Digital X-Ray: Page 121

CT can replace x-ray for pediatric cystic fibrosis patients

By Rebekah Moan

CHICAGO - Ultralow-dose CT is on par with a frontal chest x-ray in terms of dose (0.05 mSv) and gives an accurate diagnosis in pediatric cystic fibrosis patients, Belgian researchers revealed on Monday afternoon at the annual RSNA meeting.

November 26, 2012

Xograph installs wireless DR unit in Ireland

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Xograph Healthcare Ireland has installed the BuckyStar Intuition digital radiography (DR) system in the new Cardiac Renal Centre at Cork University Hospital in the Republic of Ireland.

November 26, 2012

Artist uses hand x-rays to grasp meaning behind scans

By Nicole Pettit

Do x-rays make the personal impersonal, stripping out our humanity to examine our inner structures? If so, French artist Marc Ferrante has perhaps recaptured it. Collaborating with puppeteers and other hand artists, he's created a collection of approximately 100 hand radiographs, exploring "whether life can be breathed into these images."

November 26, 2012

Sectra launches radiation monitoring software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PACS firm Sectra is offering a new automated way to collect, analyze, and store patient radiation dose information with the introduction of DoseTrack at the 2012 RSNA meeting in Chicago.

November 25, 2012

Riverain gets CE Mark for ClearRead +Confirm

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection software developer Riverain Technologies has received the European CE Mark for its ClearRead +Confirm software and is introducing it at the 2012 RSNA meeting in Chicago.

November 25, 2012

Sectra highlights OneScreen osteoporosis research

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PACS firm Sectra is highlighting research from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm that shows how the company's Sectra OneScreen online service offers an efficient and inexpensive method for early identification of people at risk for osteoporosis.

November 20, 2012

Analysts predict rapid growth for FPD mobile C-arm equipment

By Cynthia E. Keen

The global demand for flat panel detector (FPD) mobile C-arm digital radiography systems is expected to soar, growing by 54% worldwide from 2011 to 2016, according to a key forecast in a new report published by market research firm InMedica.

November 20, 2012

ContextVision brings new modules to RSNA 2012

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Image enhancement developer ContextVision plans to introduce several new additions to its portfolio at next week's 2012 RSNA meeting in Chicago.

November 20, 2012

From beer to scanners: What's brewing in Moldova?

By Philip Ward

A private imaging clinic that opened three years ago in Moldova on the site of a former beer restaurant is serving as a case study in how a modern diagnostic facility can be built successfully from scratch.

November 20, 2012

Siemens to launch new Artis Q angio line at RSNA

By Brian Casey

Siemens Healthcare is planning to launch a new line of premium angiography systems, called Artis Q, at the upcoming RSNA meeting in Chicago. The new line includes enhancements in detector design, guidance technology, and x-ray tube instrumentation.

November 18, 2012

Wind of change sweeps through Russia

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Russian radiology still faces huge challenges in terms of equipment availability and variable education standards, but reforms are now being implemented and are already redressing the balance, noted Dr. Igor Tyurin, chief expert in radiology for the Ministry of Health, in an exclusive interview.

November 13, 2012

Olympics organizers release final imaging statistics

By Becky McCall

LONDON - A final breakdown of imaging statistics from the London Olympics shows the toll that competitive sport can have on the bodies of athletes, with radiologists chronicling more than 2,300 scans acquired during the games. The data were revealed 8 November at a U.K. Royal College of Radiologists lecture.

November 8, 2012

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