[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignleft" width="100"] Helen Titus, Marketing Director, X-ray Solutions, Carestream[/caption] Over the Polar Ice. Right now, Carestream is on a six-month trek across the frigid Antarctic continent. Well, none of our people are actually on the trip – but one of our flagship products is. On March
Read More[caption id="attachment_2181" align="alignleft" width="136"] Cristine Kao, Global Marketing Manager, Healthcare IT, Carestream[/caption] Breast cancer survivors have joined together in an activity that focuses on support, wellness and competition as way to recover from breast cancer. The diagnosis of breast cancer has brought survivors from around the
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_3768" align="alignleft" width="109"] Jane Grimsley, Marketing Manager for Digital Capture Europe, Carestream[/caption] The Coldest Journey has captured much of our attention over the past few months at Carestream. Back in January, we announced that Sir Ranulph Fiennes and his team would be taking along the
Read MoreA big congratulations to the person who correctly identified the April Image Challenge, which was a computer mouse. It was clear to see that it was an electronic device, but the circle in the bottom right corner was the ball that allows the mouse to
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 MoreA big congratulations to the person who correctly identified March’s Image Challenge, which was a mango. Many people identified that it was a melon, but it was definitely difficult to tell what type. We're chugging along in 2013, and we're already onto the image for April!
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_4316" align="alignleft" width="89"] Sam Richard, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Carestream[/caption] I recently had the pleasure of presenting research that addressed two key topics in medical imaging at ECR 2013: pediatric imaging and dose reduction. More specifically, reducing dose when capturing pediatric images. The research I took
Read More[caption id="attachment_1620" align="alignleft" width="104"] Robert Salmon, Carestream Health[/caption] Radiology IT has left the radiology space and joined the hospital healthcare IT space according to Jim Knaub, editor of Radiology Today, one of the industry’s leading resources on the topic. At HIMSS ‘13, radiology can be a
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_2181" align="alignleft" width="136"] Cristine Kao, Global Marketing Manager, Healthcare IT, Carestream[/caption] Vendor Neutral Archives (VNAs) was a trendy topic at HIMSS13, and we at Carestream can attest to that popularity. To provide an explanation behind this trend, I sat down with Brian Casey, editor in
Read More[caption id="attachment_4267" align="alignleft" width="120"] Ruud Vullers, Director, Global Manufacturing & Supply Chain, Carestream[/caption] Excellence has always been a key characteristic of Carestream. From our people, to our products, right down the individual steps in our processes—we ensure excellence is weaved throughout our entire organization. We call
Read MoreCongratulations to those who correctly identified February's Image Challenge, which was an electric razor: Below is the image for March, 2013, and we think it might stump some of you. The challenge will run until March 31. Please leave your answer in either the comment section below
Read More[caption id="attachment_1587" align="alignleft" width="108"] Norman Yung, Chief Marketing Officer, Carestream[/caption] Information is power, but only when used and applied. It is this principle that has healthcare providers (and even politicians) finding rare agreement on one aspect of the polarizing health care reform landscape in the U.S.
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