Digital radiography has come a long way in a relatively short time. What a simple statement, but a big change in the way that we perform general radiographic imaging! Not so long ago, if you wanted to use a DR detector in a general radiographic setting,
Read More[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNMrzX7n_Io] Women's Health Clinical Development Manager Anne Richards discusses hot women's health topics at the 2010 RSNA Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
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To end 2010 on a high note we're offering up another round of our radiology image contest, and in the holiday spirit we're including 2 images this time! We welcome radiologists, technologists, RAs, MDs, PAs - or anyone who thinks they're up to the challenge -
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Last month Carestream Health received approval from the FDA for our CR Mammography Feature. As one of the first digital mammography systems to gain FDA approval since 2006, we’re very excited about the news! Because CR-based mammography solutions provide excellent image quality at an affordable price,
Read More[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyVrJJKm7g4] Michael S. Gee, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Radiology, is the 2010 recipient of the Carestream Health/RSNA Research Scholar Grant Award. He will be studying “Evaluation of Diagnostic Magnetic Resonance (DMR) Technology for Molecular Characterization of Cancer Cells from Percutaneous Image-Guided Biopsy Specimens.” Live from
Read More[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaATAvRDsZY] Carestream Health's Robert Salmon discusses opening day news items of interest with Diagnostic Imaging's Grey Freiherr and John Hayes---live from the Carestream Booth at the RSNA 2010 Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
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"Retrofitting our mobile system with a DRX-1 detector greatly improves both the speed of access to images and visualization of tubes and lines. All of our surgeons and physicians want to use the DRX-based portable because of these benefits, so we hope to order more
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A DR detector that moves with your workflow. That’s what healthcare facilities need—and now they can achieve it. With capital budgets stretched tighter than ever before, healthcare facilities want to move detectors to wherever they are needed. Carestream Health is the only supplier that enables customers
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As an addition to our podcast series around the topic of meaningful use in radiology, we spoke with Steven Fischer, CIO, Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI). Fischer highlights the greatest opportunities that meaningful use presents for radiology professionals and imaging centers, and shares the steps
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Advanced PACS technology now equips radiologists to read exams anywhere, anytime. This freedom breaks down the traditional paradigm in which local hospitals worked with local radiology groups. Now hospitals can contract with radiology and teleradiology groups located anywhere in the country, and these radiologists can work
Read More In Part III (final post) of our Meaningful Use in Radiology Series with Keith Dreyer, DO, Ph.D., FSIIM, Vice Chair of Radiology for Informatics, Massachusetts General Hospital, we discuss Dr. Dreyer's predictions for how the MU discussion will evolve in the coming years, focusing on
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Note to reader: Carestream has installed the CARESTREAM DRX Family of products in facilities across the world. In a series of posts, customers have agreed to share their experiences. “The integrated, automated DRX-Evolution suite delivers enhanced productivity and positioning flexibility due to the DRX-1 detectors—and it is
Read MoreRobin Wible, Director of Imaging at Memorial Hospital (York, PA) reflects on her facility's experience with the CARESTREAM DRX Family of products. The 100 bed community hospital has transitioned their entire department to digital with the CARESTREAM DRX-1 System, CARESTREAM DRX Evolution and, most recently,
Read More[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inFAzeZXM5Q] Steven Don, M.D., of Saint Louis Children's Hospital (St. Louis, MO) discusses trends, challenges and opportunities in pediatric medical imaging---focusing on digital radiography (DR) imaging.
Read More In Part II of our Meaningful Use in Radiology Series with Keith Dreyer, DO, Ph.D., FSIIM, Vice Chair of Radiology for Informatics, Massachusetts General Hospital, we dig into how Dr. Dreyer expects EHR adoption to impact the practice of radiology, specific MU requirement details including
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A recent CDC report examining mammography prevalence confirmed what I’ve been hearing from many customers: screening compliance is flat to down in the U.S. The most common reason women give for not having a mammogram is that their primary care did not recommend the test. It’s
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