ADVISORY/Philips Launches the Latest Diagnostic Innovations at ECR 2003.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers ADVISORY...for 7-10 March 2003 VIENNA, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2003 Philips is demonstrating a number of highly advanced IT and imaging modality solutions at this year's European Congress of Radiology European Congress of Radiology (ECR) Founded in 1967, the European Congress of Radiology was first held every four years in different locations. However, the idea of developing a new type of congress became more intensively discussed as the quadrennial basis and the ever (ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) ) in Vienna. The event is the opportunity for the European introduction of Philips' revolutionary Vequion family of clinical IT products and services, the MultiDiagnost Eleva multi-purpose x-ray system, new Panorama and Intera MR systems and the Mx8000 IDT IDT Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA, USA) IDT I Don't Think IDT Identity Theft IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table IDT Integrated DNA Technologies IDT Inactive Duty Training IDT Instructional Design & Technology 10-slice CT scanner, following their launch at RSNA RSNA Radiological Society of North America, Inc. RSNA Robust Security Network Association 2002. If you would like to interview Philips either at ECR or by telephone conference from the event Contact Marcel.Kay@snsplc.com or on +44 1223 393 573 What is Philips showing at ECR? Philips will be showing the Vequion range of clinical IT products, the revolutionary MultiDiagnost Eleva x-ray system, the Mx8000 IDT 10 CT scanner and new Panorama and Intera MR systems. They will also show the CT Lung Nodule nodule: see concretion. nodule In geology, a rounded mineral concretion that is distinct from, and may be separated from, the formation in which it occurs. program that enables accurate comparison of the growth rate of lung nodules Nodules A small mass of tissue in the form of a protuberance or a knot that is solid and can be detected by touch. Mentioned in: Leprosy over time. Also completely new is Philips' groundbreaking MicroVascular Imaging ultrasound contrast-imaging technology. Why speak to Philips? Philips' Vequion family helps healthcare organizations to streamline workflow and improve patient care through management of their IT infrastructure. Jos Bakker, strategic marketing manager for imaging IT will be at ECR for pre-arranged interviews on Vequion. Philips' Lung Nodule Assessment (LNA) and comparison program, which has recently been granted FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. clearance in the USA, provides quantitative information on the size, shape and change over time of lung nodules. Thomas van Elzakker, director global marketing strategy CT radiology products and Mike Hayden, business line manager CT for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. ) will be available for pre-arranged interviews. MicroVascular Imaging (MVI), is a feature of Philips' HDI 5000 system. MVI can visualize and track contrast bubbles as they pass through very small blood vessels. This capability indicates high potential for early detection of breast tumors and for monitoring tumor therapy response. Jim Walchenbach, marketing manger of general imaging in EMEA will be available for pre-arranged interviews. Interviews with other key spokespeople on Philips products are available on request.
WHERE: ECR 2003,
Austria Center Vienna,
Bruno Kreisky Platz 1,
AT-1220 Vienna, Austria
Booth Number: 209, Hall Expo B.
WHEN: 7-10th March 2003
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW WITH PHILIPS ON
THESE TOPICS, PLEASE CONTACT:
Marcel Kay
+44 1223 393573
marcel.kay@snsplc.com
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