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Digital Pathology Systems Gear Up for Prime Time

Digital Pathology Systems Gear Up for Prime Time
GE Healthcare and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) recently announced they were beginning a joint venture in digital pathology. Together, they formed Omnyx, LLC, which would build and market a system for digital pathology. To date, digital pathology is a market that’s only been nibbled at the edges, and is primarily the domain of microscope companies such as Zeiss, Nikon, and Olympus. However, a small number of companies, bolstered by advances in digital image-gathering, are entering what is predicted to become a $2 to $4 billion industry.

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A Boon to the Contemporary Medical World

A Boon to the Contemporary Medical World
Radiology makes use of medical imaging technologies in the diagnoses and treatment of diseases. Radiological imaging involves the use of high frequency sound waves, magnetic fields, and radioactivity. It is used to produce images of the human body for clinical purposes and medical photography. Medical imaging is used in various cases of invasive angiography and in the detection of brain damages among others. Most of the super speciality hospitals and trauma care centres deal with an array of radiology products. There is a huge demand for trained manpower to handle radiology software.
At present there is a considerable shortage of qualified radiologists and this has resulted in the outsourcing of radiology jobs to different parts of the world. There are many Radiology Communities, which offer a common platform for all radiology professionals to exchange information and ideas on the advanced techniques. The online radiology communities also play an important role in the propagation of this technology in medical world. It offers a common meeting point for technologists to forge business relationships and to outsource radiology reading The state of the art radiology products help to perform a wide range of examinations without the need for using any additional CR units. It ensures precise results and improves productivity of the technologists.
Medical imaging also helps in creating customized settings for image presentation according to exam type or body part, without making frequent adjustments. The technologists can update their knowledge at the many radiology conferences that highlight the path breaking inventions in this field.Radiology has indeed evolved to be a new generation science with the latest equipments and software being added on to it regularly. Imaging human body has become as easy as never before, thanks to these high precision imaging techniques Read the rest of this entry »
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