Digital X-Ray: Page 121

Carestream reaches tabletop CR milestone

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Carestream Health said it has delivered its 20,000th tabletop CR system.

October 8, 2012

Carestream to sell preclinical imaging unit to Bruker

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Carestream Health has signed an agreement to sell the preclinical in vivo imaging equipment product portfolio and related assets from its Molecular Imaging business to Bruker.

September 25, 2012

New patient dose statistics generate discussion

By Cynthia E. Keen

The radiation dose from x-ray exams and fluoroscopic imaging procedures declined on average by 10% between 2005 and 2010, according to the latest survey results of the U.K. National Patient Dose Database. Whether this statistic reflects greater patient safety awareness or increasing use of lower-dose modalities is not known.

September 24, 2012

ISSRT unveils research award winners, new scholarship

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT) has announced the winners of its 2012 research awards.

September 17, 2012

Imaging misrepresented on TV, claim U.K. radiographers

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The CEO and representatives of the U.K. Society and College of Radiographers (ScOR) met with managers from the BBC last week to discuss how radiography is portrayed in its television programs.

September 17, 2012

Image Gently expands dose reduction campaign to digital x-ray

By Cynthia E. Keen

The Image Gently radiation dose reduction campaign has launched a new initiative targeting the most common imaging exam of all: radiography. The group's new Back to Basics initiative, launched today, is intended to strengthen radiation protection in children as radiography shifts from analog film to digital x-ray.

September 17, 2012

Manchester to ditch 'backscatter' x-ray airport scanners

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Manchester Airport in the U.K. announced on September 17 that it will not renew a program to test airport security scanners based on backscatter x-rays.

September 16, 2012

Hands-on approach optimizes computed radiography performance

By Philip Ward

Automatic exposure control systems must be reconfigured when computed radiography is introduced, and regular quality assurance checks coupled with three yearly patient dose surveys allow optimum performance to be maintained, Scottish researchers have found.

September 16, 2012

Philips supplies cardiac system to new U.K. facility

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare has announced the sale of an Allura Xper FD10 x-ray system to Luton and Dunstable Hospital in the U.K. for its new 5.5 million pound Cardiac Centre.

September 13, 2012

Maquet installs Siemens angio system at German site

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Technology developer Maquet has installed an Artis zeego angiography system from Siemens Healthcare in a new hybrid operating room at the Surgical Academy in Rastatt, Germany.

September 13, 2012

Carestream updates CR/miniPACS software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Carestream Health has announced that a new version of its Image Suite software, a computed radiography (CR) image acquisition and optional miniPACS, is now available for purchase for delivery in October.

September 13, 2012

UMG/Del adds new international sales director

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiography vendor UMG/Del Medical said it has appointed a new director of international sales.

September 11, 2012

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