Breaking with its past dependence on phosphor-based computed radiography plates, Fujifilm featured a flat-panel digital radiography system at the RSNA 2008 meeting. The AcSelerate system, named for the amorphous selenium(Drug information on selenium) component of its new flat panel, features an automated table and upright system featuring lightweight components that are easier to position and operate than traditional systems. The flat panel translates x-rays directly into electrical signals for general radiography applications. Its thick layer of amorphous selenium provides high sensitivity, according to the company, which is positioning the system as able to render twice the detective quantum efficiency and modular transfer function of competing flat-panel systems.
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Radiation dose awareness leads to more pediatric referrals for ultrasound and MRI
December 7, 2008 Educational efforts to raise awareness about the associated risks of CT-based radiation exposure and the need to keep children from receiving unnecessary scans seem to be achieving traction among healthcare providers, according to a study by Ohio researchers. Their findings suggest that such increased awareness may make referring physicians less likely to order imaging that involves ionizing radiation for young patients. Industry attendance at the 2008 RSNA plunges
December 7, 2008 Overall unaudited attendance at the 2008 Radiological Society of North America was down compared with last year, according to Thursday’s figures. But exhibitor registration took the hardest hit. Lesion location, complexity define pain after RFA of osteoid osteomas
December 5, 2008 A lesion’s type and location, and the number of muscles that a needle has to pierce to reach it, rather than the number of procedures, determine the level and duration of pain after radiofrequency ablation of osteoid osteomas, according to Mayo researchers. Radiologists lose angioplasty, stent procedure volume to cardiologists and surgeons
December 5, 2008 As percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stent placement replaces bypass surgery in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease, cardiologists and surgeons now are performing far more of the procedures than radiologists, according to research presented Thursday at the RSNA meeting. Breast ultrasound scanner debuts in Siemens RSNA booth
December 5, 2008 Siemens Healthcare unveiled a breast ultrasound system at RSNA 2008 whose automated exams could help women’s health practitioners achieve the potential of ultrasound as a complement to mammography. Siemens dedicates MR scanner to breast
December 5, 2008 Siemens underscored its commitment to women’s health with its introduction at RSNA 2008 of Espree Pink, a 1.5T scanner dedicated to breast imaging. GE introduces new PET/CT
December 5, 2008 Discovery PET/CT 600 debuted at the RSNA meeting, taking a midtier position in GE Healthcare’s family of hybrid devices. |
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