Ultrasound Systems for Breast Scanning
April 13, 2005 7:31 am | Bk Medical | Product Releases | CommentsUltrasound scanning can play an integral part of the workup for patients with breast disease by easily and accurately targeting abnormalities and obtaining tissue samples. B-K Medical’s Falcon 2101 Ultrasound unit and 8811 broadband linear array transducer offers the highest frequencies for scanning equipment of its class.
LISTED UNDER: Mammography EquipmentBreast Conservation Therapy Device
April 13, 2005 7:31 am | Proxima Therapeutics, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe MammoSite Radiation Therapy System (RTS) administers a site-specific, prescribed dose of radiation during a five-day course of therapy, expanding the range and flexibility of post-surgical treatment options for breast conservation therapy. This device internally delivers radiation directly to the tissue surrounding the original tumor, minimizing radiation exposure to the rest of the breast, skin, ribs, lungs and heart.
LISTED UNDER: Breast Biopsy EquipmentApplicator Swabs
April 13, 2005 7:29 am | Birchwood Laboratories, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsBirchwood Laboratories now offers 8-inch Scopettes, Jr.® applicators with a non-sized swab head. This new 8-inch version provides clinicians with a choice of either non-sized or sized swab heads on the most popular large-tip applicator length. The non-sized 8-inch Scopettes, Jr. feature softer, “fluffier”, and slightly larger heads on the same rigid, rolled-paper sticks as those with sized swab heads.
LISTED UNDER: Swabs, ApplicatorsDigital Mammography Display
March 14, 2005 5:09 am | Barco | Product Releases | CommentsThe FDA approved, CRT-based 5 MegaPixel MGD 521M Medical Grayscale Display offers high luminance of 450 cd/m 2 and a contrast ratio of 2000:1 that allows radiologists to detect very subtle details in digital mammograms. The MGD 521M also incorporates a unique Luminance Uniformity Correction function, which ensures that the displayed medical image has the same brightness level across the entire display surface, even in the corners.
LISTED UNDER: Mammography Equipment
