Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems has made the commercial debut of its Voxar 3D product line: Voxar 3D 6.3.2 Workstation and Voxar 3D 6.3.2 ActiveX.

Ziosoft, a provider of advanced visualization and analysis software for medical imaging, and MMS Medicor Medical Supplies GmbH Kerpen, a European distributor of medical products, have signed an exclusive agreement for Medicor to distribute Ziosoft's 3D thin-client software solutions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Volcano, a developer of products for the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and peripheral artery disease, has formed an exclusive worldwide distribution agreement to initiate the formal launch of the Xtract thrombus aspiration catheter, manufactured by the Plymouth, Minn-based Lumen Biomedical.

Toshiba America Medical Systems has introduced two multi-detector CT systems, the Aquilion Premium edition and the Aquilion CX edition.

Peripheral arterial occlusive disease is becoming an increasingly more common presentation, particularly as the population ages in the industrial world. The utilization of CT angiography (CTA) to visualize and evaluate the extent of the disease can be a more attractive option compared with the current diagnostic standard of digital subtraction angiography, which is an invasive and expensive examination.

Advanced visualization software developer Vital Images saw a revenue downturn yet managed to trim its losses in results reported for the firm's fiscal 2009 first quarter, which ended March 31.

Cardiovascular Business invited four luminaries in the field of nuclear cardiology to discuss SPECT and SPECT/CT, including advanced technology, utilization in hospital- and office-based settings and reimbursement challenges.

Increasing overhead, decreasing reimbursement, fierce competition and practice buy-outs...all are conspiring against the nuclear cardiologist.