Carestream Debuts DRX-LC Detector for Long-Length Imaging
Carestream Health’s new DRX-LC Detector is designed to improve patient comfort, image quality and diagnostic confidence, and productivity for long-length image capture in orthopedics.
Carestream Health’s new DRX-LC Detector is designed to improve patient comfort, image quality and diagnostic confidence, and productivity for long-length image capture in orthopedics.
As part of a new medical imaging project, Carestream will make cloud-based services available to public and private establishments in France’s Ile-de-France region. Under the Shared Regional Medical Imaging Services (S-PRIM) project, Ile-de-France facilities will enjoy the continuity of basic enterprise managing services, such as PACS. The Healthcare Co-operation Group (GSS)—aka Sesan—tendered the agreement, which updates a previous framework agreement, Region Without Film (RSF).
As part of a technology upgrade, the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie, Ontario, installed three Carestream DRX-Revolution mobile x-ray systems to help care for patients in its emergency department (ED), intensive care unit (ICU), and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The DRX-Revolution systems provide the center with high-resolution images that can help its physicians quickly and accurately assess and treat acute care patients.
Carestream Health’s new DRX-LC Detector is designed to improve patient comfort, image quality and diagnostic confidence, and productivity for long-length image capture in orthopedics.
Carestream Health, San Diego, Calif, is currently partnering with UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine to conduct ongoing clinical studies on its cone beam CT imaging system at Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, NY. The system now in development is intended to provide improved visualization of bone and soft tissue and capture weight-bearing images of knees, legs, and feet.
Read MoreCarestream Health is demonstrating its two new Touch Ultrasound systems with features that address current challenges in sonography at the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography conference and exhibit held October 1-4, 2015, in Dallas, Tex. The systems have all-touch control panels with improved image quality and frame rate.
Read MoreSeveral Carestream DRX-1 detectors were installed in an Illinois medical center so it could convert from computed radiography to wireless DR. The AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center installed nine Carestream DRX-1 detectors to achieve rapid image access using existing portable and room-based x-ray systems in its 304-bed facility.
Read MoreCarestream’s DRX-1 detectors have been installed in Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo, Tex. The units are designed to enable physicians to view high-quality images in seconds, while specialized software creates a companion image that shows enhanced visualization of tubes, lines, catheters, and other devices.
Read MoreCarestream Health has announced the release and FDA clearance of its third generation of DRX detectors, designed to be faster and lighter than previous generations and offer more features for higher productivity and improved image quality. The new Carestream DRX Plus 3543 and DRX Plus 3543C detectors are available in the United States and Europe.
Read MoreCarestream Health announced that the Carestream DRX-Evolution Plus, its newest DRX digital imaging system, has software and hardware enhancements that help expedite complex medical imaging exams and support future advanced imaging applications.
Read MoreTwo Carestream DRX-Ascend systems, equipped with DRX-1C detectors for improved imaging workflow, were installed at an orthopedic practice in Cartersville, Ga, that performs imaging studies with multiple views for up to 70 patients a day. The ceiling-mounted tube of the DRX-Ascend system moves with little effort from the technologist and offers flexibility for cross table exams, stretcher patients, and weight-bearing feet exams.