The MiniMed Paradigm real-time insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring system is a therapy available for patients ...
Mayo Clinic has announced it has developed a series of MRI devices that make it easier to diagnose injuries and diseases ...
Elekta now offers a 6-D robotic image-guided stereotactic system optimized for treatment of the spine. The AXESSE system ...
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
The NovaPACS OR Viewer from NovaRad Corp. allows physicians to compare old and new images side by side and view images ...
Maxislide sheets are for bed boosting and lateral transfers. Maxislide products virtually eliminate physical strain on ...
iPlan Flow software enables targeted medication delivery for the treatment of brain tumors. The National Ministry for ...
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
A new ergonomic reading station from Broadwest Corp., the E-Carrell, is a completely flexible work environment for ...
One of the most prominent figures in nuclear medicine in the last half-century is Dr. Henry Wagner of Johns Hopkins ...
All hospitals today face challenges, but none comes close to matching the recent experiences of Louisiana hospitals ...
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
Acquiring used equipment carries with it certain stereotypes that span the spectrum of good to bad. Facilities that ...
It is no surprise that during the past several years, the number of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed ...
When mechanical ventilation is initiated for surgical and acute-unit patients, protecting the fragile lungs while ...
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
A 30-year-old woman arrives in the emergency room with “abdominal cramping and vaginal bleeding. A physical examination ...
Editor’s Note: This is the result of a “virtual” roundtable discussion on image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) with Drs ...
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.
Few medical devices are credited with preventing death and are used so rarely as automated external defibrillators (AEDs ...
ACT: What are some of the scenarios — decisions or investments — in which a hospital might want to consider doing a ...
For most of us, handheld devices put the “fun” in functional. In the medical world, these tools do much more — they help save lives.
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 ...
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