Well before flat-panel televisions became all the rage in the consumer market, healthcare facilities began singing the praises of the ultra-thin displays that tout eye-popping visual clarity.
And as the costs of flat-panel medical grade and general-use displays have dropped considerably, manufacturers are now competing for buyers’ hearts and minds on a host of issues such as image quality and connectivity. Today, sophisticated buyers are talking contrast ratio, pixels and processing speeds.

OAK BROOK, IL – Systems engineers from 64 leading healthcare technology vendors, including GE Healthcare, Siemens, IBM, McKesson, Hologic, Misys, Philips, Kodak and [newly GE Healthcare-acquired] IDX Systems, convened in the basement of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) headquarters in mid-January to cross competitor lines and test the interoperability of their PACS and electronic healthcare record (EHR) systems.

What’s so intriguing about extremity imaging that Hologic is delving into it with such intensity and passion?
If you know Hologic, you know we are a company filled with associates that act with intensity and with passion. Hologic associates share a common goal – the desire to extend the lives of women through the development of technologically superior diagnostic imaging systems.

Prior to the mid-1990s, clinicians could choose from a limited number of devices to biopsy palpable and nonpalpable abnormalities in the breast. Those choices centered around the open surgical biopsy technique, which necessitated pre-operative preparation, anesthesia and post-operative recovery. Hard-to-find lesions, however, required needle localization before surgery could commence. In short, the standard breast biopsy was a time-consuming and very involved procedure.