The Mammo Site is a new form of targeted radiation therapy. This procedure is less painful and decreases the likelihood of cancer reoccurrence. However, not as many women use this procedure because there is not enough patient awareness. That is why Hologic has created a website called Voices of MammoSite, where breast cancer patients can interact with one another online.

Flaghouse


This was FlagHouse's first time at the AHRA, and they are a very different company for this show. Their target patients are young children and adults with special needs. The company is in partnership with GestureTek and the products they were showing at the AHRA were a GroundFX and a computer on a portable cart.

The GroundFX is a projector and camera that produces images by projecting them onto the floor and/or the wall. The computer has four different applications: passive activity; games (soccer, volleyball, ninja, etc.); and two applications for making music. Both products allow special needs people to interact with their environment and with the images using movement instead of touch. The company has had 30 installations so far and the product has only been on the market for six months.

Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta, the CR manufacturing company that just recently merged with Minolta Co., a Japanese worldwide manufacturer of cameras, etc., showcased their newest CR equipment.

Their standard Dual-Bay CR reader was designed to improve efficiency and workflow. The Regius 190 Dual-Bay CR Reader -- a mammo-ready stand alone system -- and the Regius 110 Single-Bay CR Reader work as in tandem on clinical solutions, using one screen to aid large hospitals, small imaging companies and physician offices.

"The same cassette is used for both units and for all exams," said Lou Bower, Technical Sales Manager U.S. "The plate is never removed from the cassette, causing no extra wear on the plate and making the systems easy to use."

The Nano CR Model 110 ImagePilot is a cost-effective way for small offices to go DR. Its Autopilot software reads the material from a patient's exam without an exam tag, loads the information onto the plate and then calculates the patient's bone density.

"This is the only system on the market that can do that," said Bower. "The hospital grade CR reader software makes the differences."

Covidien

Covidien was one of the many new companies at the show and this was their first AHRA show. They are a leading global healthcare products company that manufactures, distributes and services industry-leading product lines in four segments: Medical Devices, Imaging Solutions, Pharmaceutical Products, and Medical Supplies.

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