The Diagnostic Imaging X-ray modality focus page provides information, videos, podcasts, and the latest news about industry product developments, trial results, screening guidelines, and protocol guidance that touch on the use of X-ray across the healthcare continuum, from chest, orthopedic, abdominal imaging, and more.
April 19th 2024
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Fuji combines digital x-ray software application with convenience of PDA
November 29th 2004Fujifilm Medical Systems has combined its customizable Flex UI digital x-ray software application with the convenience of PDAs to introduce the FCR Pocket ID at the RSNA meeting. With the Pocket ID, patient data can be accessed quickly and verified at the patient’s bedside, permitting caregivers to increase efficiency while reducing the potential for medical errors, according to the company.
Real-time radiology scheme enhances CR/DR productivity
October 14th 2004Radiologists can spend less time manipulating computed/digital radiography (CR/DR) images with a new scheme developed by researchers at the University of Washington and Mayo Clinic Rochester to facilitate real-time radiology. The use of high-performance processors dramatically speeds up image processing.
Check workflow first in move to digital x-ray
May 19th 2004Radiology has rarely faced a problem for which technology did not offer an acceptable, if not complete, solution. It hasn't done badly in putting technology to work even when problems were only imaginary, as with whole-body CT scanning. Imaging
Imaging Dynamics shows strong financial, product performance
January 28th 2004Company offers low-cost DR alternatives to CRTwo years after launching its first CCD-based digital radiography product, Imaging Dynamics is enjoying the fruits of a market that is shifting gradually away from computed radiography
Digital x-ray vendors focus on boosting productivity
November 26th 2003Struggle between CR and DR continuesNew offerings in digital radiography at McCormick Center will emphasize higher productivity and intuitive user interfacing. The objective will be to demonstrate improved workflow.During the RSNA
Computed radiography learns new tricks to keep up with DR
August 28th 2003Computed radiography has been around for two decades, but it is far from obsolete. CR has stayed current by evolving new technologies and expanding into new clinical applications. But the factor that makes CR competitive with digital radiography involves
DR saves time and improves throughput, while CR saves money
April 17th 2003The continued shift toward digital imaging, coupled with demands for better image quality and dose-efficient technology, is generating sustained interest in alternative methods of digitizing radiography. But the choice between computed radiography (CR)
CR improvements challenge DR on speed and productivity
December 25th 2002Vendors streamline processing, improve imagesManufacturers are revitalizing computed radiography product lines to become more competitive with digital radiography. They are focusing particularly on ways to decrease the time needed
Zerhouni nominated to direct NIH
April 17th 2002The imaging community could soon have a powerful friend at the National Institutes of Health. The White House formally nominated Dr. Elias Zerhouni March 26 to direct the Institutes, which together fund some 43,000 biomedical projects with about $27
Fujifilm pumps up CR with release of SpeedSuite
March 20th 2002Turnkey product offers DR-like productivityWith the release of SpeedSuite, Fujifilm has upped the ante in its battle with digital radiography (DR). The turnkey product, which integrates computed radiography technology with an x-ray
Edge seeks cost and workflow savings to expand appeal of digital x-ray
November 14th 2001OEM and installed base sales anchor strategyEdge Medical Devices hopes to convince customers that flat panels don’t require fat wallets. The company, which launched its Quix line of low-cost digital radiography systems at the
Vendors implement strategies for lowering cost of digital x-ray
October 31st 2001Some developers of digital x-ray equipment are playing for time outside medical markets, hoping that revenue streams from applications such as nondestructive testing will help underwrite the costs of evolving and manufacturing radiology-quality
Cost, flexibility help CR maintain digital beachhead
September 19th 2001Like Mark Twain’s famously false obituary, rumors of computed radiography’s imminent demise have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, CR is defying expectations that it would fade away once digital radiography emerged from research and
Swissray cuts deal with HCP for sale and service of digital radiography
July 8th 2001As June drew to a close, Swissray International announced that Marconi Health Care Products (HCP) would market and service Swissray’s line of direct digital radiography (ddR) systems in the U.S., supplementing an existing distribution agreement
Swissray ups direct digital detection efficiency
August 16th 2000Swissray International plans to offer new enhancements that will improve the detection efficiency of its ddR direct digital radiography systems while reducing radiation dosage, according to the firm.Swissray will use Kodak’s Blue Plus CCD
Agfa invests for future with digital radiography
July 5th 2000Agfa passed up the opportunity to take a chance on digital radiography a year ago, but now the Belgium-based manufacturer of analog film, PACS, and CR will add Canon’s DR thorax system to its family of products.The company is hoping to please
Digital x-ray market still waiting to catch a wave
March 1st 2000Despite predictions of huge market potential and assumptions that radiology departments were ripe for new filmless technologies, the promise of digital x-ray has been little more than that since the first products were introduced in the mid 1990s. Some
Digital x-ray a bright spot in Swissray mid-year financials
March 1st 2000Digital x-ray a bright spot in Swissray mid-year financialsCompany says it’s sold 58 ddR systems so far this yearThe digital radiography business is alive and well, according to x-ray equipment vendor Swissray International. While
Sectra moves into digital x-ray with equity position in Mamea Imaging
February 2nd 2000Like other manufacturers developing state-of-the-art technology, digital x-ray firms must convince a skeptical clinical community that their products are worth the extra cost. Despite the uphill battle, the challenge has proven irresistible to another
Digital x-ray vendors build portfolios as firms debut new CR, DR systems
January 12th 2000The digital x-ray market continues to face challenges in persuading end-users to convert their radiographic equipment to the digital realm. With price tags as much as three times more expensive than analog equipment, most healthcare institutions appear
GE wins clearance for third digital x-ray unit
November 1st 1999GE wins clearance for third digital x-ray unitAlmost a year after gaining clearance for its digital chest x-ray system, Revolution XQ/i, GE Medical Systems has received the go-ahead for a general-purpose unit based on the same detectors. On Oct.
Digital Radiography resolves supplier and backlog problems
October 1st 1999Digital Radiography resolves supplier and backlog problemsAcquisition of DRC begins to pay off for HologicFueled by the deep pockets and long-term commitment of its new parent company, Hologic, digital x-ray developer Direct Radiography
Agfa provides preview of new CR technologies
September 15th 1999Techniques would cost less, improve speed, image quality Although developments with other digital radiography systems have captured much of the attention of the medical imaging community in recent years, vendors offering computed radiography
CMOS technology for digital x-ray edges closer to commercialization
September 15th 1999Cares Built’s Clarity 7000 under review at FDAA technology used for military and space applications may be the next trend in digital x-ray, if a few imaging vendors have their way. Although the majority of manufacturers have chosen to work
Swissray adds Hitatchi Medical as partner for digital x-ray, PACS
September 1st 1999Swissray adds Hitatchi Medical as partner for digital x-ray, PACSHitatchi will market ddR Multi-System in parts of U.S.In its continuing bid to boost its market presence, digital radiography developer Swissray International last month