Health Imaging

APRIL 15, 2023

mm, the X-ray dosimeter measures radiation dose up to five times more accurately than standard methods. Coming in at a diameter of 5 mm and thickness of 0.2 mm,

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Professional Radiology

APRIL 4, 2024

X-rays are like a superpower for doctors—they can see things hidden from plain sight. Whether it’s a broken bone, a lung infection, or even a swallowed object, X-rays reveal the secrets of your body. At Professional Radiology in El Paso, we understand the importance of X-rays in guiding personalized care.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 9, 2024

Mirion Dosimetry Services has announced commercial availability of a wearable radiation monitoring x-ray badge for medical imaging personnel and others. It also has a battery life of five years.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

S4-SSPH02-3 | Room S404 In this session on physics in radiography, a study suggests portable x-ray systems outfitted with digital autoexposure control (DAEC) systems enhance image quality and reduce radiation doses. Sunday, December 1 | 1:20 p.m.-1:30 1:30 p.m. |

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The finding highlights the technique’s ability to reduce radiation doses in immunocompromised patients, noted lead author Ruxandra-Iulia Milos, MD, of the Medical University of Vienna in Austria, and colleagues. “To Currently, standard low-dose CT scans and chest x-rays are the preferred imaging methods for surveilling these patients.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 9, 2024

Carestream Health has launched a new x-ray system called DXR-Excel Plus with features designed to help simplify workflow and enhance productivity. Carestream's new DXR-Excel Plus x-ray system. Image courtesy of Carestream Health.

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Professional Radiology

JUNE 21, 2022

X-rays are standard procedures performed to diagnose and assess a variety of conditions or health concerns. What is the role of X-rays in medicine and how do they help improve people’s overall health? What is the role of X-rays in medicine and how do they help improve people’s overall health?

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 14, 2025

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its MC2 ultraportable x-ray system. MC2s small scatter area and low radiation output can reduce the space and infrastructure needs required by larger systems, the company said. It features a patented positioning system designed to assist in alignment for image capture.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 16, 2023

Using an ultralow-dose chest CT instead of a chest x-ray appears to make littl.

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Health Imaging

MAY 11, 2023

Not only could the materials reduce patient exposure to ionizing radiation, they also could reduce costs associated with traditional X-ray equipment, according to newly published research in Nature Communications.

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ScienceDaily

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

X-rays are a common component of diagnostic testing and industrial monitoring, used for everything from monitoring your teeth to scanning your suitcase at the airport. But the high-energy rays also produce ionizing radiation, which can be dangerous after prolonged or excessive exposures.

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Professional Radiology

AUGUST 16, 2021

For X-rays, it usually takes less than 10 minutes. This article will talk about the different diagnostic imaging methods such as X-rays, CT scans, Ultrasound, and MRI. X-ray Also called a radiograph, an X-ray uses radiation to create images of the body.

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Professional Radiology

APRIL 17, 2023

X-Rays X-Rays are one of the most commonly and widely used diagnostic imaging techniques. It uses electromagnetic radiation to examine bone structures to diagnose bone fractures, joint dislocations, and lung conditions. It is simple and quick to use, often taking less than 30 minutes to complete.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 9, 2024

X-ray and ultrasound machines were badly damaged in a rocket attack on Ukraine's largest children's hospital on July 8, according to radiologist Stanislav Rebenkov, MD. It will take months to recover, he said. This is a very big crime," he told AuntMinnnie.com in a phone interview on July 9. There are broken windows everywhere.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

is powered by Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS) technology and allows doctors to navigate through blood vessels by using light rather than x-ray. The company added that LumiGuide's radiation-free technology could make way for better treatment of complex aortic procedures. Image courtesy of Philips.

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MedImaging Radiography

AUGUST 31, 2023

Researchers are developing novel scintillation materials for X-ray imaging applications that exhibit chemical stability, pose no toxicity risks, and can.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 09/21/2023 - 16:06 September 21, 2023 — Scientists in Moscow have successfully engineered a prototype detector for X-ray and PET/CT mаchines, using the perovskite-based photoconverters. These materials possess the unique ability to transmute radiation into an electric signal, yielding precise and illuminating images.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 1, 2024

Common diagnostic tests for pulmonary disorders include chest x-rays and pulmonary function tests (PFTs). The digital technology limits radiation exposure to patients compared with standard chest x-rays, they wrote. The study was published March 29 in Chest Pulmonary.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 26, 2024

