and Ultra-Pro e™ Offer Revolutionary Needle Tracking and Guidance

One year ago, at RNSA 2009, CIVCO launched eTRAX, a breakthrough electromagnetic needle tracking and guidance system. eTRAX, which features a  sensor embedded into the needle tip, provides physicians with a more dynamic and accurate tool for tracking the tip of a needle under real-time image-guided navigation.  With the introduction of eTRAX, CIVCO also presented [...]

Stephanie Pitts, RN, BSN, CPN

Stephanie Pitts, RN, BSN, CPN is Clinical Coordinator of the Vascular Access Team at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital of Tampa. Located in Tampa, Florida, St. Joseph’s is a BayCare Health System Hospital. Stephanie is a nurse using sonography on a daily basis to facilitate difficult vascular procedures on pediatric patients. Her team has an excellent record, [...]

Brookfield Zoo Features State of the Art Animal Imaging Suite

The Chicago Zoological Society’s Brookfield Zoo is home to a world-class imaging suite, including a newly installed CT scanner, digital radiography (x-ray), mammography, and ultrasound.  In addition to the CT scanner, the zoo’s collection includes a Sedecal large animal x-ray system, a GE Senographe 800T mammography unit, two Eklin digital radiography systems, a PACS storage [...]

Report: GE Increases U.S. Ultrasound Share

According to a report from Millennium Research Group, GE Healthcare has increased its lead over Philips Healthcare and Siemens Healthcare in the $1.2 billion U.S. ultrasound market.
The Toronto-based research firm also found that the Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.-based vendor grew its share in the fast-growing emerging ultrasound system segment from 10% in 2007 to 29% [...]

Philips Launches iU22 xMATRIX Ultrasound Scanner

Philips has officially launched the iU22 xMATRIX. The system is designed to provide enhanced tissue uniformity for textual pattern recognition, discrimination of microstructures, and improved image resolution. The system’s ergonomically designed X6-1 PureWave xMATRIX array transducer features ultra-thin slice imaging. It also includes the new Live xPlane feature to allow clinicians to create two full-resolution [...]