AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Geoffrey Rubin, MD, of the University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, offered session attendees an overview of key issues in the radiology workforce landscape, highlighting a 2024 consensus committee report from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) on the future of medical imaging and radiation therapy.

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Everything Rad

AUGUST 10, 2023

Keep reading to learn how Carestream Health’s Smart Room Assist and Smart Room features on the DRX-Compass X-ray System can help your staff reduce incorrect exposure settings and patient positioning errors – the primary causes for retakes in general digital radiology.

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CurveBeam AI

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Every year, radiologic technologists come together to celebrate the tireless efforts and dedication of medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals who play a vital role in ensuring patient care and healthcare safety. The theme for NRTW® 2023 is “Patients Are Our Passion. Safety Is Our Priority.”

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 19, 2024

SACRAMENTO, CA - A California radiologic technologist accused of delivering a major radiation overdose to a 23-month-old boy faced testimony this week on her role in the incident. There, a doctor ordered x-rays and CT scans to check for damage to the child's cervical spine. Is this safe?"

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

“The FDA premarket approval of the Mammomat B.brilliant mammography system represents a milestone in our ongoing commitment to women’s health,” said Niral Patel, vice president of X-ray Products at Siemens Healthineers North America. Several previously cleared features benefit the radiologic technologist.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 12, 2023

Low-dose X-ray Solutions Serve Broadest Patient Population Digital radiography has come a long way at Massac Memorial as well. For example, the D-EVO Suite II X-ray room has made a big improvement on image quality while lowering dose. With this machine, the detail is great,” said Frederich Park, MD, Radiologist.

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Independent Imaging

MARCH 6, 2020

Instead, you will lie still on an X-ray table as the scanner passes over your body. The scan uses a very low dose of radiation to produce pictures of the inside of the body, particularly around the hips and lower spine, to measure bone mass and strength.

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Mint Physician Staffing

APRIL 14, 2020

A radiology department is responsible for providing diagnostic studies and radiation therapy. Some common radiology studies include x-rays, CT scans, MRIs, mammography, and ultrasound. Because they work with radiation, there are radiation exposure risks associated with any job in radiology.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Philips Incisive CT scanner and artificial intelligence (AI) driven Precise Image software ensure diagnostic-quality imaging at the low radiation dose required for screening programs. We can obtain diagnostic quality imaging by prioritizing patient safety and minimizing radiation dose without compromising scan quality.

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Everything Rad

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Not only are children more radiosensitive than adults (the cancer risk per unit dose of ionizing radiation is higher), but children also have a longer expected lifetime, which puts them at greater risk of cancer following radiation exposure.(1) The balance of dose and image quality is even more important in pediatric medical imaging.

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Everything Rad

JANUARY 11, 2023

Soluções pediátricas para aquisição de imagens Receptor de imagem: Capturar a imagem de raios X com o receptor de imagem é a primeira etapa da formação da imagem. Software SmartGrid: A dispersão de raios X poderá comprometer consideravelmente a qualidade da imagem se não for gerenciada como parte do processo de aquisição.

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Everything Rad

JANUARY 11, 2023

La introducción de los productos detectores DRX inalámbricos de Carestream ha sido un gran paso adelante en la provisión de un detector de rayos X de alta calidad que se adapta perfectamente al flujo de trabajo de la UCIN y la UCI pediátrica. 4 Image Gently®: The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging. Strauss KJ, et al.

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