Medical imaging

Medical Imaging App Becomes Reality For Smartphones | Cellflare News

by Audrey Peters

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FDA moves to cut kids' radiation exposure in medical imaging

21.05.12

The FDA will suggest that makers of devices such as X-ray machines, CT (or computed tomography) scanners and angiography equipment put kids first when designing them.

Today, machines often have settings only for adults or adolescents no younger than 12, says the FDA's Thalia Mills, a physicist. Under the proposal, manufacturers would have to include at least four children's settings: newborn, 1-year-old, 5-year-old and 12-year-old.

Manufacturers also would have to prove that machines are safe for children, or label them as not for use in children, the proposal says.

Adjusting a CT scanner for a child's size is critical, Mills says. Giving a 40-pound child the same dose as a 180-pound man, for example, would mean the child got nearly twice as much radiation as necessary.

Several doctors praised the FDA proposal, which is still open for comments.

Radiologist Rebecca Smith-Bindman, who has been studying progress in limiting radiation exposure, called the proposal a "minimal first step." By making imaging machines with settings for child-size patients, Smith-Bindman says, "the technologist won't have to reprogram the machine for every single patient," a problem that introduces the potential for errors.

Source: WBIR-TV

How does medical imaging affects how we now detect if someone has brain damage?

May 07, 2010 by mai | Posted in Medicine

How did we used to determine if someone has brain damage before and what are the risks of using medical imaging on the brain? I think the professional term is neuroimaging. It would be nice if you could provide where you got the information please. Or

Prior to modern neuroimaging techniques, brain damage was diagnosed via direct observation, typically post-mortem, but more commonly (and still today) through behavioral assessment. In other words, those with brain damage perform differently on tests

Jeremy R | May 09, 2010

Prior to modern neuroimaging techniques, brain damage was diagnosed via direct observation, typically post-mortem, but more commonly (and still today) through behavioral assessment. In other words, those with brain damage perform differently on tests

Jeremy R | May 09, 2010

How do you open up a medical imaging clinic?

Feb 14, 2010 by Abbita | Posted in Health Care

Like a center that has ultrasounds and xrays? And other medical imaging systems that I'm missing
-how much would it cost to open one?
-is it a good business?
-what kind of qualifications are needed to open one? Like college degrees

You'd need at least a Master's Degree in business management. First thing to realize is that you would not be the person operating the machines but rather the business manager of the establishment. You'd need sufficient funds to hire at least two board

wmayers99 | Feb 14, 2010