Dra. María Luisa Chapel: "El físico médico es una figura imprescindible en la medicina radiológica actual”. Por Dr. Pablo Valdés, Vice presidente de Radiología Española. Recientemente se han cumplido dos años desde que María Luisa Chapel, responsable del Servicio de Radiofísica y Protección Radiológica del Hospital Universitario
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Carestream’s Clinical Collaboration Platform supports high volume and workflow efficiencies critical to cancer patient care. By Peter Buchanan, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is one of the world’s leading cancer research, education, and treatment centres. We strive to provide world-class patient care. Carestream’s Clinical Collaboration
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Transportable Carestream detector brings chest X-rays directly to worker sites. By Melanie Brewster, Managing Director, Industrial Diagnostics Company. Exposure to fine dust containing fine particles of sand known as Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) can cause irreversible lung damage in the form of nodules of scar tissue which can
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15 strategies to help minimize radiological errors in MRI, CT, and ultrasound imaging. By Paola A. Baron Ródiz, M.D., Radiology Resident at hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Leganes, Madrid – Spain and Ferreiro Argüelles, M.D., Neuroradiologist at Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa in Leganés, Madrid – Spain. Editor’s Note:
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Patients get less radiation and center gains faster throughput with digital radiography. By Debbie Heinz, Radiology Manager, Saint Francis Medical Center. OSF Saint Francis Medical Center hit the trifecta by moving from CR to DR. We gained rapid access to high-quality diagnostic images, our patients are getting
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Radiologists becoming more like information managers and image processing specialists. By Pablo Valdés, vice-chairman, Spanish Society of Medical Radiology. Haga clic aquí para leer la versión en español de este blog. Dr. Pablo Valdés is vice-chairman of the Spanish radiologists’ society - Spanish Society of Medical Radiology (SERAM). In
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Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital Shares their “O to U Approach” for capturing high quality diagnostic AP images. By Diane Evans, Radiology Education Specialist, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Mobile chest X-rays performed in the antero-posterior (AP) projection has always been considered an
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Balancing patient populations with changes in procedures and equipment. By Rick Perez, Administrative Director, Winthrop University Hospital's Department. Radiology room requirements are a paradox. Imaging rooms require solid construction to support 1,000 pound overhead tube cranes as well as lead linings to contain x-ray scatter. Yet they
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5 reasons why the future of radiologists is secure. Dr. Eliot Siegel, Professor and Vice Chair Research Informatics, University of Maryland School of Medicine. There has been quite a bit of “trash talk” about radiologists being replaced by computers in both thepopular press and in the medical journals
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An interview with Dr. Luis Martí-Bonmatí of the Royal Academy of Medicine; Part 1. Haga clic aquí para leer esta entrevista en español. Dr. Luis Martí-Bonmatí has held chair number 13 of the Royal Academy of Medicine since last February. In his inaugural speech as a scholar
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