Category: Imaging Equipment

Imaging Equipment

LANL-Developed Technology Offers Promise of Safer X-Rays

A new X-ray detector using technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory could reduce radiation and improve resolution for medical imaging.

Imaging Equipment

Santa Lúcia Hospital Network Implements NeuroLogica Mobile Stroke Unit

Equipped with a CereTom Elite 8-slice mobile head CT scanner, the Samsung NeuroLogica Mobile Stroke Unit maneuvers easily to private homes and nursing homes.

Imaging Equipment

Medical Mission Trips 101

As a biomed, bringing your talent to a developing world hospital that is struggling for sound medical equipment can be an intensely satisfying experience. For those who are thinking about making a medical mission trip to the developing world for the first time, partnering with an organization that can help prepare supplies and contacts is key to a successful experience.

MRI

Device to Make Breast MRI More Effective

The device can update existing MRI scanners for breast MRI without specialized equipment and doesn't need to be connected with a complex system of wires.

CT

How to Reduce Costs by Maintaining CT Tubes

Whether maintaining the life of a current CT tube, or looking at options for a replacement, investing a little time in the process can end up saving unnecessary costs and headaches. Here’s how.

Ultrasound

GE Healthcare Receives FDA Clearance for Vivid Ultra Edition CV Ultrasound

Vivid Ultra Edition cardiovascular ultrasound features leverage AI-driven, neural network-based algorithms to deliver repeatable and faster measurements in 2D echo imaging.

X-ray

Nanox Announces Live Demo of Nanox.ARC System at RSNA 2020

Nanox will provide information on its digital x-ray source and a live demo of the Nanox.ARC in a range of 2D and 3D medical imaging procedures.

Mammography

Roundtable: Innovations in Mammography Equipment

Here, 24x7 Magazine sits down with three experts to discuss what’s new in mammography equipment and what HTM professionals should know about handling these delicate—and potentially lifesaving—devices.

Nuclear Medicine

New PET Tracer Can Identify Bacterial Infections

The results of this pre-clinical study demonstrate that 6″-18F-fluoromaltotriose is a promising new tracer for diagnosing most bacterial infections and has the potential to change the clinical management of patients suffering from infectious diseases of bacterial origin.

PACS

Case Study: Keeping Cath Labs Up and Running

Surgical monitors in the cath lab keep advancing—but they’re creating challenges from an equipment maintenance perspective. 24x7 Magazine explores this issue in depth here.

Imaging Parts

Agiliti Acquires Zetta Medical Technologies

Minneapolis-based Agiliti, a national provider of healthcare technology management and service solutions, announces that it has acquired Zetta Medical Technologies, LLC, a provider of medical imaging equipment services and parts, based in Lake Zurich, Ill.