[caption id="attachment_3825" align="alignleft" width="106"] John Yorkston, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Carestream[/caption] At this year's CARS conference, Carestream scientists will co-author a research paper with colleagues from Johns Hopkins University describing the results of an ongoing, multi-year research project to develop a cone beam CT system specifically optimized
Read More[caption id="attachment_4520" align="alignleft" width="109"] Rafael Fernandez, DMS Product Specialist, Spain, Carestream[/caption] The Spanish translation of this post can be found following the English version. The Spanish Congress of Medical Physics and Radiology Protection is a yearly event that gathers the major stakeholders and key radiology opinion leaders
Read More[caption id="attachment_4468" align="alignleft" width="116"] Marianne Matthews, Editor, Imaging Economics[/caption] Guest post by Marianne Matthews, editor of Imaging Economics. I had to chuckle recently when Jockey rolled out its new bra sizing system. Everyone from fashionistas to morning talk show hosts seemed obsessed with the news. It even
Read More[caption id="attachment_2892" align="alignleft" width="108"] Eliot Siegel, M.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Image Information Systems, University of Maryland. He is also a member of Carestream’s Advisory Group, a collective of medical professionals that advises the company on healthcare IT trends.[/caption] Diagnostic Radiology is anticipating major and fundamental changes
Read More[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignleft" width="100"] Helen Titus, Marketing Director, X-ray Solutions, Carestream[/caption] I have to take exception to a key statement in "The World Market for General Radiography and Fluoroscopy X-ray Equipment - 2013" report issued by IMS Research, a subsidiary of market research firm IHS. According
Read More[caption id="attachment_3920" align="alignleft" width="112"] Don Thompson, US&C Marketing Manager, Carestream[/caption] According to InMedica, today, “retrofit wireless detectors are the fastest growing segment of the flat panel detector (FPD) detector market in the Americas, and unit shipments will more than double from 2011 to 2016.”* But back
Read More[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignleft" width="100"] Helen Titus, Marketing Director, X-ray Solutions, Carestream[/caption] The benefits of using a mobile X-ray system are numerous. Because of this, it becomes the responsibility of the radiology team to truly narrow down the specifics of what they are looking for in this
Read More[caption id="attachment_4316" align="alignleft" width="89"] Sam Richard, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Carestream[/caption] I recently had the pleasure of presenting research that addressed two key topics in medical imaging at ECR 2013: pediatric imaging and dose reduction. More specifically, reducing dose when capturing pediatric images. The research I took
Read More[caption id="attachment_1620" align="alignleft" width="104"] Robert Salmon, Carestream Health[/caption] Radiology IT has left the radiology space and joined the hospital healthcare IT space according to Jim Knaub, editor of Radiology Today, one of the industry’s leading resources on the topic. At HIMSS ‘13, radiology can be a
Read More[caption id="attachment_4284" align="alignleft" width="112"] Casey Dye, (RT) Diagnostic Coordinator, Intermountain Primary Children's Medical Center[/caption] In keeping with the Image Gently Campaign, our staff reduced dose for pediatric patients by up to half. We image patients on a DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray system that replaced a CR unit.
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