Announcement VMW November Issue 2003

Dear All,

Please note that the November 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 EC-funded GRAB
(Computer graphics access for blind people), PARRHEHA (Parkinson), Human
Egigenome, and cancer research projects; the latest builds in the TimTem
Telemedicine project; European 2004 IST Grand Prize winner Insightec; a
computer programme teaching autistic children  figurative thinking
skills; and i3ARCHIVE's National Digital Mammography Archive.

Maybe, you prefer to use the handy click-through menu below to learn
more about the Smallpox Research Grid; UC Davis' portable satellite
system pilot study;  Guidant's next generation heart failure therapy
system; "touch-free" heart surgeries on children and adults; Siemens
Medical Solutions entering into the particle therapy market;  and many
more.

Our contact e-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Please, feel welcome to
send us:

* news and contributions on telemedicine, Virtual Reality, Grid- and
HPCN-related medical applications,
E-health, 3G medicine, and health care implemented information
technology;
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* press releases;
* conference announcements;
* requests for banner and job adds - (please, ask about our friendly
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Do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

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 November Issue 2003:

Experimental study uses computer programme based on SGI libraries to
teach autistic children figurative thinking skills
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-1.html

Stanford computer model shows bypass surgery more cost-effective than
stents
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-2.html

Novartis powers up R&D with new Intel-based PC computing Grid
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-3.html

United Devices' Smallpox Research Grid delivers results to U.S.
Department of Defense at British Embassy
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-4.html

AstraZeneca selects new SGI Altix 3000 system for discovery of candidate
drugs
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-5.html

Netezza debuts biology-aware data warehouse for era of genomic medicine
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-6.html

CardioNet's wireless, mobile cardiac monitoring system wins award for
technology innovation in health care
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-7.html

Montefiore Medical Center improves patient care with Answerthink's drug
inventory system
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-8.html

Canadian National Initiative for Telehealth releases Framework of
Guidelines for Telehealth
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-9.html

New Mexico Corrections Department & Addus Healthcare adopt Trestle's
MedReach telemedicine platform
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-10.html

Eclipsys' SunriseXA provides new care delivery model for Surgical
Alliance's innovative facilities
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-11.html

InSightec ExAblate 2000 surgical application wins European 2004 IST
Grand Prize
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-12.html

GRAB project develops tool to help blind people access 3D computer
graphics
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-13.html

European approval and first implant of Guidant's next generation heart
failure therapy system
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-14.html

Sixth Framework Programme projects to reinforce European role in cancer
research
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-15.html

Epigenomics and The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute launch Human
Epigenome Project to follow EU pilot study
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-16.html

Children's Specialized Hospital chooses Netilla Networks to provide
secure Web-based remote access to its staff
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-17.html

Healthcom and LifeLink partner to make new telehealth services available
to homecare agencies
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-18.html

MedAbiliti provides better way to implement Electronic Medical Record
technology
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-19.html

iPilot introduces affordable wireless scanning tool for home health care
industry
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-20.html

RTX Wireless TeleHealth Gateway added to Health Hero platform
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-21.html

Cybernet's PalStar works with MedStar to remotely interact with chronic
disease patients
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-22.html

California Pacific Medical Center performs "touch-free" heart surgeries
on children and adults
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-23.html

Integrated Teleradiology and VPACS produces new profits for rural health
facilities
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-24.html

Emory Healthcare virtualizes datacentre with Egenera BladeFrame System
  http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-25.html

TeraRecon advances volume rendering for 3D/4D multi-Gigabyte datasets
and reaches 400 medical imaging systems with U.S. Navy installation
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-26.html

Siemens and X3D unveil the first Extreme 3D Display for medical
application
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-27.html

Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth to select IDX Carecast; long-time user
Kettering upgrades to next-generation system
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-28.html

Siemens' syngoOR software platform to seamlessly integrate with Karl
Storz' OR1 solution
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-29.html

Z-KAT selects DataPlay micro-optical format for its newest image-guided
surgery platform
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-30.html

Newest Deshpande Center grant round includes speech recognition, cardiac
screening, wireless and environmental technologies
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-31.html

PARREHA headset allows Parkinsonians to move around their home without
any external assistance
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-32.html

Siemens signs agreement with i3ARCHIVE to deliver National Digital
Mammography Archive to health care facilities
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-33.html

UC Davis' Health and Technology Center selects Norsat SecureLink for
portable satellite system pilot
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-34.html

MEDecision's CarePlanner Remote delivers alternative to real-time,
wireless network connectivity
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-35.html

Lutheran Medical Center awards messaging contract to Aquis
Communications
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-36.html

AccuImage signs diagnostic image software distribution agreement with
SMAART Medical Systems
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-37.html

Siemens Medical Solutions enters into the particle therapy market
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-38.html

A4 Health Systems selects Sprint and Nortel Networks for converged
voice, data, wireless contact centre services
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-39.html

A retired TimTem Telemedicine field worker is not in the least a man at
rest
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-11-03-40.html