ANDOVER, Mass., June 1, 2015 /CNW/ -- Royal
Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced the range of
its Magnetic Resonance (MR) solutions to be showcased at the
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine's (ISMRM)
23rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Toronto, Canada. Visitors to Philips booth
#301 will see the latest in innovations designed in collaboration
with clinicians and partners, to increase clinical performance,
enhance patient experience and provide economic value. The
solutions highlight Philips' commitment to making MR more
accessible to patients, while improving diagnostic confidence.
"MR brings the best of cutting edge technologies and clinical
applications in a robust way to address real world clinical
challenges and disease states for people around the globe in
multiple care settings across the health continuum," said
Vinay Parthan, VP Research and
Development MRI, Philips. "MR is also a nascent imaging modality
and has tremendous scope for research and exploration. Philips is
excited to collaborate with our research partners as we co-innovate
to enhance patient care through intuitive and quantitative MR."
With acquisition, reconstruction and post processing research
tools like Paradise Pulse Programming environment and Recon 2.0,
Philips provides research partners access to key algorithms within
its MR systems, allowing them to develop their own applications on
Philips platforms.
"Our group has had a longstanding collaboration with Philips. A
significant contributor to the success of this collaboration has
been the ability to access their MR software source code, which has
allowed us to delve deep into the system and create new imaging
techniques to help with stroke research." said Dr. Chun Yuan, Ph.D., Professor in Radiology and
Bioengineering, University of Washington,
Seattle, U.S.A., and
Professor and Director of Center for Biomedical Imaging Research,
Tsinghua University, Beijing,
China. "Ultimately, we believe this will help us to create
new clinical methods to diagnose and treat patients at risk of
having stroke before it happens."
The Philips ISMRM Booth #301 will feature the following
research-only technologies:
- Philips Recon 2.0* – Flexible, high-end MR image reconstruction
framework
- IntelliSpace Discovery* – Multi-modality visualization and
analysis solution to facilitate research
The booth will also feature the following solution:
- Ingenia MR-RT MR-only simulation** – New approach in
therapy that helps clinicians rely on MR as a primary imaging
modality for prostate cancer treatment.
And the following commercially available product:
- Ingenia 3.0T CX – Designed to help you to explore new clinical
fields with confidence, perform advanced clinical imaging to
supports referrals and conduct routine imaging efficiently
For more information on Philips' presence at ISMRM, stop by the
Philips booth #301, visit www.philips.com/ISMRM and follow the
conversation on @PhilipsHealth.
For further information, please contact:
Kathy O'Reilly
Philips Group Communications
(mobile) 978-221-8919
Kathy.oreilly@philips.com
Twitter: @kathyoreilly
About Royal
Philips:
Royal Philips
(NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a diversified health and well-being
company, focused on improving people's lives through meaningful
innovation in the areas of Healthcare, Consumer Lifestyle and
Lighting. Headquartered in the
Netherlands, Philips posted 2014 sales of EUR 21.4 billion and employs approximately
108,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100
countries. The company is a leader in cardiac care, acute care and
home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new
lighting applications, as well as male shaving and grooming and
oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at
www.philips.com/newscenter.
* Device marketed for research applications only. Not
for clinical use. Not available for sale in Canada
** Pending 510(k).Not
available for sale in the U.S.A.
Not available for sale in Canada.
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