Sensible Solutions for Refurbished Radiology

A team of radiologists at Stony Brook University in New York wanted to find the most simple and cost-effective way to monitor CT dose given what technology is available today. In doing so, they ended up developing a web-based service that does everything other solutions on the market do, just in a simpler fashion. They wrote about what they found, and what they have developed, in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

NIBIB's 60 Seconds of Science explains what is happening in the body when it undergoes an MRI.

MRIs employ powerful magnets which produce a strong magnetic field that forces protons in the body to align with that field. When a radiofrequency current is then pulsed through the patient, the protons are stimulated, and spin out of equilibrium, straining against the pull of the magnetic field. When the radiofrequency field is turned off, the MRI sensors are able to detect the energy released as the protons realign with the magnetic field. The time it takes for the protons to realign with the magnetic field, as well as the amount of energy released, changes depending on the environment and the chemical nature of the molecules. Physicians are able to tell the difference between various types of tissues based on these magnetic properties.

by Matthew N. Skoufalos
A Slice of Life Success Story - Medical Dealer August 2013

July 18, 2013
by Loren Bonner , DOTmed News Online Editor

Jeff Weiss, CEO of Atlantis Worldwide , has been in the refurbished medical equipment business for over 20 years. His company has survived many changes in the market. He shares his opinions on some of the challenges facing dealers and sellers in today's shifting health care environment. Here's an edited version of our conversation.

NEW YORK, N.Y., JUNE 11, 2013 — Atlantis Worldwide LLC, a 20-year-old international distributor of used and refurbished radiology systems, has relocated its headquarters to Manhattan, consolidated its shipping and warehousing functions, and expanded its core business. These changes support two strategic goals for Atlantis, offering a more complete line of radiology solutions to serve its domestic and international customer base while streamlining operations.

May 29, 2013 by Loren Bonner , DOTmed News Online Editor

Patients in an underserved area of the U.S. now have access to high-quality, low-dose lung cancer screening because of a mobile CT unit equipped with a universal CT image reconstruction add-on system.

SafeCT, from the Israeli company Medic Vision Imaging