by
Lauren Dubinsky, Senior Reporter | March 14, 2016
From the March 2016 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
GPF: I have a broad definition of “features.” There are “product features” that allow the surgeons to be more efficient at their jobs — aspects such as image quality, dose management and system reliability, all of which are critical for a clinician to accomplish that efficiency.
LR: I know more hospitals are looking at doing minimally-invasive vascular procedures, which have their own set of needs. If these are the types of procedures they are doing, then flat-panel detectors are one of the things they should definitely consider. It is a little bit more cost, but the flat-panel detector systems give better image quality and they have better gray scale, so that when they are doing vascular procedures, they can better visualize the catheter and guidewires.
Also, these types of systems can be backups to hybrid operating rooms or any type of fixed fluoroscopy room. This saves money as well, if you’re thinking about whether you need another angiography lab and how much you’ll be able to accommodate it. If they have some overflow of patients then maybe they can just use a vascular flat-panel detector system to accommodate those studies.
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