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) said it supports a new Pennsylvania bill that requires licensing of medical imaging professionals, radiation therapists, radiologist assistants, and trainees. Currently, there is no Pennsylvania state requirement for medical imaging professionals and radiation therapists to be licensed.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 1, 2023

DDR is an emerging imaging technique that uses a pulsed x-ray source to acquire a series of radiographs at six to 15 frames per second. These images are then processed to visualize joints in motion.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

milla1cf Tue, 09/26/2023 - 15:32 September 26, 2023 — In a study of more than 2,000 chest X-rays , radiologists outperformed AI in accurately identifying the presence and absence of three common lung diseases, according to a study published in Radiology , a journal of the Radiological Society of North America ( RSNA ).

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

. | M7-SSPH05-2 | Room N229 Findings will be presented in this Monday afternoon presentation on organ-specific ionizing radiation doses in neonatal patients who undergo interventional procedures for congenital heart disease (CHD). Gy-cm2, with organ-specific radiation doses highest for lung from frontal view (8.1

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 11, 2024

A point-of-care, web-based clinical decision support tool shows promise for not only reducing the incidence of inappropriate CT or MR imaging but also patients' radiation exposure and even carbon emissions caused by unnecessary exams, researchers have found. "[Our A reduction in effective radiation dose of 0.27 with 1 as reference).

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In a written statement, the organization leadership noted, “It can be argued that the discovery of the x-ray by German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on November 8, 1895, was one of the most significant milestones in healthcare. Detectives reportedly used X-rays to determine if spouses were unfaithful.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Effects of low-dose ionizing radiation on genomic instability in interventional radiology workers. Quantifying Regional Radiation-Induced Lung Injury in Patients Using Hyperpolarized 129Xe Gas Exchange Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Rankine, et al, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics , September 1, 2023.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 18, 2024

A team of researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital has developed an age-specific dose catalog for estimating radiation exposure to children from diagnostic and interventional radiology fluoroscopy procedures.

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Maven Imaging

JUNE 27, 2023

Welcome to Maven Imaging's deep dive into C-arm radiation safety. As professionals in medical imaging, we understand how critical it is to keep your team and patients safe when operating digital X-ray equipment.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 11, 2025

While services for breast and lung cancer screening were temporarily halted, imagers in x-ray, lung ultrasound, and PET/CT were busy examining patients who presented with COVID-19. He added that radiation treatment rooms are not completely sterile like operating rooms for surgeries. But that involves human contact.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 11, 2024

milla1cf Thu, 01/11/2024 - 08:22 January 11, 2024 — Carestream Health has launched a new and enhanced DRX-Excel Plus X-ray System that boosts the performance of the powerful, two-in-one solution to enable more productivity and efficiency, higher image quality, and an improved experience for users and patients.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

JUNE 10, 2024

A study published in the Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences compared 270 dental X-rays, from people who were told to hold their tongues against the roof of their mouths throughout the procedure.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 30, 2023

"Because children are generally more prone to movement during scan acquisition than are adult patients, pediatric CT protocols tend to prioritize rapid image acquisition to reduce motion artifacts, in addition to radiation dose reduction," the group noted. Reduced radiation dose. Dual-source CT [i.e., Improved iodine signal.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 26, 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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Medical Xpress: Radiology

JANUARY 26, 2024

A research team led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) neuroscientists recently discovered that low-dose ionizing radiation (LDIR), such as X-ray irradiation, can reduce lesion size and reverse motor deficits in TBI and ischemic stroke mice, demonstrating that LDIR may be a promising therapeutic strategy for TBI and stroke patients.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The software, AutoBMD AI, opportunistically detects osteoporosis on CT scans acquired for other reasons so that the patient receives no extra x-ray radiation or scanning time, the companies noted.

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MedImaging Radiography

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Researchers have developed an innovative technology that enables 3D imaging using a single X-ray projection, improving efficiency and reducing radiation.

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MedImaging General Imaging

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Researchers have developed an innovative technology that enables 3D imaging using a single X-ray projection, improving efficiency and reducing radiation.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 10, 2025

Photon-counting CT (PCCT) technology can reduce the dose on CT lung cancer screening exams to the equivalent of chest x-rays, researchers have reported. "[Our Our study found that] semiautomated nodule detection is highly sensitive in [PCCT] x-ray dose scans," wrote a team led by Bjarne Kerber, MD, of the University Hospital Zrich.

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