[caption id="attachment_3780" align="alignleft" width="150"] Dr. Nirmal Jain, Chief Radiologist, Siddhant Diagnostic Center[/caption] The Indian healthcare industry is growing at a rapid pace to support a growing elderly population, rising incomes and changing disease profiles, posing many challenges for care providers. About a year ago, my facility
Read MoreTodd Kranpitz, Executive Director of Radiology at Iowa Health, Des Moines, visited our social media broadcast center at RSNA to offer his thoughts on the transformation underway in radiology. Kranpitz feels its important that the radiology professionals become educators and reach out to other specialties to ensure
Read More[caption id="attachment_3628" align="alignleft" width="135"] Jackie Whaley, Carestream[/caption] Three studies by Carestream R&D presented at RSNA this week featured some of our latest work to reduce patient dose exposure: First, “Maximizing Lesion Conspicuity in Chest Radiography: Application of Low-Energy X-rays with Rib-contrast Suppression” was presented on Monday. The study
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 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 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 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_3309" align="alignleft" width="101"] Beth Schrack,RadForensics[/caption] Editor's Note: Last month, our post exploring Forensic Imaging received lots of interest. Beth Schrack, a technologist with a passion for advancing the field, answers reader questions about opportunities in the growing industry. Q. How did you get interested in forensics? In 2004,
Read More[caption id="attachment_3283" align="alignleft" width="144"] Wim Op de Beeck, Major Accounts Manager, Carestream Belgium[/caption] A complete change in imaging strategy for a teaching and research hospital with nearly 800 beds and 200,000 radiology patients a year is no small feat. For the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel) Hospital,
Read More[caption id="attachment_3920" align="alignleft" width="112"] Don Thompson, Digital Capture Solutions, Marketing Manager, Carestream U.S. & Canada[/caption] At last year’s annual meeting of the Association for Medical Imaging Management, radiology administrators had an opportunity to view a quick presentation and provide feedback on Carestream’s prototype DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray
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