Strand Diagnostics, LLC, maker of the know error system for prostate biopsies, announced the launch of a new system designed to protect breast biopsy patients from inaccurate diagnosis due to misidentification of biopsy samples.
The innovative system uses patient-specific bar coding and forensic chain-of-custody principles for the purpose of reducing errors, and DNA testing (also known as DNA Specimen Provenance Assignment or “DSPA” testing) for the purpose of identifying errors before adverse patient outcomes occur. The DSPA test verifies patient identity at the molecular level by comparing genetic profiles obtained from the patient’s biopsy tissues and a DNA reference sample, taken via cheek swab at the time of the biopsy procedure. Through these combined features, the know error system ensures that surgical biopsy samples being evaluated belong exclusively to the patient being diagnosed.
Gymie Pod
J2 Medical’s Gymie Pod x-ray cassette holder is light weight, portable, and is multi-positional. J2 designed the Gymie Pod to accommodate analog cassettes, Computed Radiography (CR) cassettes, and Digital Radiography (DR) panels. While the Gymie Pod looks the same for all three scenarios, there are slight differences.
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Aquilion ONE ViSION
Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.’s newest and most advanced CT system yet, the Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition, offers a low dose exam with the largest bore, widest coverage and thinnest slices.
Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition is equipped with a gantry rotation of 0.275 seconds, a 100 kw generator and 320 detector rows (640 unique slices) covering 16 cm in a single rotation, with the industry’s thinnest slices, 500 microns (0.5 mm). The system can accommodate more patients with its 78 cm bore and fast rotation, including bariatric and patients with high heart rates.
Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition also includes Toshiba’s third-generation iterative dose reconstruction software, AIDR 3D, which incorporates significant system enhancements by reducing radiation dose compared with conventional scanning.
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