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Anyone who remembers – or for that matter, still uses – single-slice CT scanners can appreciate the dramatic ...
Editor’s Note: This is the result of a “virtual” roundtable discussion on image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) with Drs ...
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
One of the most prominent figures in nuclear medicine in the last half-century is Dr. Henry Wagner of Johns Hopkins ...
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ACT: What are some of the scenarios — decisions or investments — in which a hospital might want to consider doing a ...
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
Acquiring used equipment carries with it certain stereotypes that span the spectrum of good to bad. Facilities that ...
Talk to the purveyors and supporters of digital radiography (DR) and you’ll hear that it’s the wave of the future and ultimately where the technology is headed – arguably replacing its earlier generation sibling, computed radiography (CR). However, raise that prospect with the CR crowd and you’ll likely hear something dramatically different.
About 10 years ago a close friend received some very bad news, but, oddly, she was happy about it. My friend was ...
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
A 30-year-old woman arrives in the emergency room with “abdominal cramping and vaginal bleeding. A physical examination ...
Imagine for a moment, if something along these lines actually had happened. Back in the early 1990s when the debut of ...
Not too long ago, the capability of precisely directing and guiding a potent beam of radiation to eradicate a cancerous tumor without harming the healthy tissue around it was a pipe dream. Fodder for the imagination and science fiction.
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
What are some of the noteworthy growth areas for computed tomography (CT) applications today and why are they so popular ...
Even a representative from one of the nation’s leading single-use device (SUD) reprocessors says he understands the ...
For most of us, handheld devices put the “fun” in functional. In the medical world, these tools do much more — they help save lives.
Mary Washington Hospital (MWH), part of MediCorp Health Systems in Fredericksburg, VA, has been the area’s premier ...
Digital imaging is now ubiquitous in medicine. Contemporary imaging modalities are generating an ever-increasing amount ...
All hospitals today face challenges, but none comes close to matching the recent experiences of Louisiana hospitals ...
Along with the already established S2 20-inch surgery light, the new S1 surgery “satellite” and the new P1 video camera ...
The Eclipse Powered System is “Power Made Easy” due to its automation and simplicity. The system has been engineered ...
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