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Center News & LinksNews 2010Digital Wireless Xray Unit in Texas!Concord Imaging is pleased to announce the installation of the Carestream DRX-1 System at their Creekside location for performing Digital Radiography. Most current radiology facilities use Computed Radiography (CR) for performing radiographs (traditional “X-rays”). CR replaced the old system of Xray film in cassettes that had to be run through a processor. The CR systems still have to use a laser light to “read” the xray image on a cassette and this takes about 60 seconds per image. Concord Imaging at Creekside has added the latest in state of the art technology to their Xray capabilities. With the new Carestream DRX-1 system, an all-digital detector plate is placed behind the area to be imaged and the xray exposure is taken in the conventional manner. From this point forward, the information is transmitted digitally in just a few seconds from the digital detector to the console and the image is ready to be sent to the PACS system where it is stored and can be interpreted by the radiologist. The image is transmitted and the technologist is ready to position the patient for the next exposure in a matter of seconds rather than minutes. From a patient and referring office perspective, this allows Concord Imaging at Creekside to perform Xray exams in much less time than any other facility. This should translate into shorter exams for patients and less waiting time to get into the exam room. “We began to look at areas in our facility where we potentially experience backlogs and Xray and Ultrasound were identified as areas where we sometimes had patients waiting longer than desirable or difficulty scheduling,” said Concord Imaging founder and radiologist Jeremy Wiersig, M.D. (Please see Ultrasound News). “We pride ourselves on our service and taking good care of patients, so when we learned about the DRX-1 Wireless DR system, we started investigating it, “ We thought we could make a real difference in patient wait and exam times and it’s really proving to be true. And the image quality is really spectacular.” Come experience the 1st wireless Digital Radiography system in Texas at Concord Imaging the next time you need “Xrays”. >> Learn more about Digital Xray at Concord Imaging Ultrasound NewsConcord Imaging is pleased to announce the installation of a second Ultrasound unit at their Creekside location. The system is a Logiq Ultramark 9 from General Electric. This is identical to the top-of –the-line unit already in place at the Creekside location and doubles their Ultrasound capacity. According to Concord Imaging founder and radiologist Jeremy Wiersig, M.D., Concord Imaging Radiologist named as “Top Doctor” by colleagues.Concord Imaging is pleased to announce that founder and radiologist Jeremy Wiersig, M.D. was honored as one of the top physicians in the November 2009 issue of Scene in S.A. magazine. According to the article, over 4000 Bexar County physicians were surveyed yielding their list of physicians to which they would send their family members. Dr. Wiersig was one of those physicians names. “I was pleasantly surprised and honored when I heard that I was named in the article. It’s nice to be recognized by your peers for what you do,” said Dr. Wiersig. Dr. Wiersig is based primarily at the Creekside location but also interprets exams for the Quarry location. >> Learn more about Dr. Wiersig
Charlton Heston knows first hand that detecting Alzheimer's Disease early gives patients extended quality time with loved ones. Heston announced in 2002 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's after a PET scan detected signs of the disease. UCLA researchers have found that PET scans enable physicians to diagnose Alzheimer's before the symptoms set in, which gives patients options to help delay the progression of the disease. Using PET to determine if patients have Alzheimer's would correspond to a 65% decrease in avoidable months of nursing home care, and a 48% drop in unnecessary drug treatment, according to Dr. Daniel Silverman, assistant professor of molecular and medical pharmacology and associate director of imaging for the UCLA Alzheimer's Disease Center. "Even a 6-month difference in the date of detection can profoundly affect the progression of Alzheimer's," said Dr. Michael E. Phelps, chair of the Department of Molecular Medical Pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. PET scans offer Alzheimer's patients HOPE.
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