Press Releases: Radiography

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Siemens’ Donation of Digital Radiography System Benefits Children’s Health Fund

September 17, 2009

Port Jefferson, N.Y, Sept. 17, 2009 – With a click of a button, the lives of thousands may have changed for the better. As the winning online bidder for a Siemens Healthcare digital radiography (DR) system, John T. Mather Memorial Hospital (www.matherhospital.org) in Port Jefferson, N.Y., today presented a check for $285,309 to the Children’s Health Fund (CHF) (www.childrenshealthfund.org), a national organization dedicated to providing health care for homeless and medically disadvantaged children and advocating on behalf of all children. Mather Hospital’s new Siemens DR system, the Ysio®, will allow the hospital to comfortably image patients of various shapes and sizes, ages and disabilities. More

Siemens, U-Systems Announce Licensing Agreement on Automated Breast Ultrasound Workstation

January 16, 2009

Mountain View, Calif., January 16, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare and U-Systems, Inc., today announced a technology licensing agreement for U-Systems’ somo•VIEWer™* advanced workstation for Automated Breast Ultrasound for use with Siemens’ ACUSON S2000™ Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS), which recently received FDA 510 (k) clearance. This will allow physicians to obtain the comprehensive 3D view of the breast with the intuitive anatomical coronal plane not available with conventional ultrasound systems. The agreement will facilitate the adoption of Automated Breast Volume Ultrasound for women’s healthcare providers. More

Siemens and Children’s Health Fund Congratulate Ysio Auction Winner

January 16, 2009

Malvern, Pa., January 16, 2009 - Siemens Healthcare and the Children’s Health Fund (CHF) congratulate John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson, N.Y., on winning the recent online auction for a new Ysio digital radiography system from Siemens. Siemens worked with the Children’s Health Fund, which will receive all proceeds from the event, totaling more than $285,000. The proceeds will help CHF’s programs provide urgent health services to children and their families throughout the United States. More