The hospital installed DRX-1 detectors in four portable imaging systems and implemented dual detectors in its two X-ray rooms that serve its busy ER.
The hospital’s radiologists are extremely pleased with Carestream’s spine labeling, vascular and other reading tools. Surgeons also use PACS-based measurement tools as part of their surgical planning.
The hospital has lowered patient X-ray exposure by an average of 30 to 40 percent by replacing CR cassettes with DRX detectors.
Spire Healthcare operates a network of 38 private hospitals across the UK and this development is seen as a key progression in upgrading its existing CARESTREAM PACS solution.
The new detectors offer higher DQE* (detective quantum efficiency) to enable improved image quality and lower dose. A reduced weight and thinner profile allows even easier handling.
Like other members of the company’s portfolio of DRX systems, the DRX-Evolution Plus enables each DRX detector to work with all other DRX systems within a provider’s environment.
Technologists and managers at Georgia Bone & Joint Surgeons, P.C., (Cartersville, Ga.) developed a list of imaging requirements and conducted site visits as part of an intensive evaluation of four suppliers.
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers provides comprehensive cancer care throughout Colorado with 58 physicians treating patients in 19 locations. The group offers CT and PET-CT imaging services at nine locations.
Bennett will lead a global business comprised of healthcare information solutions and X-ray & ultrasound imaging systems, and will have responsibility for research and development, manufacturing, marketing, sales and service.
The Radiology department, based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, currently performs around 165,000 examinations a year and has already seen improvements in workflow and data quality from the new Carestream RIS/PACS.