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German company highlights app that can process ultrasound data
Germany's Biomedical Engineering IBMT is touting a new app that could be used to process raw ultrasound data directly on Apple devices such as iPhone or the iPad. The app will be unveiled at the
Magellan launches website, apps to track radiation exposure from imaging
Patients in the U.S. are exposed to almost 7 times more radiation from medical devices than they were in 1980. However, National Imaging Associates, a subsidiary of Magellan Health Services, has
FDA looks to regulate medical apps
The FDA has unveiled its oversight approach for certain mobile applications specific to medicine or healthcare. The moves comes as millions of smartphone users start using apps to perform a variety
iPhone app can diagnose stroke
According to a University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine study, doctors can make a stroke diagnosis using an iPhone application with the same accuracy as a diagnosis at a medical computer
Shire launches iPhone app for Gaucher disease
Shire has launched a new free iPhone application for patients with Gaucher disease. Shire says this is the first of several applications it would launch to support patients of rare diseases. The new
Should the FDA regulate medical apps?
Smart phones, iPads, iPhones--all are becoming regularly used tools among doctors. A station in Myrtle Beach, SC, for example, recently reported on Dr. Claudio Palma, who has an iPad hooked up to the
