Carestream Health, Inc. has announced the launch of its new DRX-Revolution Mobile X-Ray System, which incorporates a number of improvements to existing portable X-Ray systems.
The DRX-Revolution is driven by two motors for easy movement, and it has a collapsible column, allowing the entire system to shrink to four feet tall to allow for better mobility when it is being transported. In addition to its enhanced portability, the DRX-Revolution uses onboard software to provide enhanced image quality and to reduce the need for retakes.

Με ιδιαίτερη χαρά σας ανακοινώνουμε την έναρξη των εργασιών του Συμποσίου «Radiology Review» το οποίο θα πραγματοποιηθεί στο ξενοδοχείο «Divani Caravel», στην Αθήνα, 1-2 Οκτωβρίου 2011

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Posted on March 16, 2011 www.HealthImagingHub.com

The shortage of radiologists was recently recognized in several countries, for instance, the United States have been facing a significant shortage in radiologists since 2000, which made a large number of healthcare settings use telemedicine and remote radiology services to overcome this issue. Some hospitals even had to deal with teleradiology centers outside the United States in order to be able to complete interpretation and diagnosis of its radiology images. The current demand on radiologists and radiology technicians resulted in significant increase in radiology salaries, a diagnostic radiologist would have a salary ranging from $227,000 to $317,000 a year, Interventional radiologists on the other hand have higher salaries with a range of $286,500 to $401,000. It is also known that the highest radiology salaries are provided in Southern US while the lowest are on the Eastern regions of the country.

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ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΕΣ ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΕΙΣ

Σας προσκαλούμε στο «20^ο Διαπανεπιστημιακό Συνέδριο Ακτινολογίας», που θα πραγματοποιηθεί από 10-13 Νοεμβρίου  2011, στο αμφιθέατρο της Ιατρικής Σχολής Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλίας, στη Λάρισα.

Δειτε εδώ τα αποτελεσματα της τελευταίας προκήρυξης για θέσεις επικουρικών ιατρών

By Brian Wells, MSM, MPH

Surgical Radiology is an app that aims to teach appropriate surgical radiology interpretation skills for surgeons and trainees.
It emphasizes the clinical implications for imaging findings and prompts the user to identify the imaging abnormality and suggest treatments, where appropriate.

Konica Minolta has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its REGIUS Sigma tabletop Computed Radiography (CR) reader. The device, about the size of a small consumer laser printer (20” x 24” x 14”), has a maximum resolution of 4020×4892 pixels and supports pixel sizes of 87.5μm and 175μm.

AliveCor, a small company that developed an iPhone 4 case with a built-in ECG, just unveiled a smaller and more streamlined ECG that can work with any iPhone or iPad. The iCard ECG has a profile smaller than a business card and sticks to the back of an iPhone or iPad using Velcro and immediately integrates with a companion app running on the device. Just watch the video:

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Έκτακτη Γενική Συνέλευση
Ημέρα: Πέμπτη 16 Ιουνίου 2011
Ώρα: 20:00
Αμφιθέατρο Νοσοκομείου Ερρίκος Ντυνάν

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1ον Ακτινολογικές Άδειες    
2ον Άδειες Σκοπιμότητας

Check out the radiology conferences for this summer. Combine this year's vacations with a radiology course...

 8-06-2011
Βιντεο απο τις απεργιακες κινητοποιησεις εξω απο το υπουργειο Υγειας, των εργαζομενων σε χωρους με ιοντιζουσα ακτινοβολια.

Wheelchair users should get mad props for tirelessly dealing with the tasks of life that go smoother with two feet. Despite milestones such as the Americans With Disabilities Act, there are some things that laws cannot easily fix. Take grocery shopping, for example. Such a straightforward task becomes a burdensome chore when one must deal with propelling both a wheelchair and a produce-filled shopping cart up and down the aisles of the local mega-mart.

Ενημερωθείτε για ότι αφορά την Ακτινολογία στην Βόρεια Ελλάδα από την ανανεωμένη ιστοσελίδα της Ακτινολογικής Εταιρείας Βορείου Ελλάδος.
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Just a few months ago, we covered MIM Software , Inc.’s Mobile MIM iOS app, which allows doctors to remotely view radiological images. Now the company has announced its new VueMe app, which will enable physicians to share these images with their patients. Like Mobile MIM, VueMe can interface with the company’s MIMcloud service for secure online storage of images.

