[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignleft" width="100"] Helen Titus, Marketing Director, X-ray Solutions, Carestream[/caption] Chest radiography is vital to diagnosing lung diseases. A high signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) is crucial if an image is to be determined as appropriate for diagnosis, and it becomes the mission of the acquisition system to
Read MoreLast month's image challenge proved to be just that-- a challenge! It took two different views of the object, but congratulations to the person who correctly guessed it as a stapler. Below is the image for April's "Guess the X-ray". Please leave your comments below
Read MoreCongratulations to the person who guessed February's image correctly -- it was a light bulb! Below is the image for March's “Guess the X-ray". Please leave your answer in either the comment section below or on our Facebook page. The challenge will run until March 31
Read More[caption id="attachment_5164" align="alignleft" width="288"] Alexander Towbin, MD, Neil D. Johnson Chair of Radiology Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital (left), and Catherine Leopard, Child Life Specialist, Cincinnati Children's Hospital (right)[/caption] Patient comfort has always been an important component of the medical imaging process. However, when imaging pediatric patients,
Read MoreLast month's Image Challenge was a bit difficult, but congratulations to the person who guessed it correctly- it was a pomegranate! Below is the image for the second “Guess the X-ray” of 2014! Please leave your answer in either the comment section below or on
Read MoreHappy New Year! Hopefully everyone had a safe and exciting holiday break. Congratulations to the few people who guessed December's X-ray image- they were Michael Kors eyeglasses. Below is the original image. Let's get into the first image challenge of 2014! Please leave your guess in
Read MoreLast month's image was a little tricky since it was a toy, but congratulations to the few people who identified it as a cellphone! Here's the original image: Here is November's image! This one is a little difficult as well- think you can guess what it
Read More[caption id="attachment_3540" align="alignleft" width="100"] Jerry ZeidenbergPublisher & EditorCanadian Healthcare Technology &Technology for Doctors Online[/caption]Radiologists are, without a doubt, some of the smartest people we’ll ever meet. But they’re not infallible, and IT systems are now being implemented to add further intelligence to the medical system.
Read More[caption id="attachment_3920" align="alignleft" width="112"] Don Thompson, Digital Capture Solutions, Marketing Manager, Carestream U.S. & Canada[/caption] For years radiology has worked on this problem—how to minimize X-Ray dose for children, who are vulnerable not only because of their sensitivity but because of the cumulative effect of radiation
Read More[caption id="attachment_4520" align="alignleft" width="144"] Rafael Fernandez, DMS Product Specialist, Spain, Carestream[/caption] The Spanish translation of this post can be found after the English version. For a period of time, portable imaging had been mostly forgotten, the least evolved of medical imaging trends. A few years ago, it
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