The 2016 Best in KLAS: Medical Equipment report has been published, with Siemens Healthineers taking the No.1 spot for “Overall Imaging Equipment Suite” for the second consecutive year. Furthermore, Shimadzu Corp. won Best in KLAS for x-ray, as well as Category Leader for portable x-ray.
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The global medical equipment industry, which has been growing at a good pace in recent years, is expected to have a value of more than $500 billion by the end of 2020. Not surprisingly, the United States is the dominant region of the industry, followed by Europe and the Asia-Pacific. In the Asia-Pacific, China leads the industry, along with Japan and South Korea.
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In a report released earlier this year from Frost and Sullivan, the market research firm pointed to the reality that almost four out of five U.S. hospitals have not implemented an efficient paperless approach to radiation dose monitoring. Even so, dose reduction is but one of several key focuses for CT innovation in the year to come, 24×7 associate editor Elaine Sanchez Wilson explains in this informative article.
Read MoreQfix recently announced its new insight overlay and coil holders for Siemens Healthineers’ Magnetom Aero and Skyra, which enable MRI in the same position as treatment. This technology was available for display at both the Qfix booth and the Siemens booth at the 2016 American Society for Radiation Oncology conference, which ran from September 25 to 28 in Boston.
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Imaging equipment has come a long way over the last 12 months, and 2017 promises more of the same. In November’s cover story, seasoned writer Chris Hayhurst explored recent innovations in medical imaging and told HTM professionals what they could expect to see at the 2016 Radiological Society of North America annual conference.
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