[caption id="attachment_2790" align="alignleft" width="120"] Erica Carnevale, Digital Media Manager, Carestream[/caption] At yesterday's opening keynote at RSNA 2012, RSNA President Dr. George Bisset issued a challenge to the specialty: “Our future depends on our capacity to develop shared ownership of patients’ needs and expectations along with our primary
Read More[caption id="attachment_3615" align="alignleft" width="148"] James Mignano, Digital Media Assistant, Carestream[/caption] The Radiological Society of North America’s Annual Meeting (RSNA) is a big event, located in a bustling city. Attendance at last year’s meeting was up 2% to over 59,000 attendees and is expected to increase again
Read More[caption id="attachment_3562" align="alignleft" width="125"] Mike Foley, Director of Radiology Services, Tufts Medical Center[/caption] Our radiology services team completes nearly 28,000 portable exams each year throughout the medical center. Mobile X-ray’s role in our patient care strategy continues to grow, making efficiency and image quality paramount. The first
Read More[caption id="attachment_3540" align="alignleft" width="129"] Jerry ZeidenbergPublisher & EditorCanadian Healthcare Technology[/caption] RSNA is like an all-you-can-eat buffet – you think you can handle an enormous amount, but you end up running out of time and appetite. After a couple of days of educational sessions and new product
Read MoreThis is a guest-post by Robert Whitmarsh, RT (R), CNMT, Director of Medical Imaging Administration, St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center (Syracuse, N.Y.). [caption id="attachment_3528" align="alignright" width="274"] St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, N.Y.[/caption] Our hospital retrofitted three of our portable x-ray systems with CARESTREAM DRX detectors, which are
Read MoreCongratulations to those who correctly identified October’s image — popcorn! For those who were stumped – try again this month! Place your guess in the comments. [caption id="attachment_3521" align="aligncenter" width="308"] Can you guess what this is an X-ray of?[/caption] The “Guess the X-Ray” challenge runs until December 2. The
Read More[caption id="attachment_3478" align="alignright" width="137"] Xiaohui Wang, Ph.D., Senior Research AssociateClinical Applications Research, Carestream[/caption] Grid usage in portable radiography is often sporadic and inconsistent. This causes greater variability in image quality, and a greater number of radiographs of poorer quality than those captured in the radiology department
Read More[caption id="attachment_3403" align="alignleft" width="123"] Ludovic d’Apréa, General Manager, Digital Medical Solutions, Europe, Carestream[/caption] Q: Ludovic, with the Journées Françaises de Radiologie (French Radiology Congress) (JFR) approaching, if you had a quick look back how would you sum up the last 12 months in the industry of medical
Read MoreEditor's Note: The following is a guest blog post by Gillian Tickall, Chief Radiographer at The Alfred. The Alfred is a major tertiary referral teaching hospital that provides the most comprehensive range of specialist medical and surgical services in Victoria, Australia. Tickall kindly shares how converting to digital
Read More[caption id="attachment_745" align="alignleft" width="150"] Anne Richards, Clinical Development Manager, Women’s Healthcare, Carestream[/caption] A recent article in the Wall Street Journal on 3-D mammography discussed the potential for digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to enhance the detection of cancers. I was reminded of how important it is to
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