Digital X-Ray: Page 112

Philips promotes new x-ray dose study at EuroPCR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Royal Philips Electronics, parent company of Philips Healthcare, in a joint study with the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands and Main-Taunus Cardiac Center in Germany, has announced that a 50% reduction in x-ray dose may be achieved in image-guided cardiac interventions using the AlluraClarity angiography system with ClarityIQ technology.

May 20, 2013

Better patient positioning cuts dose in x-ray of spine

By Rebekah Moan

Patients lying supine for lateral lumbar spine examinations will receive a higher x-ray dose under single automatic exposure control and without tube potential change than if they had been lying on their side, U.K. researchers have found.

May 15, 2013

Fuji launches new FDR AcSelerate application

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Fujifilm Medical Systems has launched a new energy subtraction application for its digital radiography device, FDR AcSelerate, the company said.

May 15, 2013

European CR/DR market continues momentum

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Thanks in part to interest in improving the efficiency and quality of x-ray examinations, the European computed radiography (CR) and digital radiography (DR) markets look set to grow from $299.8 million euros in revenues in 2011 to 365.4 million euros in 2018, according to market research firm Frost & Sullivan.

May 14, 2013

Sectra completes osteoporosis deal with Argenteuil

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Healthcare IT firm Sectra has provided its OneScreen online bone health assessment service to Argenteuil, a public hospital outside of Paris.

May 14, 2013

Finland acts to protect children from excess radiation dose

By Cynthia E. Keen

Image Gently, the international campaign to protect children from unnecessary radiation dose exposure, is practiced avidly in Finland. A network of PACS throughout the country helps make this possible, according to a recent article in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

May 13, 2013

Fuji signs U.K. x-ray service deal with Veritek

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Fujifilm Medical Systems said it has signed a service agreement with engineering firm Veritek Global to provide technical support for computed radiography and conventional x-ray systems throughout the U.K.

May 9, 2013

Agfa completes digital radiography installation

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has installed its DX-D 600 ceiling-suspended digital radiography (DR) system at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh (WWL) National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust in the U.K.

May 7, 2013

ESTRO: Proton CT has potential to improve patient care

By Tami Freeman, PhD

Evidence is growing that proton CT can enable more accurate treatment planning and range verification for proton therapy. Its emergence as a way to improve the precision of proton therapy was discussed at a recent forum of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) held in Geneva.

May 6, 2013

Global x-ray market could hit 2.8 billion euros by 2017

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Demand for mobile x-ray and retrofit upgrade kits will drive growth in the global x-ray market in the next few years, according to a new report from IMS Research.

April 30, 2013

Why interruptions are a good thing

By Dr. Paul McCoubrie

A change of ethos is necessary when it comes to interruptions, and it's far better to think of them as consultations, writes columnist Dr. Paul McCoubrie. Consultants are there to be consulted and we should always try to help our clinical colleagues, he says.

April 30, 2013

Large European dose survey shows low medical exposure

By Eric Barnes

A pan-European dose estimation project has found that doses administered to patients in medical imaging examinations vary widely by country, but are lower than comparable levels reported for the U.S. and Australia.

April 28, 2013

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