Overcoming the complexities of CXR without a dose penalty. Chest X-rays (CXR) are one of the most difficult radiographs to interpret. The dense chest structure includes complex overlying and underlying patient anatomy, and the ever-present motions of the lungs and heart. Ideally, radiologists would like to
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Recommendations and guidelines for the use of Paediatric DRLs. By Raija Seuri , Paediatric Radiologist in Helsinki University Hospital and clinical consultant for the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Finland. Editor’s note: the spelling of ‘paediatric’ used in this blog is the correct spelling in
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Knowing how number is used is key to controlling exposure. Imaging in a radiology film environment is much like playing Goldilocks and the Three Bears. You take your image, hold it up to the viewbox and say: “This image is too light"; "This image is too
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Imaging Products and Technologies That Can Help Reduce Dose. How is Carestream Supporting Efficient Utilization of Radiation Dose? At Carestream we are doing our part to help minimize radiation dose by delivering high-performance image capture systems and specialized software that can help minimize dose while maintaining high
Read MoreRadiology administrators looking to raise the visibility and value of their department should seize the opportunity to lead an enterprise dose initiative. In a session at last week’s AHRA annual meeting titled, “An Executive Guide to Implementing a Successful Enterprise Dose Solution,” Chris Tomlinson, MBA, director
Read More[caption id="attachment_5476" align="alignleft" width="107"] Sean Ruck, editor-in-chief, DOTmed Healthcare Business News[/caption] Hospitals have a duty to treat patients, but in order to do so, they have to get them in the door. Even though we’ve entered an era of consolidation, there’s still enough competition out there
Read More[caption id="attachment_4632" align="alignleft" width="150"] Rich Pulvino, Digital Media Specialist, Carestream[/caption] There has always been so much information to digest at RSNA that it becomes difficult to pick out some of the key learnings and trends we experience every year. With the "Power of Partnership" theme for 2013, we
Read More[caption id="attachment_3540" align="alignleft" width="100"] Jerry ZeidenbergPublisher & EditorCanadian Healthcare Technology &Technology for Doctors Online[/caption]Radiologists are, without a doubt, some of the smartest people we’ll ever meet. But they’re not infallible, and IT systems are now being implemented to add further intelligence to the medical system.
Read More[caption id="attachment_4678" align="alignleft" width="109"] Gunther Hefler, XRS Product Specialist, Europe, Carestream[/caption] The German translation of this post can be found following the English version. At the 94th German Radiology Congress 2013 in Hamburg, I had the opportunity of giving a talk during X-ray technician training about technological
Read More[caption id="attachment_4316" align="alignleft" width="89"] Sam Richard, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Carestream[/caption] I recently had the pleasure of presenting research that addressed two key topics in medical imaging at ECR 2013: pediatric imaging and dose reduction. More specifically, reducing dose when capturing pediatric images. The research I took
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