Archive for December, 2009

Nobel Prize laureate George E. Smith visited Sectra to learn about photon-counting mammography

December 15th, 2009

While in Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics, George E. Smith took the opportunity to visit Sectra to discuss photon-counting and its use in the latest advances in the future of medical imaging. In the photo below, he is seen viewing Sectra MicroDose Mammography – the only system in the market that uses …

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Sectra RIS/PACS – A performance solution for wide-area radiology

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Sectra Streamlines High-Volume Mammography Screening

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On September 1, 2011, Philips acquired the MicroDose operations from Sectra and hence all questions regarding photon-counting, low-dose mammography, MicroDose etc are referred …

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RSNA: Dose reduction discussed in several sessions and research papers

December 2nd, 2009

Photon counting has gained significant momentum in x-ray imaging the last years. It continues to be a hot subject at this year’s RSNA as well, with discussions about how photon-counting can be used in different modalities.
 “30 years from now all x-ray detectors for medical imaging will be photon counting. Why use any-thing else than the …

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RSNA: Clinics see cooperating across borders as a way to increase patient benefits

December 1st, 2009

The financial situation and the increased demands on healthcare efficiency that follows is a hot discussion topic at RSNA. Many of the conversations in Sectra’s booth relates to how increased co-operation across hospital and clinical borders can help meet those demands on increased productivity and at the same time, provide improved patient care.
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