Digital X-Ray: Page 238

Carestream targets existing x-ray rooms with wireless DR

By Brian Casey

Medical imaging vendor Carestream Health has launched a new wireless digital radiography panel that's designed to fit into existing analog radiography systems without the need for any retrofit adaptations.

September 1, 2008

Sodium bicarbonate doesn't prevent CIN reactions

By Eric Barnes

For clinicians hoping to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients with impaired kidney function, sodium bicarbonate is starting to lose its fizz, according to research published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

September 1, 2008

Del adds Italian radiography orders

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Del Global Technologies subsidiary Villa Sistemi Medicali has installed two Apollo DRF systems at two hospitals in Rome.

August 25, 2008

MDCT for chest pain: Whom to scan, when to discharge

By Eric Barnes

Coronary CT angiography is proving to be reliable for triaging chest pain patients in the emergency room. Its high negative predictive value for ruling out acute coronary syndrome suggests that patients with negative results and negative cardiac enzymes can be safely discharged. But most are still admitted for observation, at great expense to the U.S. healthcare system.

August 21, 2008

Xograph completes U.K. install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

U.K. radiology products supplier Xograph Healthcare has installed two digital radiography rooms in the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital.

August 14, 2008

IDC takes Texas order

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian digital radiography (DR) developer Imaging Dynamics (IDC) has received an order for its 1600 Plus X-Series DR system from Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg, TX.

August 12, 2008