Keywords: Dose Discussion
05/22/2013
The Discovery CT750 HD with spectral imaging
ASiR (Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction) dose reduction technology may enable reduction in pixel noise standard deviation. …
05/22/2013
Software combats insidious X-ray radiation hazards
X-rays are medically invaluable. However, it is common knowledge that inadvertent radiation exposure can be harmful – and undesired exposure can raise the risk of cancer, have …
05/10/2013
Life is precious. Take CARE.
Protecting patients and staff from unnecessary radiation is of major concern. Today, thanks to advanced technologies and applications, outcomes for diagnosis and intervention can …
03/09/2013
Perfusion imaging: The future of CT?
CT scanners now nicely cover morphology. The challenge is moving to CT functional imaging without frying patients …
03/07/2013
Ziehm rolls out prototype for future of mobile x-ray
"If you want to compete in C-arms, you have to specialize," says Martin Herzmann with Ziehm Imaging. …
01/14/2013
‘Like a canary in a coal mine’
With a mission to help people avoid unnecessary radiation, and the continuing launch of related products, the Swedish company is now the world’s only provider of comprehensive …
12/18/2012
Breakthrough with new interventional treatment technology
Preliminary data from the clinical study showed that the dose reduction achieved in the X-ray guided endovascular procedures performed on 50 patients using Philips’ ClarityIQ …
12/06/2012
Philips advancing CT beyond Imaging 2.0 with IMR
A pioneer in lowering patient exposure to radiation, Philips Healthcare opened a new path to further the clinical potentials for CT imaging introducing Iterative Model …
11/28/2012
Sectra DoseTrack offers proven solution to reduce patient radiation exposure
The number of radiology examinations is not only increasing, they are becoming more complex driving up the exposure of patients to radiation. At RSNA 2012 Sectra introduced a …
11/28/2012
Toshiba boosts CT scanning to maximum performance
The new Aquilion ONE ViSION is the widest, fastest, thinnest-slice CT ever built, capable to pushing both anatomical and functional studies to new levels. …
11/19/2012
Global FPD mobile C-arm X-ray to grow by 54 percent by 2016
With increasing awareness of X-ray dose and image quality, the market for mobile C-arm X-ray equipment has potential to transition to flat panel detector (FPD) technology. …
09/06/2012
MIR – Making Imaging relevant
MIR is a subcommittee of the European Society of Radiology (ESR), focused on all aspects of management, which help to “Make Imaging Relevant” in today´s healthcare. Join our …
08/25/2012
MRI brings a new beat to rhythmology
More anatomy details, real-time visualisation of catheter movement, and reduced exposure – MRI has promising potential in rhythmology, explain Professor Matthias Gutberlet and …
07/10/2012
The dose stops here
Low doses are a major issue among radiologists – but dose management for every single patient, every single system and across modalities is a quite different issue …
07/10/2012
German breast screening
Germany’s mammography screening programme, introduced in 2005, was rolled out across the country in 2009 for women between the ages of 50 and 69 years. The mammo screening …
06/25/2012
Dose reduction for pregnant patients with thromboembolic disease
Suspicion of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in a pregnant patient will quickly bring a radiologist to a choice, where the next step holds potentially significant consequences for …
06/20/2012
Strategies for radiation dose reduction in vascular CT
Radiation dose reduction in CT angiography can be achieved by reducing the kV settings, reducing the tube voltage, the tube current and by using iterative reconstruction …
06/19/2012
Technology meets philosophy: dose optimisation
Imaging of the chest is the most common radiological examination worldwide. With the incidence of respiratory problems and lung cancer growing, all radiologists should be familiar …
03/03/2012
Unfors introduces personal dosimetry system
During the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna 2012 Unfors RaySafe launched the RaySafe i2. By using RaySafe i2 during imaging procedures, medical personnel are able to get …
03/03/2012
Strategies for radiation dose reduction in contrast enhanced CT
Recent years have seen growing awareness among radiologists about the radiation burden delivered by computed tomography. And the amount of exposure is continuing to grow, despite …
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