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Edge Medical to showcase DR upgrade, touch-screen
Edge Medical Devices will feature its Universal Retrofit Kit for digital radiography novel flat-panel touch-screen console for digital radiography at RSNA 2009 next week.
Edge Medical Devices will feature its Universal Retrofit Kit for digital radiography novel flat-panel touch-screen console for digital radiography at RSNA 2009next week. The Quix Retrofit Kit will be featured as an affordable, turnkey upgrade for any new or existing equipment x-ray equipment. The kit can be used to build single- or dual-detector configurations. It upgrades tables, wall stands, U-/C-arm and other positioning devices for DR. Part of this upgrade is the plasma touch-screen Quix Operator Console, which can be used to drive DR workflow, as well as image processing, export, printing and storage. The company hopes to tap into what executives believe is an enormous pent-up demand, particularly in Europe and Asia, for a low-cost DR retrofit. A goal of the company at the RSNA meeting is to attract value added resellers, integrators and OEMs, so as to build worldwide distribution of the retrofit kit.
AI Mammography Platform Shows Promising Results for Detecting Subclinical Breast Cancer
October 3rd 2024Mean artificial intelligence (AI) scoring for breasts developing cancer was double that of contralateral breasts at initial biennial screening and was 16 times higher at the third biennial screening, according to a study involving over 116,000 women with no prior history of breast cancer.
CT Study Links Pleural Effusion and Higher 30-Day Mortality Rates in Patients with COVID-19
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