Health IT firm MIM Software has obtained Canadian regulatory approval to begin marketing version 3.0 of its Mobile MIM radiology app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.The app is now cleared in Canada for diagnostic X-ray and ultrasound viewing, as well as radiation oncology treatment plan review and approval, according to a statement from [...]

Medical technology firm Riverain Technologies has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for a software program that compares current and prior chest X-ray images.Comparing differences between current and prior chest X-rays of the same patient will help draw clinicians’ attention to what may be an emerging or enlarging tumor, according to a statement from [...]

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MIM Software recently obtained regulatory clearance for version 3.0 of its Mobile MIM medical imaging mobile app for radiologists.After the latest 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Mobile MIM 3.0 is now cleared for diagnostic X-ray and ultrasound viewing, as well as radiation oncology treatment plan review and approval.For MIM, the most [...]

An under-the-radar company that’s developing next-generation magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) coils is moving closer to commercialization.Cleveland-based Tursiop Technologies doesn’t have a website and hasn’t released any public statements since 2008, when it received a $1.35 million investment.Still, the company is making progress on its MRI coils made of “carbon-based nanomaterials” and hopes to have at [...]

You might think that a market’s growth rate tumbling to about 1 percent from 10 percent a few years ago would worry the companies in that market.But not when that annual market is in the neighborhood of $175 billion annually, according to Scott Seidelmann, CEO of Cleveland-area radiology company Radisphere.“I’m not focused on the size [...]

Riverain Technologies has received regulatory approval for the next-generation version of its imaging software that “suppresses” bones to help radiologists detect cancerous lung nodules.OnGuard 5.2, the latest version of the software, uses pattern recognition and machine learning technologies to essentially allow radiologists to see behind ribs and clavicles that often obscure lung abnormalities. OnGuard also [...]

Ohio State University spinoff EXCMR is preparing for a fourth-quarter launch of a four-site clinical test of its MRI-compatible treadmill for heart-stress testing.The clinical test’s chief goal is to compare the performance of the company’s stress test against competing alternatives and fine-tune the treadmill’s design, plus its installation and servicing processes.“Launching this pilot is an [...]

Advanced medical imaging company Imalux has hired a former executive with Philips Healthcare for its newly created position of chief operating officer.James Fulton has joined the Cleveland-based provider of advanced medical imaging systems and will hold the title of president in addition to COO, according to a statement from the company. Fulton is a 30-year [...]

Maybe it’s a sign that the hospital capital spending market is on its way back. Consumer electronics giant Samsung (SEO:005930) plans to drop $1.1 billion on medical imaging companies in the coming decade as it looks to bump shoulders with the likes of Philips Healthcare (NYSE:PHG), GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) and Siemens AG [...]