[caption id="attachment_4495" align="alignleft" width="115"] Tim Sisco,Director of Cardiovascular and Imaging Services,Houston Healthcare[/caption] We were looking for a new DR system that would deliver maximum productivity in our busiest radiology room, which captures 40,000 X-ray images of ER and general radiology patients at our 237-bed hospital. Our
Read More[caption id="attachment_4520" align="alignleft" width="109"] Rafael Fernandez, DMS Product Specialist, Spain, Carestream[/caption] The Spanish translation of this post can be found following the English version. The Spanish Congress of Medical Physics and Radiology Protection is a yearly event that gathers the major stakeholders and key radiology opinion leaders
Read More[caption id="attachment_2892" align="alignleft" width="108"] Eliot Siegel, M.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Image Information Systems, University of Maryland. He is also a member of Carestream’s Advisory Group, a collective of medical professionals that advises the company on healthcare IT trends.[/caption] Diagnostic Radiology is anticipating major and fundamental changes
Read More[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignleft" width="100"] Helen Titus, Marketing Director, X-ray Solutions, Carestream[/caption] I have to take exception to a key statement in "The World Market for General Radiography and Fluoroscopy X-ray Equipment - 2013" report issued by IMS Research, a subsidiary of market research firm IHS. According
Read More[caption id="attachment_3920" align="alignleft" width="112"] Don Thompson, US&C Marketing Manager, Carestream[/caption] According to InMedica, today, “retrofit wireless detectors are the fastest growing segment of the flat panel detector (FPD) detector market in the Americas, and unit shipments will more than double from 2011 to 2016.”* But back
Read More[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignleft" width="100"] Helen Titus, Marketing Director, X-ray Solutions, Carestream[/caption] The benefits of using a mobile X-ray system are numerous. Because of this, it becomes the responsibility of the radiology team to truly narrow down the specifics of what they are looking for in this
Read More[caption id="attachment_4316" align="alignleft" width="109"] Sam Richard, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Carestream[/caption] “People are dying in the developing world from disease that can be diagnosed with advanced imaging technology available in the developed world,” said Dr. Narinder Paul from University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. Not everyone has access
Read More[caption id="attachment_588" align="alignleft" width="100"] Dr. Roger Eng, Chairman of Radiology, Chinese Hospital, and President of Golden Gate Radiology Medical Group[/caption] NPR released an article recently that talked about the Invisible Gorilla Study, which is a piece of research that explains why when you ask someone to
Read More[caption id="attachment_4284" align="alignleft" width="112"] Casey Dye, (RT) Diagnostic Coordinator, Intermountain Primary Children's Medical Center[/caption] In keeping with the Image Gently Campaign, our staff reduced dose for pediatric patients by up to half. We image patients on a DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray system that replaced a CR unit.
Read More[caption id="attachment_4029" align="alignleft" width="144"] Anton Graule, Carestream Sales and Business Development Manager, Europe[/caption] We’re going to focus on digital capture as being the second important topic that will be a strong focal point at ERC 2013. From mobile DR, to detectors focused on pediatric patients, the
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