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The shape of DR panels is changing, but is it for the better?
Changing the Shape of DR Panels Doesn’t Guarantee a Better Outcome When a patient needs a radiograph for diagnostic purposes bedside, they are often in a state of high stress. They are worried about what the images could reveal and potentially in a great deal of pain. Historically, patient comfort wasn’t always considered a priority.…
Read MoreSize matters, especially in world of medical accessories
How To Make Sure Your Receptors Fit, the First Time and Every Time Ever bought a big-screen TV, only to get it home and realize it’s not as big as you expected? TV screens, unlike almost everything else in the world, are measured diagonally, which is the biggest measurement on a rectangle. It’s a sales…
Read MoreThe Highest Standards of Imaging Manufacture
Strict Manufacturing Standards Protect Patients Like all medical procedures, imaging exams offer both benefits and risks. They save lives every day and rarely cause harm. At the same time, some modalities can increase patients and healthcare professionals to ionizing radiation, which may have a direct relationship to increasing the chance of a negative biological effect…
Read MoreStopping the spread of infectious disease
How radiology professionals can help prevent the spread of infectious disease In 1841, Ignaz Semmelweis was an obstetrician at a Vienna maternity hospital. He saw how many women were dying of puerperal fever, a uterine infection following childbirth, 20 times more in the ward where medical students delivered babies than in the next ward, where…
Read MoreThe Pros and Cons of Reina Imaging’s Products and Services
The Pros and Cons of Reina Imaging’s Products and Services Is it smart to openly discuss a company’s pros and cons with its customer base? We know it is. Gaining trust through transparency is something we value at Reina Imaging. So let’s start with the cons. Cons New products can have long development cycles. Reina…
Read MoreISO 13485 certification, what is it and why should it impact my buying decision?
Navigating any specific facet of the medical industry means understanding a lot of jargon. While it may seem overwhelming, keeping up with the latest acronyms and terminology is critical to consistent management decision making, with the ultimate goal of improving quality patient care. The same is true for manufacturers of medical equipment and devices, such…
Read MoreCan you guarantee imaging panel protection?
Diagnostic Imaging and to be more specific, flat panel detectors continues to improve year after year. Keeping up with the latest equipment is an investment in quality, and Reina Imaging is often asked what kind of guarantees can we provide our customers who use our products. Reina Imaging isn’t a re-seller; we’re a manufacturer. Within…
Read MoreOld accessories and new technology
Want to roll the dice? So you’ve finally made the jump from CR to DR. You investigated, had countless meetings, demos, trials, quotes, and negotiations. Your fancy, new, expensive DR panel systems have been installed and are ready to show off your revolutionized facility. Your patient turnaround time will be cut in half, and keeping…
Read MoreEfficient ordering of imaging accessories
Talk to us, leave the robots to Final Jeopardy Do you have one of those little robots in your home yet? The kind you speak to, and it answers with information, or a recipe, or the answer to Final Jeopardy? If you do, you know how handy they can be. Science forecasts AI will soon…
Read MorePart 4: Lacking Grid Usage in Mobile Radiography – Radiation Dose Reduction & Grid Software
Over the last month we have discussed a recent healthcare trend that has arisen – that trend being a lack of grid usage in mobile radiography – and we last left off in our discussion comparing anti-scatter grids (hardware) to grid emulation software to see what works best. This is what we found: when the…
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