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Toronto Hospital for Sick Children ‘SickKids’ acquires Biospace med’s 2D/3D ultra low dose X-ray imager, EOS

Published in Medical Imaging Law Weekly, January 27th, 2009

Biospace med announced that the Hospital for Sick Kids (‘SickKids’), Toronto, has purchased the Company’s ‘EOS’ 2D/3D ultra-low-dose X imaging system. EOS is designed to quickly capture superior head-to-toe images of patients in a standing, weight-bearing position while reducing up to 90% of the radiation dose compared to a conventional x-ray and up to 500 times less radiation than a conventional CT scan.

“We performed a preliminary study to compare EOS imaging with prior exams of the same patient and found the image quality to be excellent. Also, we have compared the 3D measurement system against CT in an initial ‘phantom’ study, and it performed very accurately. We...

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Source: Medical Imaging Law Weekly (2009-01-27)

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