Σας υπενθυμιζουμε το Ετησιο  Συνεδριο της Ευρωπαικης Εταιρειας Ακτινολογιας Μυοσκελετικου που θα γίνει στη Κρήτη 9-11 Ιουνίου. Δειτε το τελικο πρόγραμμα εδω
Περισσοτερες πληροφοριες εδω 

5o Συνέδριο Συνεχιζόμενης Επαγγελματικής Εκπαίδευσης στην Ακτινοδιαγνωστική
(10 Credits CME-CPD)
3 –4 Ιουνίου 2011
Αθήνα, Divani Caravel
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Το θέμα συζητήθηκε το μεσημέρι της Παρασκευής κατά τη διάρκεια της προγραμματισμένης συνάντησης της ηγεσίας του υπουργείου Υγείας με τους διοικητές των νοσοκομείων, καθώς και τους προέδρους των Υγειονομικών Περιφερειών (ΥΠΕ) της χώρας στο ΕΚΕΠΥ.

                                             "Αθηναϊκές Ημέρες Επεμβατικής Ακτινολογίας"

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Perceptive Pixel based in New York City has unveiled a new 27″ professional multi-touch monitor. The unit is “optically bonded” so that the image and the touch surface are effectively on one plane, reducing the touch parallax that’s noticeable on traditional larger touch screens.

Barco has just received the first ever FDA approval for a computer monitor to be used for viewing breast tomosynthesis imagery. Tomosynthesis involves sequential movie-like playback of images of the breast taken from different angles, so the monitor has to properly render each frame quickly and with precision.

Σας ενημερώνουμε ότι από 27/05/2011 μέχρι και 29/05/2011 θα πραγματοποιηθούν οι "Athenian Days of Interventional Radiology 2011" στο ΠΓΝ ΑΤΤΙΚΟΝ. Θα γίνουν διαλέξεις και workshops. To ωράριο για τις 2 πρώτες μέρες θα είναι περίπου από τις 10:00 μέχρι 19:00 και την τρίτη μέρα περίπου από τις 08:00 μέχρι 13:00. Θα υπάρξει αναλυτικό πρόγραμμα τις προσεχείς μέρες.

Siemens offers free posters (above) by simply registering in this page! Just Click here

The ACR and Society of Breast Imaging Statement on Radiation Received to the Thyroid from Mammography

April 4, 2011
Some Americans have expressed concern, due to an erroneous media report, that the small amount of radiation a patient receives from a mammogram may significantly increase the likelihood of developing thyroid cancer. This concern simply is not supported in scientific literature.
The radiation dose to the thyroid from a mammogram is extremely low. The thyroid is not exposed to the direct X-ray beam used to image the breast and receives only a tiny amount of scattered X-rays (less than 0.005 milligray). This is equivalent to only 30 minutes of natural background radiation received by all Americans from natural sources.

NeuroLogica, the company which already delivered a mobile head CT, has now received FDA approval for a portable, full body, multi slice CT scanner, the BodyTom. The BodyTom is a 32 slice CT with a 85cm gantry and 60cm field of view. It can be operated battery powered (up to 12 hours) or plugged into standard wall power outlets. The vision of the company is to bring the CT to the patient instead of vice versa, whether into the clinic, ICU, OR or emergency department. Apart from the increased portability, one of the most interesting new possibilities this brings is intraoperative CT, instead of the good old fluoroscopic imaging, without the need of an expensive dedicated CT-equipped operating room. The following comes from the intraoperative applications feature page:

Click here and watch day by day how radiation was spread all over Europe. Where were you that day??

Λόγω της πληθώρας των ερωτήσεων που μας υποβάλλονται αναφορικά με ενδεχόμενες συνέπειες στη χώρα μας από το ατύχημα στον πυρηνικό σταθμό Fukushima της Ιαπωνίας, τονίζουμε:

• δεν συντρέχει κανένας λόγος ανησυχίας και δεν απαιτείται η λήψη οποιουδήποτε μέτρου προστασίας
• μην αλλάζετε καμία διατροφική ή άλλη συνήθειά σας
• δεν υπάρχει λόγος για χορήγηση ή επάλειψη με ιώδιο
• δεν υπάρχει καμία ανησυχία για ευαίσθητες ομάδες (έγκυοι, παιδιά, μωρά που θηλάζουν)

Ginkgo CADx
Open Source DICOM CADx environment

download from here

Ginkgo CADx  (http://ginkgo-cadx.com)  is a new open source DICOM Workstation, designed to be a DICOM Viewer and also provide CADx algorithms included in plugins. Ginkgo CADx is multi platform so runs perfectly in Linux, MacOSx, and Windows.

Currently, when patients display the symptoms of an ischemic stroke, they have to go to a hospital for brain imaging before a proper diagnosis can be made. Jan Medical, Inc. claims that its new portable brain imaging system, based on a very interesting technology, will solve this problem by allowing doctors to quickly diagnose strokes in patients in the office or in those who are en route in an ambulance. What's more is that the system can potentially be used for monitoring cerebral vasospasm in patients who suffered an intracranial bleed. The company also hopes that the system’s portability will allow for continuous monitoring of stroke patients so doctors can follow their recovery once they leave the hospital. The Mountain View, CA based company plans to present clinical trial data validating its system’s efficacy in detecting strokes later this week at the annual scientific meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR).

