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Point-of-Care Diagnostics


Tapping the potential
Pointofcare diagnosticseither for home use or for a nearpatient environment such as the general practitioners surgeryare a potentially profitable growth area for the healthcare industry However there are several issues to be overcome before any pointofcare instrumentation can be successfully commerc...
Oral-based Diagnostics

Oral-based Diagnostics


Oral diseases and beyond
In October the New York Academy of Sciences organised a conference in Atlanta on Oralbased Diagnostics dealing with the diagnostic potential of saliva and its constituents Although blood is still the gold standard for diagnostics of diseases and drugs oral diagnostics has the same and may be an eve...
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Vibration Response Imaging


A new methodology for measurement of lung vibrations
In the hands of a trained physician the stethoscope has been an excellent tool to assess the air moving through a patients lung But its usefulness is limited due to the range of audible frequencies as well as outside interferences The VRIXP is a unique new lung imaging system developed by Deep Breez...
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Radiology Beyond Anatomy


New value chain for personalised medicine
Healthcare providers in developed countries are facing the challenge of improved and efficient hospital management focussed on a bottomup approach for patient flow and management Patient management relies on best medical care right from the hospital entry point
Digital Radiography

Digital Radiography


Efficiency With Automated System Movements
There are numerous factors that drive a radiology department to adopt digital imaging technology The use of the Picture Archiving and Communications System PACS and hospital managements need to optimise operating costs for higher efficiency are only two examples
PACS in Indian Hospitals

PACS in Indian Hospitals


Catching up
How has the response to PACS been PACS in India the response has been very good so far In fact there are quite a few hospitals that are fully using the PACS software The hospitals that we have been targeting have shown very keen interest in PACS We feel that market is getting mature and is set to...
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Advanced CT Imaging


Effective diagnosis of coronary disease
The main trigger for the onset of Acute Coronary Syndromes ACS following a prolonged period of coronary atherosclerosis is the rupture of an atherosclerotic coronary plaque followed by localised coronary thrombosis and or spasm The major factors that predispose to rupture of a vulnerable plaque are...
Human Genome and the Molecular Diagnostics Market

Human Genome and the Molecular Diagnostics Market


The unravelling of the main bulk of the human genome in led to a feverish explosion of ideas of how genetic information could be used to improve the identification and management of human disease and enhance human health through improved therapeutics Targetbased drug discovery immediately received...
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Molecular Diagnostics


Rapid evolution of technologies holds out much promise
Molecular diagnostics is becoming increasingly important as an essential tool for the rapid accurate and costeffective delivery of safe and effective therapy for many diseases Its uptake is driven by i continuous innovation in underlying technologies ii constant identification of new or improved bio...
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Radiology Facility Design Standards


Cookie cutters and football pitches
We have designed hundreds if not thousands of imaging suites For each one we seek to identify the unique technical operational and clinical demands that each facility will need to supportThere are similarities among many of them but no two are identical We absolutely shun cookie cutter rigidity in d...
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