[caption id="attachment_4316" align="alignleft" width="109"] Sam Richard, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Carestream[/caption] Radiologists wish to keep the amount of radiation during a medical imaging exam “As Low As Reasonably Achievable” - known as the ALARA principle - but just how much radiation are we receiving? First we
Read More[caption id="attachment_1587" align="alignleft" width="150"] Norman Yung, Chief Marketing Officer, Carestream[/caption] We’re about six short weeks away from the world’s biggest event in medical imaging. RSNA 2013 promises to be another year full of impressive displays and demonstrations of innovations and trends taking place within the industry.
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
Read More[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignleft" width="100"] Helen Titus, Marketing Director, X-ray Solutions, Carestream[/caption] The delicate state of a patient in a hospital is never taken lightly by medical imaging professionals. These patients are in situations where they are at their most vulnerable and it is up to the
Read MoreCongratulations to the few people who identified September's image correctly! It was a toy tractor. Here's the original image: Below is October's image, can you guess what it is? Think carefully
Read MoreCongratulations to the person who correctly identified August's X-ray image- it was a high heel shoe! Below is the “Guess the X-ray” image for the month of September! Please leave your answer in either the comment section below or on our Facebook page. The challenge
Read More[caption id="attachment_4709" align="alignleft" width="99"] Jussi Perkiö, Director, Service Development and Medical Technology, PhD, Hospital Physicist, Suomen Terveystalo Ltd.[/caption] The goal of mammography screening is to reduce breast cancer mortality rates by detecting the cancer early enough for efficient treatment to be possible. In Finland, the mortality
Read More[caption id="attachment_4703" align="alignleft" width="117"] Heidi McIntosh, Marketing Manager, X-ray Solutions, Carestream[/caption] I recently spoke with Radiology Today about computed radiography (CR) and how it is still being used widely throughout the world. Many people figured once digital radiography (DR) systems were intact they would replace and
Read More[caption id="attachment_4699" align="alignleft" width="99"] Dr. Marc Zins, Department of Radiology, Hôpital Saint-Joseph. He is also a member of Carestream’s Advisory Group, a collective of medical professionals that advises the company on healthcare IT trends.[/caption] The radiologists who conduct CT and interventional radiology with fluoroscopic guidance examinations are
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