'''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 ...'

'''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 ...'

'''An Israeli-based startup aiming to upend the medical imaging business just raised $26 million in its most recent round of funding, more than doubling its total support from investors that include Fujifilm and Foxconn. Nanox has developed a new digital ...'

'''A healthcare crisis may take ground in Pakistan as commercial banks are unable to open the letters of credit (LCs) for the import of x-ray films in future — which are used on a daily basis for nearly every medical diagnosis — The News reported on ...'

'''Frost & Sullivan have presented RF Co., Ltd with the 2010 European Medical Technologies Product Leadership of the Year Award for NAOMI, a digital x-ray sensor that does not require any film development to acquire x-ray film images. Leveraging its ...'