leslie versweyveld

Dear All,

Please note that the February issue of the Virtual Medical Worlds
Magazine is now available on-line at http://www.hoise.com/vmw.

This month's edition features contributions on the da Vinci and Robodoc
computer-assisted surgical systems; the use of Virtual Reality in
breast cancer chemotherapy; e-Science Grid computing applied in medical
research; a new Dutch operating room capacity software planning
system; and the release of two left-heart delivery systems to navigate
challenging heart anatomies.

Maybe, you prefer to use the handy click-through menu below to learn
more about the European PACS market; a computer-assisted surgery
navigation system; a 3D system to visualize cancer tumours; the
extension of the pan-European research network to the Balkans; the
MedMicro telepathology tool for cancer research; and many more.

Our contact e-mail address is vmw@hoise.com. Please, feel welcome to
send us:

* news and contributions on telemedicine, Virtual Reality, Grid- and
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technology;
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* press releases;
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Kind Regards and Pleasant Readings,

Ad Emmen
Leslie Versweyveld
The VMW editorial team

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Click-through menu of the Virtual Medical Worlds February Issue 2004:

Apple's Xgrid technology delivers computational clustering to run
gene-sequencing applications
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-1.html

United Devices' Global Grid surpasses 2,5 million connected devices in
fight against cancer and smallpox
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-2.html

Noregon Systems helps Targacept speed development of new drugs
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-3.html

OSF Healthcare System embraces IDX Carecast enterprise clinical system
to enhance patient safety
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-4.html

Sectra honoured with Frost & Sullivan Business Development Strategy
Leadership Award
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-5.html

Completion of SEEREN project extends pan-European research network to
Balkans
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-6.html

QRS Diagnostic makes high-tech medicine more accessible with its
patented medical device technology
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-7.html

Actuality's Perspecta Spatial 3D System shipped to National Institutes
of Health to visualize tumours in cancer patients
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-8.html

Emageon to provide Intelligent Visual Medical System to Lourdes Hospital
and Wisconsin's ThedaCare
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-9.html

Trestle delivers MedMicro telepathology tool to cancer researcher
Bostwick Laboratories and its Medreach telemedicine solution to
University of Louisville
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-10.html

Medtronic releases two left-heart delivery systems designed to help
navigate challenging heart anatomies
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-11.html

Entelos to develop haematology model for Johnson and Johnson
Pharmaceutical Research and Development
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-12.html

Davidson Healthcare employs Shavlik's Patch Management Solution to
protect sensitive network data
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-13.html

Western Maryland Health System selects Park City Solutions emPOWERnet as
real-time enterprise (RTE) Web platform
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-14.html

European PACS market to gain impetus from government support and
forthcoming digitisation
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-15.html

Professional change management likely to ease transition to PACS
implementation
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-16.html

Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study now available on the Web for
United States hospitals
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-17.html

IDX Carecast and eMedicine to provide point-of-care access to medical
reference library
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-18.html

Frost & Sullivan to scan the world diabetes glucose monitoring devices
market
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-19.html

Connecting for Health creates incremental roadmap for achieving
electronic connectivity in health care
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-20.html

Robotic coronary bypass surgery performed using da Vinci and Ventrica's
Endoscopic Distal Anastomotic Device
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-21.html

Computer Programs and Systems' fully integrated PACS, ImageLink
successfully implemented at three hospitals
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-22.html

Robotic surgery for young heart patients shortens hospital stay and
speeds recovery, study indicates
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-23.html

Medtronic Octopus 4.3 device offers new refinements to facilitate
surgery on the beating heart
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-24.html

Drawbase Software enables integrated facility management solution at
LifeBridge Health System
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-25.html

Main Line Health selects RSA Security to help physicians improve
productivity and protect sensitive patient records
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-26.html

e-Science takes on some of the grand challenges in medical research
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-27.html

IBM technology selected in computer-assisted surgery Navitrack surgical
navigation system
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-28.html

George Washington University Hospital first in D.C. to use da Vinci
surgical robot
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-29.html

Computer-guided hip surgery using Robodoc put under critical attack in
Germany
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-30.html

Virtual Reality helps breast cancer patients cope with chemotherapy
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-31.html

B-SIM and Erasmus University Hospital Rotterdam awarded for operating
room capacity planning system
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/04/articles/vmw/LV-VM-02-04-32.html