Germany

GE HealthCare is collaborating with Starvision to implement remote scanning in Germany using the Imaging 360 Remote software powered by nCommand Lite. In 2023, GE HealthCare entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with IONIC Health to expand access to advanced remote scanning solutions. This partnership introduced Imaging 360 Remote powered by nCommand Lite. Starvision, a […]

Provider of quality assurance products and services in stereotactic radiosurgery RTsafe has partnered with ZAP Surgical, developer of the ZAP-X Gyroscopic Radiosurgery platform, to promote advances in cranial radiosurgery. RTsafe’s dosimetry phantom based on true-to-life human anatomy will be integrated into ZAP Surgical’s existing and future installations. RTsafe’s phantom developed specifically for use with the […]

Radiologikum Stuttgart, Germany, has a Vela Medical mammography chair in its mammography department, and teaching and lead radiologist Miriam Weber reports that it is ideal for patients who cannot stand while being examined due to health issues. She and her colleagues also use the chair in situations where the woman is better able to undergo […]

The first installation of the MARIA breast imaging system in Germany took place in August at the Diagnostic Breast Centre in Göttingen. Training on the system has been completed and the first patient scanned. This is the first system to be installed as part of a distribution agreement between Hologic and Micrima in Germany, Austria […]

Evangelisches Krankenhaus Unna, a district hospital in Germany, has a certified stroke unit and a trauma centre. It sees more than 20,000 patients a year in its emergency department where point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become an indispensable tool, particularly for the acute care of severely injured patients admitted to the resuscitation room. Lead consultant Dr […]

State Minister Garrelt Duin, second from right, with employees of Varian Particle Therapy. North-Rhine Westphalian minister for the economy Garrelt Duin has awarded Varian Medical Systems Particle Therapy GmbH research funds amounting to €10 million.  The funding will be used for the further development of proton therapy and comes from the European Regional Development Fund.  […]

Visbion’s Erling Austvoll and Eoin Collins had a successful week at their first Connectathon. This year’s IHE-Europe Connectathon was held at Bochum, Germany, and Visbion reports it had a successful week.  Alongside over 300 attendees from more than 100 other companies, the Visbion team spent a productive week testing the compliance of its image management […]