[caption id="attachment_4341" align="alignleft" width="144"] Ron Muscosky, Worldwide Product Line Manager, HCIS, Carestream[/caption] Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is becoming increasingly popular in healthcare, but there are still many uncertainties surrounding it. Below are common questions healthcare organizations are asking about DBT and it is my goal to
Read More[caption id="attachment_5275" align="alignleft" width="106"] JED Armstrong, X-ray Solutions Specialist, Carestream[/caption] With growing concerns about decreasing reimbursement and lingering low confidence in access to capital for imaging and IT needs, how can radiology administrators identify waste and inefficiencies? At last week’s AHRA Arizona meeting, we discovered ways to
Read More[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignleft" width="100"] Helen Titus, Marketing Director, X-ray Solutions, Carestream[/caption] Chest radiography is vital to diagnosing lung diseases. A high signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) is crucial if an image is to be determined as appropriate for diagnosis, and it becomes the mission of the acquisition system to
Read More[caption id="attachment_5247" align="alignleft" width="115"] Juanita Reader, RT(R), Manager of Diagnostic Radiology In-Patient and Informatics,OSF Saint Francis Medical Center[/caption] The radiology department of our 616-bed hospital conducts 125,000 imaging procedures a year. We have an extensive investment in portable and room-based imaging systems—so finding an affordable way
Read More[caption id="attachment_5224" align="alignleft" width="148"] Dr. Harmindar Gill, Medical Director, Premier Women’s Radiology (Bonita Springs, Fla.)[/caption] As a female radiologist, I have created a practice dedicated to women’s imaging that includes digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), breast and body ultrasound, whole body bone density screening and other services.
Read More[caption id="attachment_4632" align="alignleft" width="150"] Rich Pulvino, Digital Media Specialist, Carestream[/caption] ECR 2014 is hardly a day old and ESR has already made a splash with its new initiative, EuroSafe Imaging--a mission "to support and strengthen medical radiation protection across Europe following a holistic, inclusive approach." The necessity
Read More[caption id="attachment_5174" align="alignleft" width="109"] Cyrill Aschenbrenner, Regional Business Manager, Europe, X-ray Solutions, Carestream[/caption] The dynamics of the European economy are quite diverse, and even more so when looking into the healthcare systems across the nations. Back in November, Frost & Sullivan released a report commenting on
Read MoreBy Fred Hastings, R.T., C.R.A., Director of Operations, Harbin Clinic Our company is a large multi-specialty physician clinic with 23 separate locations in Northwest Georgia. We recently decided to install fully automated wireless DR rooms at our two busiest locations for routine radiology procedures—our orthopaedic clinic
Read MoreRadiology and technology go hand in hand. Each year the advances we see at RSNA confirm that innovations are what keep radiology as a premier medical specialty. Regularly upgrading these technologies help to enhance patient care, throughput, diagnostic accuracy and personal confidence among the physician’s
Read More[caption id="attachment_3768" align="alignleft" width="109"] Jane Grimsley, Marketing Manager, Northern Cluster, Europe, Carestream[/caption] Back in March of this year, a team of of adventurers led by world-renowned explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes set out to cross the Antarctic continent in winter – a feat never before accomplished. The
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