Melody Shiue, an industrial designer of the University of New South Wales has designed a product called, PreVue. It is an e-textile based device that employs latest stretchable display technology over the abdominal region, letting other family members to connect with the fetus in its context. Not only PreVue gives you the chance for interacting and watching the baby’s growth inside, it as well serves as a tool to understand the personality of the baby. You can see the baby rolling, snoozing, yawning and smiling, bringing you closer until the day it finally lies into your arms.

International Society of Radiology

The International Society of Radiology just offered the entire "GAMUTS in Radiology" DVD FOR FREE to download!!
GAMUTS in Radiology

Italian diagnostic imaging firm Esaote is touting that its MyLab line of ultrasound devices is now capable of sharing images with a Motorola Xoom tablet, allowing physicians to review exams with colleagues and away from the patient. Though probably not restricted to Xoom only, the Esaote solution is an early salvo against iPad's remarkable sweeping acceptance among clinicians.

Radiation exposure levels are worsening in Japan. But how much radiation is too much - and what are we all exposed to? Read more

A team of physicists, engineers and radiologists recently revived a first-generation X-ray device that had been collecting dust in a Dutch warehouse. The antique machine still sparked and glowed like a prop in an old science fiction movie, and used thousands of times more radiation than its modern counterparts to make an image.

The old machine was originally built in 1896 by two scientists in Maastricht, the Netherlands, just weeks after German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen reported his discovery of X-rays — an achievement that won him the first-ever Nobel Prize in physics and sparked a rash of copycat experiments.

Osirix is one of the finest radiological (DICOM) image viewers out there, and best of all it is free and open source. Now you can also enjoy that goodness on your iPad, with Osirix HD. A (paid) iPhone version has been out for a while, but of course the iPad screen lends itself much better for image viewing than the small iPhone screen. Osirix HD has been released just a few days ago as a universal app for iPhone and iPad, and costs $29.99. It can display images from all common imaging modalities, such as ultrasound, CT, MRI or PET scans. It can be used as a complement to the desktop version, providing seamless integration, or by itself connecting to a PACS server to retrieve images over WiFi or 3G. Basic image manipulation can be performed using the common iOS gestures. The main limitations are that images are limited to 1024x1024 pixels (bigger images are down-sampled) and the app is not FDA approved, so you are not supposed to use it for clinical diagnoses. The full feature list (from the press release):Display and browsing through large sets of images through an interactive slider
Zoom and Pan and rotation of the images through two-fingers drag and pinch
Contrast and intensity adjustment of image window and level through single finger drag
Rapid switch between image series through single finger screen "swipe"
Reset to image default size and setting through double tap
Measurement of object sizes using a line measurement tool that can be set and adjusted by two fingers
Measurement of image content data using a circular region of interest tool that can be drawn and moved with two fingers
DICOM compliant Listener (C-STORE SCP)
DICOM Query and Retrieve (C-FIND SCU, C-GET SCU, C-MOVE SCU, WADO)
JPEG2000/JPEG DICOM support
Preference setting for user DICOM communication settings
Access to desktop database through web-based portal for retrieving image data
Built-in help

Siemens Healthcare has unveiled its new Multix Select DR digital x-ray system at the European Congress of Radiology, which is currently underway in Vienna, Austria. Siemens highlighted the new system’s ease of use, and claims that it will cost significantly less than comparable systems which are currently on the market. The company has begun seeking regulatory approval for its new system, and hopes to begin an international rollout later this year.

From the press release:
The new, easy-to-use X-ray system enables physicians to acquire high-quality images rapidly. It is especially suited to clinics and practices which want to start working with digital radiography. The mobile flat detector with a size of 35x43 centimeters provides optimal coverage for all applications. The patient table with its floating tabletop and a bucky wall stand allow a flexible range of possible examinations and ensure that work sequences are accelerated. For example, synchronous movement of the X-ray tube assembly and the detector tray facilitates positioning. Having an established and proven imaging system and imaging workplace from Siemens’ higher-end digital X-ray systems by his side, the physician is able to look at the patient’s images within a few seconds. Additionally, he has access to software functions like DiamondView Plus for enhanced image contrast, which were so far only available in high-end Siemens X-ray products.
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The European Congress of Radiology has started today in Vienna, so expect at least a few radiology-related announcements over the next few days. First is ContextVision, which is introducing two computer-aided detection software solutions: MAMMO PlusViewCAD and GOPView iRVUltra. MAMMO PlusViewCAD is a mammography viewing workstation with CAD functionality, which can be set up as a stand-alone system or integrated with a PACS system. It analyzes images and generates marks to highlight suspicious areas, such as microcalcification clusters and masses. The other product, GOPView iRVUltra, is a real-time image enhancement program for interventional radiology. A proprietary algorithm detects movement between images and corrects for them, allowing for lower-dose images without compromising on image quality.
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