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Lower Operating Expense Augments Digital X-rays' Uptake Across Industries, Finds Frost & Sullivan

2012-07-26 02:29:46

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The continuous evolution of X-ray sources, detectors and software has led to a migration from analog to digital X-ray inspection systems in the nondestructive testing (NDT) industry. Digital X-rays' lower operating costs have given them a significant competitive advantage over film radiography solutions, as they eliminate the expenses involved in buying films, maintaining a darkroom, obtaining space for archiving film records,...

Vidisco to Present Cutting-edge Wall Thickness Techniques at 15th Digital Imaging Conference

2012-07-12 23:00:58

Vidisco to unveil important advances in the Digital Radiography field at the upcoming Digital Imaging Conference (PRWEB) July 12, 2012 Mr. Lior Pick, Vidisco’s Executive VP, will speak at the upcoming 15th Digital Imaging (DI) Conference about a newly developed automatic software process that enables easy and accurate Wall Thickness Measurement using Digital Radiography. The new algorithm overcomes several inherent technological challenges and obstacles, and offers a user-friendly...

Insects Inspire X-Ray Improvements: Nanostructures Modeled After Moth Eyes May Enhance Medical Imaging

2012-07-04 01:53:23

Using the compound eyes of the humble moth as their inspiration, an international team of physicists has developed new nanoscale materials that could someday reduce the radiation dosages received by patients getting X-rayed, while improving the resolution of the resulting images. The work, led by Yasha Yi-a professor of the City University of New York, who is also affiliated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York University-was published today in the Optical Society's...

Safer Radiologic Imaging Of Otolaryngologic Disease In Children

2012-07-02 22:06:01

Advances in diagnostic imaging have benefited children with otolaryngologic disease, allowing shorter hospital stays, fewer invasive procedures, more targeted surgical procedures, and earlier and more precise diagnoses. However, despite improved technology, concerns about exposure of children to ionizing radiation have recently come to the forefront, according to a commentary in the July 2012 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. Children have more radiosensitive body tissues...

Medical Equipment Manufacturer Announces Contract to Supply 37 C-Arm Imaging Tables to University of South Florida

2012-06-30 23:03:02

Oakworks® CEO Jeff Riach announces that Oakworks Medical will supply CFPM400 Imaging Tables to the USF, thanks to the strong relationship with distributor, Source1Medical. New Freedom, PA (PRWEB) June 30, 2012 Oakworks® Inc. manufacturer of medical tables and positioning devices announces that Oakworks Medical has been awarded a contract to supply 37 C-Arm imaging tables to the University of South Florida, Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation. Dawson Crowley, CEO...

Fujifilm Is The Top Of Its KLAS

2012-06-25 06:28:58

STAMFORD, Conn., June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. announced today that the medical imaging and informatics company has secured the #1 overall medical equipment vendor - 'Best in KLAS' - in the "2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Medical Equipment & Infrastructure" report, edging out the three year incumbent. The research firm KLAS independently evaluates vendor and product performance through the active participation of thousands of healthcare...

Varian X-Ray Products Business Launches On-Line Product Finder for Customers

2012-06-25 02:26:20

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR), X-Ray Products, has launched an on-line product finder tool giving customers the ability to quickly locate needed replacement X-ray tubes as well as flat panel detectors for digital imaging. The product finder showcases all of Varian's X-Ray Products offerings and can be found on the company's website at: http://www.varian.com/us/xray/products/ "Finding the right X-ray tube or flat panel detector is...

To Reduce Patients' Radiation Exposure, North Shore-LIJ Health System to Buy 15 GE Low-Dose CT Scanners

2012-06-21 10:26:16

Purchase of GE CTs is part of North Shore-LIJ's $50M investment to replace, update diagnostic imaging equipment at all of its NY area facilities with low-radiation dose systems LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the interest of advancing patient safety and improving care, the North Shore-LIJ Health System today announced with GE Healthcare the $12 million purchase of 15 GE Low-Dose CT Scanners that will be installed at 10 locations throughout the New...

Canada-based Radimetrics Announces Expansion to Scotland

2012-06-19 06:27:13

TORONTO, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Radimetrics, headquartered in Toronto has established an office in Scotland to provide a comprehensive system for monitoring and managing patient radiation exposure across imaging modalities to hospitals and imaging centers across the EU. Radimetrics is widely known for its flagship product, eXposure(TM), which is a single-system solution that integrates with the existing PACS/RIS system which enables tracking full body, organ-specific and...

Siemens' SOMATOM Definition Edge Single-Source CT Cleared for Sale in U.S.

2012-06-19 02:28:32

MALVERN, Pa., June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Healthcare (NYSE: SI) has announced that the SOMATOM Definition Edge single-source computed tomography (CT) system - the first single-source CT to use Siemens' recently introduced Stellar Detector - has been approved for sale in the United States. With ever-greater patient volumes in the Emergency Department (ED) setting, where 40 percent(1) of CT examinations are performed, hospital demand is increasing for more efficient and...