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.
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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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Acquiring used equipment carries with it certain stereotypes that span the spectrum of good to bad. Facilities that ...
Mary Washington Hospital (MWH), part of MediCorp Health Systems in Fredericksburg, VA, has been the area’s premier ...
AT A GLANCE Organization: Expert Radiology Management Services, LLC Specialty: Subspecialty teleradiology — neuro and ...
A 30-year-old woman arrives in the emergency room with “abdominal cramping and vaginal bleeding. A physical examination ...
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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.
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
It is no surprise that during the past several years, the number of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed ...
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For most of us, handheld devices put the “fun” in functional. In the medical world, these tools do much more — they help save lives.
Editor’s Note: This is the result of a “virtual” roundtable discussion on image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) with Drs ...
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Along with the already established S2 20-inch surgery light, the new S1 surgery “satellite” and the new P1 video camera ...
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The Harmony V Keyless Entry (push-button) cart features a programmable automatic re-lock and a manual key override. The ...
June 22, 2006 