Press Releases: Oncology

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SIEMENS HEALTHCARE AND HOSPITAL CLINIC, BARCELONA ENTER AGREEMENT TO USE INTEGRATED LABORATORY DIAGNOSTICS, IMAGING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS TO ADVANCE PATIENT CARE

December 17, 2008

Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/diagnostics) announced the signing of an agreement today with Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, to integrate the use of laboratory diagnostics, imaging and information technology systems with the intent to improve management of patient care from early detection and diagnosis of diseases or conditions to patient treatment. Under the agreement, Siemens and the Hospital Clinic will initially focus on three specific areas: liver fibrosis, fetal medicine and colon cancer. More

Siemens Unveils MR Oncology Applications and Dedicated Breast Scanner at RSNA 2008

December 12, 2008

Siemens Healthcare redefined Magnetic Resonance (MR) in Oncology with Tim (Total imaging matrix) technology at the RSNA in Chicago. Siemens offers comprehensive and state-of-the art solutions for Oncology. More

Siemens Provides Breast Care Solutions

December 1, 2008

Siemens Healthcare showcases the clinical workflow of breast cancer care at the 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago. From early detection and diagnosis through therapy and aftercare, Siemens demonstrates its comprehensive portfolio of innovations for women’s health. More

Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Made Easy with Mammomat Inspiration

November 27, 2008

Siemens Healthcare has introduced its new biopsy unit to the market, enhancing the Mammomat Inspiration digital mammography platform with stereotactic breast biopsy. The digital system with basic functions for screening has been on the market since the end of 2007. Since then, it has been installed in countless hospitals and private practices worldwide. The new device with its supplemental biopsy function recently went into operation in Copenhagen and Dortmund. Using the new system, all workflows are performed faster and easier than ever before. More

Flash Speed. Lowest Dose.

November 24, 2008

With the Somatom Definition Flash, Siemens Healthcare is introducing a CT scanner that will set new standards regarding speed and dose reduction. The system requires only a fraction of the radiation dose that systems previously required to scan even the tiniest anatomical details faster than ever before. The Somatom Definition Flash is a new dual-source CT from Siemens, featuring two X-ray tubes that simultaneously revolve around the patient's body. The fastest scanning speed in CT (43 cm/s) and a temporal resolution of 75 ms, enable for example complete scans of the entire chest region in just 0.6 seconds. Thus, patients are no longer required to hold their breath during the exam the way they had in the past. At the same time, the Somatom Definition Flash operates at an extremely reduced radiation dose. For example, a spiral heart scan can be performed with less than 1 millisievert (mSv), whereas the average effective dose required for this purpose usually ranges from 8 mSv to 40 mSv. The new CT scanner will be available for sale in the first quarter of 2009. More

Navigating the body without radiation – GPS for interventional radiology

November 18, 2008

At the Medica exhibition in Duesseldorf, Germany, between November 19 and 22, 2008, Siemens Healthcare will be showing iGuide CAPPA , a new solution that supports the physician during minimally invasive needle procedures. By combining an angiographic C-arm system with the electromagnetic navigation system iGuide CAPPA, a new method was developed that enables navigation with very low radiation dose. Prior to the intervention, the Siemens software syngo DynaCT provides the 3D soft tissue images required by the physician. The method uses electromagnetic tracking and facilitates interventions such as precise and quick needle placements – for liver biopsies, for vertebroplasties when stabilizing fractured vertebras, or for cancer pain treatment. More

Siemens Integrates ARFI Imaging Into Ultrasound

November 18, 2008

Siemens Healthcare is presenting one of the most innovative technologies for its Acuson S2000 ultrasound system at the Medica from November 19 – 22, 2008 in Duesseldorf, Germany. The Virtual Touch Tissue Imaging and Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification applications are the first commercially available implementations of ARFI (Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse). Similar to a physical palpation exam, these leading-edge applications represent a new dimension of diagnostic information by interrogating the mechanical strain properties or stiffness of tissue, which may be correlated with pathology. Both applications are particularly suited to evaluating liver tissue. More

Siemens Shapes the Future of Integrated Diagnostic Imaging

October 13, 2008

Siemens Healthcare introduces molecular CT, a new concept in integrated imaging that provides a premium imaging platform, and is a practical solution for today’s shrinking healthcare budget. This new technology, Biograph mCT, represents the evolution of integration in imaging; a CT with molecular capabilities, a PET scanner with unlimited capabilities in CT, and a high performance integrated imager that an be used to achieve true collaboration and cooperation between diagnostic imaging specialties. More

