''FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA is pleased to announce that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) approval has been received for the Fuji Digital Radiography (FDR) AcSelerate system, making it available for sale in the U.S. A fully automated digital ...'

''FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. will debut the brand new FCR Go 2 at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2010 Annual Meeting. The world leader in digital x-ray has responded to customer feedback and upgraded the widely used FCR Go; in ...'

''X-Ray grids consist of a series of lead strips placed in front of the X-Ray film, and are used in some diagnostic techniques to improve image quality by stopping scatter radiation from reaching the X-Ray film. The grid was invented by Dr Gustave Bucky ...'

''It was disclosed today that Fujifilm may buy Hitachi's diagnostic imaging business in a deal that could be worth about $1.55 billion. This was according to the Nikkei Asian Review business daily, which first broke the story early on Dec. 17. The ...'

''A picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is an electronic and ideally filmless information system for acquiring, sorting, transporting, storing, and electronically displaying medical images. PACS h ave developed rapidly and are in operation ...'

''Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR), X-Ray Products, will be showcasing its full line of PaxScan® X-ray image detectors for filmless imaging at the European Congress of Radiology Annual (ECR) meeting in Vienna, Austria from March 4 - 8, 2010. ...'

''Carestream Health is increasing the prices of its medical, dental and nondestructive testing films worldwide. Prices will increase as much as 50% or more in some areas of the world. The increase is due to ongoing rises in the cost of commodities used ...'

''Mbale hospital officials have urged the government to urgently improve lower health centres to relieve pressure on the regional referral hospital. Principal Administrator Louis Muhindo says they are struggling to stock major supplies since they have ...'

''The questions and options that a chiropractor has in X-ray today are simple: He can take them the traditional way by using film, a dipping tank or processor and waiting for the picture to develop. He can use computed radiology (CR), which utilizes a ...'

''Solid-state radiation detectors use crystalline semiconductors, such as silicon or germanium, to directly convert X-ray photons into electrical current. Such devices outperform other detection technologies in terms of both sensitivity and detection ...'