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Your clinical and solutions partner Since 1995, NDS has innovated solutions that enhance patient care in modern Operating Rooms and Endo/GI suites, enabling clinical imaging that improves efficiencies. At MEDICA, NDS will again redefine the next era of clinical visualization. We invite you to experience ... Vision in Motion See more at MEDICA, Hall 10 – Stand G14 www.ndssi.com www.healthcare-in-europe.com 17RADIOLOGY of the existing equipment in, for example, paediatric CT, challenges the redaction of common guidelines. ‘Each company markets multiple CT scanners, so it’s very difficult to try and issue generic parameters for wide scale implementation. The machinery varies from very old to brand new, and the more recent scanners are particularly adept at producing excellent quality images at lower doses in fast acquisition times, so less motion artefacts. All of these are fantastic for use in children,’ Owens points out, adding: ‘The problem is that these new CT scanners are not often available as they are very expensive and some institutions have out-dated equip- ment because they can’t afford to buy new machines.’ A study conducted by the European Society of Radiology, during ECR 2015, warned of looming equipment obsolescence in the European Union and notably revealed that the public hospitals in Croatia invest only 11 percent of all CT equipment budgets in new scanners. Black and white medical displays switch to colour and higher resolutions 84-inch 8MP displays strengthen consultations Medical displays: More than in any other sector, high contrast is essen- tial. Only with outstanding capa- bilities can a radiologist distinguish between different structures in an image and detect even the smallest irregularities like a metastasis. Higher resolution is the future Apart from the introduction of col- our the resolution has also changed, so that 3-megapixel with the same quality is possible without any problems. Assistant tools offered by software – such as those used for measuring the size of tissue – are easier to spot in colour, which makes the software easier to oper- ate and another person reviewing the results can find marked portions of the image better. Another trend is to combine two 3-megapixel monitors into one 6-megapixel installation. With this resolution it is possible to review the huge amount of images of modern diagnostic tools in a more efficient, ergonomic way. The importance of quality control Together with even better displays, the need for a centralised quality control arises. Particularly in big hospitals, it is time consuming to control and calibrate each display at the workspace. Software tools that connect all workstations and their connected displays together mean you can access displays any time and check the live status, such as temperature or backlight hours. It is therefore a tool to maintain displays and see the last calibra- tion reports and conformance test reports. Overall, the better the IT infrastructure is in a hospital the more features can be used from the software. To make the software work, most medical display models in the NEC line-up have a small front sensor for calibration. All monitors come with a free client software licence for GammaCompMD QA. Better displays – better treatment Trends in displays such as 4K have reached the medical area and will continue to change the way details in radiology can be viewed. Large 84-inch 8MP (4K UHD) dis- plays, compliant to the DICOM Part 14 standard are starting to replace traditional projectors in hospital meeting rooms. At group diagnosis meetings, doctors from different dis- ciplines, e.g. radiology and oncol- ogy, can discuss medical images in far better quality. As medical imag- ing technology progresses with new generations of MRI and CT, display technology makes its contribution. The bet- ter the image, the better physicians can detect and cure dis- eases. NEC Display Solutions is proud to be part of a technological revolution that has a direct impact on many people’s quality of life. Details: www.medical.nec- display-solutions.com More is better – when it comes to medical display technology a higher resolution is a desirable feature of next generation displays. Today, the number of pixels alone is just one of many factors that distinguishes a display developed specifically for diagnostic purpose from those designed for regular use. Shinji Nohara, Product Manager for Pro/Colour/Medical Desktop Display at NEC Display Solutions Europe, gives this report NEC MD302C6 NEC X841UHD

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