[caption id="attachment_4709" align="alignleft" width="99"] Jussi Perkiö, Director, Service Development and Medical Technology, PhD, Hospital Physicist, Suomen Terveystalo Ltd.[/caption] The goal of mammography screening is to reduce breast cancer mortality rates by detecting the cancer early enough for efficient treatment to be possible. In Finland, the mortality
Read More[caption id="attachment_4703" align="alignleft" width="117"] Heidi McIntosh, Marketing Manager, X-ray Solutions, Carestream[/caption] I recently spoke with Radiology Today about computed radiography (CR) and how it is still being used widely throughout the world. Many people figured once digital radiography (DR) systems were intact they would replace and
Read More[caption id="attachment_4699" align="alignleft" width="99"] Dr. Marc Zins, Department of Radiology, Hôpital Saint-Joseph. He is also a member of Carestream’s Advisory Group, a collective of medical professionals that advises the company on healthcare IT trends.[/caption] The radiologists who conduct CT and interventional radiology with fluoroscopic guidance examinations are
Read MoreJenny Severud, Lead Technologist of Out-Patient X-ray at Gillette Children’s Specialty HC, sat down with Don Thompson to discuss dose management and the use of the DRX-Revolution in her pediatric facility. In the video Severud discusses how Carestream’s cesium detectors allow technologists to use lower
Read More[caption id="attachment_4678" align="alignleft" width="109"] Gunther Hefler, XRS Product Specialist, Europe, Carestream[/caption] The German translation of this post can be found following the English version. At the 94th German Radiology Congress 2013 in Hamburg, I had the opportunity of giving a talk during X-ray technician training about technological
Read MoreIn this video Anthony Aukes, Radiology Manager at Carle Foundation Hospital, reviews the Carestream DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System after seeing it at AHRA 2013. Aukes talks about how the life of any tech at an imaging facility is always fast paced and busy, but the
Read MoreIt's time for yet another image challenge! Last month was too easy and we think this one will stump you! Give it your best guess. Please leave your answer in either the comment section below or on our Facebook page. The challenge will run until
Read More[caption id="attachment_4632" align="alignleft" width="150"] Rich Pulvino, Digital Media Specialist, Carestream[/caption] IRIS (Image Right, Image Safe) is a commitment that started at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (D-H) to ensure that not only was dose being reduced, but that patients were receiving only necessary medical imaging exams. Karen Burgess,
Read More[caption id="attachment_4632" align="alignleft" width="150"] Rich Pulvino, Digital Media Specialist, Carestream[/caption] “Follow the breadcrumbs from any unmet goal and it usually leads fear.” – Erik Wahl, graffiti artist and business strategist This was one of the lines that stuck out the most from the keynote session of day
Read More[caption id="attachment_4627" align="alignleft" width="109"] Scott Evers, President, Genesis Digital Imaging, a Division of Carestream[/caption] One of the issues every chiropractor must face is how to explain a course of treatment to a patient who needs it. Chiropractors are much in the news anyway, and the discussion
Read More[caption id="attachment_4617" align="alignleft" width="150"] Jeffrey Farmer, Director Global Customer Care Solutions, Carestream Health[/caption] Most DR detectors sold today include coverage for normal equipment failure as part of the standard warranty or service agreement terms. However, failures caused by an accident (dropping, liquid spills, etc…) are excluded.
Read More[caption id="attachment_4582" align="alignleft" width="144"] Todd Minnigh, Vice President of Digital X-ray, Americas, Carestream[/caption] In the 1980s my spelling was marginal. Readers would need to look past it, focusing on the main point of my letters and papers. Sometimes it would lead to a mistake in understanding,
Read MoreCongratulations to the person who correctly identified July's X-ray image- it was a lighter! Here's the original image for a side-by-side comparison. It's finally summertime! We're more than halfway through 2013 and it's time for yet another "Guess-the-X-Ray." Here's this month's image, please leave your answer
Read More[caption id="attachment_4552" align="alignleft" width="100"] Kendall Mckee, (RT), Operations ManagerSan Antonio Community Hospital[/caption] When faced with the choice of seeing images in five seconds or 20 minutes, every physician opts for multi-second access. Instant access—along with exceptional image quality—is one of the key advantages of converting from
Read More[caption id="attachment_2659" align="alignleft" width="123"] Helen Titus, Marketing Director, X-ray Solutions, Carestream[/caption] We are half way through 2013 and radiation dose reduction in medical imaging continues to be one of the most important issues the industry faces. Patients are our primary focus and we at Carestream, as
Read More[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_3825" align="alignleft" width="106"] John Yorkston, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Carestream[/caption] At this year's CARS conference, Carestream scientists will co-author a research paper with colleagues from Johns Hopkins University describing the results of an ongoing, multi-year research project to develop a cone beam CT system specifically optimized
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