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Lisa Chamoff, Contributing Reporter | April 02, 2018
From the April 2018 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
“When we were looking to upgrade our imaging technology, we were looking for a system that would help us respond to emergencies in the field with speed and efficiency,” said Diego Gomez-Morales, a biomedical equipment specialist for the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, in a statement announcing the purchase. “The portable digital radiography system met the essential characteristics of our requirements, including being easy to transport and able to provide us with high-quality images with a fast turnaround time, two elements that are crucial for military medical units. This new imaging system will help us reduce our operations cost, improve logistics and, most importantly, help save lives.”
A previous generation of the RadPRO SOLTUS 100 is installed at one of the country's major motor speedways, and Virtual Imaging has had recent interest from sports teams, though the system is also a good value for ambulatory care centers and urgent care centers that don’t see as much traffic as hospitals and imaging centers, says Lori Webb, product line advisor for Virtual Imaging Inc.
In nursing homes, the maneuverability can allow for better access to the patient’s bed.
“The lateral shift enables increased manipulation of the equipment,” Webb says.
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In the clinic
Some portable systems find an ideal home in a doctor’s office.
Dr. Bryan Den Hartog, a foot and ankle surgeon at Twin Cities Orthopedics in Woodbury, Minnesota, has been using Carestream's OnSight 3D Extremity System, a cone beam CT system, for the last six months to evaluate postoperative healing of fusions or fractures.
Den Hartog says the image quality is much better than traditional CT or X-ray systems and he can see more detail.
Carestream's OnSight 3D Extremity System uses
cone beam CT technology for 3-D extremity exams.
“The definition or the clarity was much clearer to determine whether there’s enough healing to allow increased movement,” Den Hartog says. “What we think has healed on the X-ray isn’t accurately assessed until a year after surgery.”
It’s also possible for the patient to be scanned while standing and bearing weight, which paints a more accurate picture.
Another advantage of the OnSight 3D Extremity System is that patients can be scanned in the clinic, without having to travel to the hospital for a scan.
The inside of the University of Tennessee mobile stroke unit,
which uses the Siemens Healthineers SOMATOM Scope CT.
“It takes five minutes to do a foot and ankle scan and 10 minutes for [the] computer to render the file,” Den Hartog says. “I really enjoy having it in the office because of the convenience factor, and the amount of information it gives me in a short period of time is useful for my decision-making. I feel much more confident that I’m giving the patient the right direction.”
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