Digital X-Ray: Page 185

PACS to drive DR growth in Europe

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Thanks to a recovering economy and renewed availability of capital to potential buyers, the European digital x-ray market is expected to gain momentum again in 2011, particularly in the digital radiography (DR) segment, according to market research firm Frost & Sullivan.

June 9, 2010

Eastern Diagnostic to sell DR upgrade for portables

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging equipment dealer Eastern Diagnostic Imaging has begun selling eVision Mobile DR, a digital radiography (DR) upgrade package for AMX-4 and AMX-4+ portable x-ray units from GE Healthcare.

June 8, 2010

Quantum wins Colo. install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiography equipment vendor Quantum Medical Imaging has completed an installation of its overhead digital x-ray system at a Colorado medical center.

June 7, 2010

Philips debuts VasoCT upgrade

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare has introduced VasoCT, a new configuration for its Allura Xper interventional x-ray system designed to visualize structures beyond a clot and allow physicians to identify and assess the size and extent of an ischemic stroke.

June 6, 2010

CMS finalizes MRA coverage change

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized a change to its coverage policy for MR angiography (MRA) that moves its reimbursement rules for the technology into its broader guidelines for MRI.

June 3, 2010

SIIM opening session highlights advances driving informatics

By Erik L. Ridley

MINNEAPOLIS - The field of imaging informatics has witnessed key advances in business intelligence, advanced visualization, storage, digital radiography, and reporting over the past year, according to presentations in the opening session of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting.

June 2, 2010