GE wins bid to install PACS at Louisiana Medical CenterGE's campaign to improve its penetration of the private-sector PACS market got a boost last month when the Milwaukee-based vendor announced that its Integrated Imaging Solutions unit had
GE's campaign to improve its penetration of the private-sector PACS market got a boost last month when the Milwaukee-based vendor announced that its Integrated Imaging Solutions unit had received a $3.4 million contract to install a scalable PACS network at Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport. The hospital will conduct diagnostic reading on six high-resolution workstations, with clinical viewing available from 14 workstations located in other hospital departments. Two Fuji AC-3 computed radiography readers and two film digitizers will also be installed.
The Nonexistence of Perfect Balance in Radiology
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Can Portable Dual-Energy X-Ray be a Viable Alternative to CT in the ICU?
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