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ICT for Health - Three new projects have been launched

As result of the Call 6 with the IST priority Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) for the Ageing Society three new eHealth projects have been launched. The aim of the AAL for the Ageing Society IST priority was to extend the time during which elderly people can live independently in their preferred environment with the support of ICTs.

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Ethics group publishes opinion on nanomedicine

Addressing safety concerns related to advances in the nanomedicine field is of vital importance, according to the newly published "Opinion on the Ethical Aspects of Nanomedicine" from the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies.

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PHS 2007 Conference will provide information and a networking opportunity

How best to harness the potential of technology supporting personalised care will be discussed at the Personal Health Systems 2007 European Commission-organised Conference in Brussels on 12-13 of February in the European Parliament.

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Vivantes and Agfa HealthCare successfully complete first phase of Germany's hospital IT project

ORBIS (TM) Hospital Information System (HIS) is now in operation in all nine Vivantes healthcare institutions. Ongoing implementation of Picture Archiving and Communication System IMPAX (TM), and ORBIS RIS (Radiology Information System) will complete single source-solution from Agfa HealthCare to replace heterogeneous system arena.

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Successful Implementation of NPfIT 2007

Two-day Conference, 6th - 7th February 2007, Tara Copthorne Hotel, London
Built on weeks of primary research with Trusts, hospitals, leading vendors, strategic bodies and end-users in the healthcare community, this Conference targets the core issues facing ICT executives in healthcare today, the implementation of the Connecting for Health programme.

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the heart allows making prognosis on heart attack

Doctors have always been struggling with the question whether their patients will get a heart attack in the near future. Magnetic resonance imaging of the heart might give them just that answer.

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Commission grants EUR 2.8 million to cancer camera project

A European consortium has received a EUR 2.8 million grant from the European Commission to develop a camera that can be ingested to obtain images of the digestive tract.

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Updated CORDIS service brings project partners together for FP7

With the launch of the new Seventh Framework Programme for research and development (FP7), a revamped Partners Service addresses the specific needs of potential participants and other users of CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service.

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Siemens and Dräger are expanding their partnership

Dräger acquires 10 percent of Siemens AG shares in its Joint Venture Dräger Medical AG & Co. KG for a sales price of approximately 110 million EUR and increases its stake to 75 percent. At the same time, Siemens AG waves the sales option of its shares originally agreed in the Joint Venture contract and retains its 25 percent holding in the Dräger Medical Group.

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Innovative Siemens system provides new views of blood vessels, tissue, and organs

A new milestone on two levels: Siemens recently introduced the Axiom Artis dBA Twin biplanar radiography system, its latest imaging system for universal angiography and neuroradiology. Together with the new flat detector technology and syngo DynaCT software, the system delivers unique acquisitions thanks to its extremely high contrast and soft tissue differentiation.

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