Carestream announced that it is now accepting orders across the globe for its OnSight 3D extremity system, with plans to begin shipping out the system to customers in December. The OnSight 3D extremity system will also be on display at the annual Radiological Society of North America conference, which runs from November 27 to December 2 in Chicago.
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In a year marked by change—HTM program closures at DeVry and Brown Mackie College, executive moves at AAMI, and even editorial change-ups at 24×7—one thing remained largely the same: Your salaries. 24×7’s 2015 compensation and job satisfaction survey reported median national salaries of $45,000, $54,000, and $66,000 for BMET 1, BMET 2, and BMET 3 rankings, respectively. One year later, only BMET 2s saw any change in wages.
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Carestream will exhibit its DRX-Revolution mobile x-ray system at this month’s RSNA conference. While currently not available for commercial sale, this integrated digital radiography portable imaging system provides a compact design, in addition to an articulating arm and rotation column. With its small footprint, this system also offers carbon nanotube technology that significantly reduces its weight.
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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.
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In its session at the World Cancer Congress, DITTA—the Global Diagnostic Imaging, Healthcare IT and Radiation Therapy Trade Association—explained how fragmentation within healthcare systems makes it difficult for them to effectively manage complex conditions, such as cancer, where the various dimensions of care—prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and palliation—are inseparable.
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