Early Days of CT: Innovations (Both Good and Bad) Robert G. Gould Department of Radiology University of California San Francisco The Names: An Incomplete List • • • • • Johann Karl August Radon 1887‐1956 William Henry Oldendorf 1925‐1992 Allan McLeod Cormack 1919‐2004 Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield 1919‐2004 Robert Ledley 1924‐ Sir Godfrey Hounsfield • Elected to Royal Society 1975 • Nobel prize 1979 shared with Allan Cormack 1919‐2004 EMI Head Scanner First clinical image (Atkinson‐ Morley Hospital London
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the technology of CT scanner and license it to major players in medical diagnostic imaging market in the US‚ instead of manufacturing it by EMI itself. X-ray is the “standard” for medical industry in 1972‚ with GE and Picker as the market leaders in US. Although CT scanner is potentially a disruptive innovation to transform diagnostic imaging‚ its success relies on high adoption rate by hospitals and reputable medical professionals. What EMI needs to do is to establish CT scanner as the “new standard”
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PET/CT vs. CT Purchase Christine Parks BUS: 640 Managerial Economics Scott Shaw December 17‚ 2012 Abstract In my previous position I worked as the Administrator for a well-established outpatient diagnostic imaging facility. As the Administrator I was faced with having to make various decisions that utilized economics on a daily basis. The decisions that I would have to make would range from very simple to very complex purchases. Regardless of the amount of the purchase the same economic
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book‚ meaning that the two systems were entirely separate out of necessity. With the advent of modern computer technology‚ it has become possible to combine the two systems into one digital process. While there have been a number of half-and-half systems created that incorporate computer design and sales/inventory control systems using periodic update methods‚ the most advanced systems use a process known as perpetual inventory systems. In a perpetual inventory system‚ newly arriving inventory
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traditional X rays‚ which highlight dense body parts‚ such as bones‚ CT provides detailed views of the body’s soft tissues‚ including blood vessels‚ muscle tissue‚ and organs‚ such as the brain. While conventional X rays provide flat two-dimensional images‚ CT images depict a cross-section of the body. A patient undergoing a CT scan rests on a movable table at the center of a donut-shaped scanner‚ which is about 2.4 m (8 ft) tall. The CT scanner contains an X-ray source‚ which emits beams of X rays; an
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FAX International‚Inc. Mr.Douglas J.Ronalli and Dr. Thomas P.Sosnowski found the company which is called FAX International‚Inc.Their goal is clear;building an international communications network that will be much better at transmitting fax documents than the switched voice networks of other big firms. The Company is offering a different service concept ‚which offers customers superior service and superior pricing without any risk. It has been designed to make life easier for all fax users.For
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of the most important aspects to corporate management. Stamford International’s problem is inherent in the discrepancy in reporting system and accounting irregularities from the various aspects of the business. Not only has this but Stamford‚ due to rapid growth not been able to accommodate for the expansionary activities like acquisitions of units and international transactions. The result has been the experience of loss in earnings-per-share. In the following analysis‚ the researcher thus will
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CT Scan Machine CT scan machine (Computed Tomography) is a medical imaging method employing tomography by using a digital geometry process to generated a three-dimensional image of the internals of an object from a large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken around a single axis of rotation. Computed Tomography (CT)‚ actually known as computed axial tomography (CAT or CT scan) and body section roentgenography. CT scan machine is useful equipment (an important tool in medical imaging to
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WENDY ’S INTERNATIONAL‚ INC. As emphasized on its web site‚ Wendy ’s was founded on a motto of "Quality‚ Service‚ Cleanliness‚ and Value." The company aims to follow that motto in all of its restaurants. They want in return Customer Loyalty and Satisfaction‚ by their plan to exceed customer expectations‚ foster a performance-driven culture‚ deliver the balanced message of brand equity plus value in outstanding advertising‚ and most importantly creating a healthy restaurant system." Wendy ’s faces
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Kendle International Inc Candace Kendle‚ the chairman and CEO of Kendle International Inc and her husband Christopher C. Bergen‚ the president and CFO privately hold Kendle‚ a Contract Research Organisation which was incorporated in Cincinnati‚ Ohio in 1981. The Company provides integrated clinical research and drug developmental services on a contract basis to the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. The Company’s services comprise Phase II‚ III and IV of clinical trials. The CRO industry
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