Siemens Next Generation Technology May Bring New Hope to Cancer Patients

June 17, 2008

The Artiste Solution from Siemens has recently gone clinical in three of the most prominent cancer centers around the world. Dozens of patients have been treated to date at MAASTRO Clinic in the Netherlands, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg, Germany, and Baton Rouge General’s Pennington Cancer Center in Louisiana. More

Fight against breast cancer with innovative tests and biochips: Siemens Healthcare chooses Cologne as the new site for its molecular diagnostics research in Germany

June 4, 2008

Siemens Healthcare has established new research laboratories for molecular diagnostics in Cologne, Germany. The focus of the research will be on "breast cancer", a disease that remains the number one cause of death among young women despite the large number of therapies currently available. Almost 40 Siemens employees have been developing new diagnostic tests to help the treating physician find an individually optimized therapy for as many patients as possible, thus combining better chances of recovery than are now offered by today's medical state-of-the-art technology, with reduced side effects. In addition, Siemens has been researching innovative biochips to enable clinics to perform the newly developed breast cancer tests. More

Starting shot for the Particle Therapy Center of the University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein - Largest public private partnership project in German healthcare

March 18, 2008

Today the University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein (UC S-H) commissioned a consortium of bidders including Siemens, Bilfinger Berger and HSG Technischer Service with the construction and operation of the first particle therapy center (PTC) in Northern Germany. With overall costs of roughly 250 million EUR, this represents the largest public private partnership (PPP) project ever launched in the German healthcare sector. As a competence center for tumor diseases, the PTC will be opening up new treatment possibilities for cancer therapy starting in 2012. In addition to Northern Germany, the center is intended to serve the entire Southern Scandinavian region. In its final stage of completion, the facility's three treatment rooms will be capable of treating approximately 3000 patients with particles per year. More

Innovations help improve radiology processes and research

March 7, 2008

Developing networks, improving communication, simplifying work – the term "workflow" includes all of this and is playing an increasingly important role in modern healthcare. At the ECR (European Congress of Radiology) in Vienna, Austria, Siemens Healthcare is presenting a whole array of IT services for radiology and its communication within hospitals and with physicians' practices. The new role-based portals syngo Portal Radiologist, syngo Portal Referring Physician and syngo Portal Executive (the latter still in development), support radiologists and hospital personnel with intelligent access to and management of patient images, data or reports. All portals contribute at various levels not only to optimization of workflows, but also provide users with innovative applications relevant to the context of their task. This is supplemented by new applications for computer-aided detection (CAD). More

A new dimension of ultrasound: The European debut of the new system Acuson S2000 from Siemens

March 7, 2008

Siemens Healthcare is showing its Acuson S2000, the first ultrasound system of the new product series S, at the ECR (European Congress of Radiology) 2008 in Vienna. This system platform includes integration of the newest technologies to optimize workflows and once again considerably simplify the physician's work. Thus the Acuson S2000 has been equipped with comprehensive software applications such as a new software for breast imaging. The system is also well equipped for future technologies: It enables the implementation of innovative ARFI (Acoustic Radiation Forced Impulse) imaging and is prepared for integration of new silicon ultrasound technology, which is almost ready for the market. The Acuson S2000 is suitable for internal medicine radiology imaging including vascular diagnosis and echocardiography as well as gynecology and obstetrics. More

European Congress of Radiology 2008: Overview of the Siemens highlights

March 7, 2008

At the European Congress of Radiology 2008 (ECR 2008) Siemens Healthcare presents its comprehensive portfolio for radiology and introduces numerous new solutions and products for the improvement of workflows in this special medical field. On the occasion of the Women's Health Days organized by the European Society of Radiology in Vienna, Siemens also places special focus on the topic of "Breast Care". The company therefore shows its Breast Care products and solutions not only at the trade show booth but also in a special trailer that is accessible to the public. More

New development in computed tomography: Dual Energy

March 7, 2008

Encouraged by the outstanding marketing success of the worldwide first Dual-Source CT system Somatom Definition with two X-ray tubes that simultaneously generate different energies, Siemens Healthcare has already developed six specific dual energy applications. At the ECR 2008, Siemens presents four new applications that simplify the diagnosis of diseases of the heart, brain, lungs and extremity joints. More

Breast Care Solutions by Siemens offer a comprehensive product spectrum for the diagnosis and therapy of breast cancer

February 15, 2008

Among women, breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer death. Each year nearly 180,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer. More than 40,000 a year die from this disease. These facts stress the importance of a quality-ensured early detection of breast cancer as well as the availability of individual therapies. In response, Siemens Healthcare developed comprehensive Breast Care Solutions for the early detection and treatment of breast cancer. These combine different imaging methods, such as ultrasound, mammography, and magnetic resonance tomography (MRT), which are supplemented by innovative software tools and solutions from lab diagnostics. More