ADAC Laboratories Introduces New Cardiac Gamma Camera at Society of Nuclear Medicine Meeting.LOS ANGELES--(BW HealthWire)--June 8, 1999-- Announces Next-Generation Attenuation Loss of signal power in a transmission. Attenuation The reduction in level of a transmitted quantity as a function of a parameter, usually distance. It is applied mainly to acoustic or electromagnetic waves and is expressed as the ratio of power densities. Correction and New Motion Correction Products At the Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting today, ADAC ADAC Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club (German automobile club) ADAC Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council ADAC Art Directors and Artists Club (Sacramento, California) ADAC Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council Laboratories (Nasdaq: ADACE) announced the introduction of its new dedicated dual-head cardiac gamma camera gamma camera Nuclear medicine A device that evaluates the distribution of a radionuclide in the body post-injection , the Cardio(TM) 60, expanding its leadership in the nuclear cardiology nuclear cardiology Imaging The use of nuclear imaging techniques in the noninvasive study of cardiovascular disease–eg, myocardial perfusion imaging, planar imaging, SPECT–single-photon-emission computed tomography, infarction imaging. market. The Cardio 60 imaging system includes the latest generation EPIC(TM) HP digital detectors for high quality imaging and the Pegasys(TM) Ultra 60 computer, which incorporates the latest computer technology from SUN Microsystems and provides a two-fold increase in processing speed and power over previous generations. The company also announced the next generation in non-uniform attenuation correction: Vantage II(TM) which includes the latest developments in imaging algorithms and quality assurance tools. Vantage(TM) II is the result of collaborative work between Emory University, Cardiovascular Consultants of Kansas City and ADAC. Furthermore, ADAC presented InStill in·still v. To pour in drop by drop. in  stil·la tion n. (TM), a fully automated motion correction software which is aimed at significantly increasing image quality in all nuclear medicine applications by reducing motion-induced image degradation. InStill is developed in collaboration with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. HistoryCedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as . "The introduction of the Cardio 60, VantageII and InStill represents a continuation of ADAC's commitment to leadership in nuclear medicine through the development of clinically meaningful technologies," said Mohamed Elmandjra, vice president of marketing for ADAC Medical Systems. "Our goal is to provide our customers with the most advanced diagnostic tools that will enable them to provide high quality healthcare to their patients in a cost-effective way." ADAC Laboratories is the world market share leader in nuclear medicine and radiation therapy planning systems and a leading supplier of radiology and cardiology information systems in North America. In 1996, ADAC became the first healthcare manufacturer to receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is given by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology. Through the actions of the National Productivity Advisory Committee chaired by Jack Grayson, it was established by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality . ADAC is headquartered in Milpitas, CA with its HealthCare Information Systems Division in Houston, TX. |
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