Growing portfolio supports diverse healthcare facilities. Carestream transformed diagnostic imaging with the launch of our first wireless detector. The innovation continues today with our expanded detector portfolio that includes our DRX Plus and DRX Core detectors. CARESTREAM DRX Plus detectors in 35 x 43 cm and 43 x 43
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5 reasons why the future of radiologists is secure. Dr. Eliot Siegel, Professor and Vice Chair Research Informatics, University of Maryland School of Medicine. There has been quite a bit of “trash talk” about radiologists being replaced by computers in both thepopular press and in the medical journals
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An interview with Dr. Luis Martí-Bonmatí of the Royal Academy of Medicine; Part 1. Haga clic aquí para leer esta entrevista en español. Dr. Luis Martí-Bonmatí has held chair number 13 of the Royal Academy of Medicine since last February. In his inaugural speech as a scholar
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Knowing how number is used is key to controlling exposure. Imaging in a radiology film environment is much like playing Goldilocks and the Three Bears. You take your image, hold it up to the viewbox and say: “This image is too light"; "This image is too
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Radiology journalist says new developments will support goals of improved accuracy and reduced risks. Miguel Ángel de la Cámara is one of the most active Spanish journalists in the field of radiology. With a goal of constantly increasing knowledge in radiology between professionals and patients, he
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Reliability, redundancy and mobility help provider keep pace with imaging needs. By Erica Carnevale, Marketing Manager, Carestream Health. Many radiology departments are feeling the pressure of “doing more with less”. For Columbus Regional Health in Indiana, the pressure was literal: the medical provider had to eliminate three
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What topics in healthcare imaging interest you the most? August is a bit of a milestone for me. I will be six months into my new position as social media manager at Carestream and I’m going to my first radiology trade show – AHRA. I’ve been
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Rental, retrofit and trade-in are financial options for moving to digital radiography. The benefits of moving from CR to DR are widely recognized by the medical imaging community. Radiology Today summarizes them as, "the technology is more efficient, quicker, and, most importantly, requires less dose to
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Todo lo que hacemos en Radiología Médica necesita mejorar la precisión, elevar la capacidad diagnóstica y disminuir los riesgos. Miguel Ángel de la Cámara es uno de los comunicadores españoles más activos en el área de la radiología. Con la vista siempre puesta en incrementar el
Read MoreDifferences have implications for assessment, quality assurance, and training. By Zhimin Huo, PhD, Researcher, Carestream Health. Healthcare imaging technologies and options are continually evolving, and their applications in radiology can be puzzling. One area of confusion is the respective roles of Quantitative Image Analysis (QIA) and Computer-Aided
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Impact on healthcare information systems for CIOs. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines precision medicine as an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle for each person. Like many of the broad healthcare initiatives supported
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Study: Pediatric Fracture Detection from Carestream Editor's note: the slides will not display on Internet Explorer. Please use another browser. Carestream RSNA 2015 Pediatric Fracture Detection Study As a research scientist at Carestream Health, my recent work has focused on pediatric X-ray imaging –
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It is the first of the month - and time for a new “Guess the X-ray” Image Challenge. Several people guessed the March image challenge pretty quickly! The correct answer is — Legos! Here is the xray image for April is below. We welcome radiologists, technologists, RAs,
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When radiologists become more involved, healthcare will be better served. The American College of Radiology (ACR) has been vocal in its recommendation that radiologists should be available to become more involved with patients and referring clinicians. “The College supports collaborative, patient-centered approaches to reduce diagnostic errors,”
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Imaging Products and Technologies That Can Help Reduce Dose. How is Carestream Supporting Efficient Utilization of Radiation Dose? At Carestream we are doing our part to help minimize radiation dose by delivering high-performance image capture systems and specialized software that can help minimize dose while maintaining high
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Introducing the CARESTREAM DRX-Excel Plus fluoroscopy systems. Fluoroscopy has been around almost as long as the X-ray itself. Shortly after Röentgen discovered X-rays, practitioners projected medical images onto a fluorescent screen and stood by to observe the results in real time. Today, the results of a fluoroscopic exam
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By Dave Fornell, Editor, Diagnostic & Interventional Cardiology magazine and assistant editor for Imaging Technology News magazine. While I write a lot about medical imaging technology and how new technology can and should work, it is not often that I get to experience how things actually
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