Congratulations to the person who correctly identified August's X-ray image- it was a high heel shoe! Below is the “Guess the X-ray” image for the month of September! Please leave your answer in either the comment section below or on our Facebook page. The challenge
Read More[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 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
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