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Posts Tagged ‘imaging’

Compact Video Systems are Now an Option

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November 26, 2012

With millions of surgical procedures performed each year, video systems are a standard of care.  Most video systems consist of [...] Read More »

Happy National Radiologic Technology Week!

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November 6, 2012

MD Buyline thanks medical imaging professionals everywhere during National Radiologic Technology Week (NRTW) which runs from November 4-10. Originally the [...] Read More »

The Cardio-Gen-82 Shortage – Again

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September 25, 2012

Back in July of last year, the FDA issued a warning notification regarding increased radiation exposure when using Bracco Diagnostics’ [...] Read More »

Emerging Market: Low-cost, Core Functionality Angiography Solutions

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September 18, 2012

Hospitals continue to look for creative ways to ensure they are still providing top-level healthcare to their patients, but trying [...] Read More »

Multimodality Imaging Approaches: PET/CT vs. PET/MR

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September 13, 2012

For many years PET/CT has been the preferred imaging method for the diagnosis, staging and restaging of malignant diseases and [...] Read More »

A Great Debate: What Type of Fluoroscopy System Will Suit My Needs?

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August 21, 2012

The global awareness and proactive reduction of radiation exposure from radiologic procedures has been a pretty hot topic in healthcare [...] Read More »

Medical Imaging at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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July 31, 2012

In my life before MD Buyline, I gained experience in Sports Medicine X-rays while working as a contracted radiographer at an NFL stadium in the late 90s; so I knew that medical imaging would be readily available to the Olympic athletes to some degree. However, after brushing up on a few updates and press releases, I found out that the depth and breadth of imaging modalities located in London’s Polyclinics today, which are provided by GE Healthcare, are a far cry from the portable X-ray unit, film processor and view box I used sixteen years ago during the Atlanta Falcons’ home games. Despite this, the goal has remained the same: get the medical imaging procedure done quickly and accurately, get the results to the right people and get the athlete back in the game if the results support that decision. Read More »

Worried It’s Skin Cancer? There’s an App for that

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July 26, 2012

Worried that unusual looking spot may be skin cancer? Put your fears at ease. Researchers at the University of Michigan [...] Read More »

GE Introduces 4D TEE Transducer with Vivid E9 Breakthrough

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July 24, 2012

GE Healthcare has significantly affected the cardiovascular ultrasound market with the introduction of a FDA cleared 4D transducer for transesophageal [...] Read More »