Randy Thompson, M.D., attending cardiologist, St. Luke’s Mid-America Heart Institute, Kansas City, explains...
Radiation Dose Management
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for X-ray radiation dose monitoring, dose management, dose recording and radiation safety for cath lab staff. Technologies include systems to reduce or block dose via barriers or computed tomography (CT) dose reduction technologies such as iterative reconstruction.
Technology | Radiation Dose Management | August 07, 2017
August 7, 2017 — Virtual Phantoms Inc. announced the release of VirtualDoseIR, a tool for assessing organ dose from...
News | Radiation Dose Management | July 17, 2017
July 17, 2017 — Ionizing radiation, such as X-rays, has a harmful effect on the cardiovascular system even at doses...
News | Radiation Dose Management | June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017 — The tenth special edition Image Wisely Radiation Safety Case is now available to help radiologists,...
An example of radiation dose tracking software is Philips Dosewise portal, which allows X-ray radiation dose tracking for individual patients by modality, body region and exam type.
Feature | Radiation Dose Management | June 13, 2017 | Dominic Siewko
In recent years, radiation dose management awareness has heightened across the healthcare industry to address...
An example of dose monitoring software from Sectra, which can record dose levels by exam type, modality and set alert levels.
Feature | Radiation Dose Management | June 12, 2017 | Jeff Zagoudis
For all the benefits of medical imaging, most forms come with...
Technology | Radiation Dose Management | June 01, 2017
June 1, 2017 — Infab Corp. recently introduced Revolution Lead and Lead-Free Aprons with Kiarmor, Infab’s...
News | Radiation Dose Management | May 12, 2017
Study Reveals Low Adoption of IAEA Recommendations for Reduced Nuclear Cardiology Radiation Exposure
May 12, 2017 — A study in 65 countries has revealed low adoption of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...
News | Radiation Dose Management | May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017 — A large nuclear cardiology laboratory in Missouri has slashed its average...
News | Radiation Dose Management | April 25, 2017
April 25, 2017 — Corindus Vascular Robotics Inc. announced a strategic partnership with BLOXR Solutions, provider of...
News | Radiation Dose Management | March 30, 2017
March 30, 2017 — The Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) and Bayer announced an alliance to establish the United...
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Technology | Radiation Dose Management | March 07, 2017
March 7, 2017 — Unfors RaySafe recently introduced the RaySafe i3, to its suite of real-time...
News | Radiation Dose Management | February 28, 2017
February 28, 2017 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) published...
News | Radiation Dose Management | February 23, 2017
February 23, 2017 — Using data from the world’s largest...
