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Toronto Hospital for Sick Children (‘SickKids’) acquires Biospace med’s 2D/3D ultra low dose X-ray imager, EOS
Toronto Hospital for Sick Children (‘SickKids’) acquires Biospace med’s 2D/3D ultra low dose X-ray imager, EOS
Toronto Hospital for Sick Children (‘SickKids’) acquires Biospace med’s 2D/3D ultra low dose X-ray imager, EOS
Tuesday, 13 January 2009 19:00 | 
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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 see these capabilities as helping to improve the accuracy of surgical and therapeutic decision-making in musculoskeletal pathologies. But more than anything else, decreasing the dose of radiation that children receive from medical x-rays is extremely important to us, and is the primary reason that we are committed to working to advance the applications of this new technology,” said Paul S. Babyn, M.D., radiologist-in-chief in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at SickKids.
“EOS not only represents a significant advancement in safer medical-imaging technology, but it also offers an extremely pragmatic benefit to a busy children’s hospital—the speed with which EOS can safely and effectively image patients is likely to reduce our clinic wait-times, as it has in other children’s medical institutions in Canada,” added Ellen Charkot, Director of Diagnostic Imaging at SickKids.
“Daily use of EOS by one of the largest children’s hospitals in North America signifies momentous progress in radiation dose reduction, as supported by the Image Gently initiative of the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging,” said Biospace med CEO, Marie Meynadier, Ph.D. “We are in discussions with many more hospitals throughout North America that will be giving serious consideration in this new year to lowering radiation dosage in their imaging of children.”
About the EOS Ultra-Low-Dose 3D Orthopedic Imaging System
Recently cleared by the FDA, EOS acquires two simultaneous low-dose planar AP/PA and LAT images, which can cover the full body. The associated sterEOS workstation allows a review of the images, the production of clinical parameters, and the reconstruction of a 3D image of the adult spine. The company has also developed additional software* to address pediatric spine and a lower extremity package for hip and knee assessment. The workstation software is designed to enable measurements within 3D space, which eliminates errors made from projected planar x-ray images.
About the (Toronto) Hospital for Sick Children
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), affiliated with the University of Toronto, is Canada's most research-intensive hospital and the largest center dedicated to improving children's health in the country. As innovators in child health, ‘SickKids’ improves the health of children by integrating patient care, research and education.
About the Image Gently program, supported by the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging
The Alliance is a consortium of professional societies who are concerned about the radiation exposure that children receive when undergoing medical imaging procedures. Currently, 13 societies representing the fields of radiology, pediatrics, medical physics and radiation safety are involved. The Alliance recognizes the life-saving value of medical imaging. However, techniques used in pediatric imaging may not be tailored to children’s smaller bodies, resulting in radiation exposures that are greater than necessary. This is especially true for CT scans.
About Biospace med
Biospace med was founded on a unique partnership between Nobel Prize-winning physicist Georges Charpak and a team of biomedical engineers, orthopedic surgeons and radiologists who have developed a complete orthopedic imaging solution. The Company’s lead product, EOS ultra-low-dose 2D/3D x-ray imager, allows full-body imaging of patients in a weight-bearing position that enables global assessment of balance and posture. The Company has corporate headquarters in Atlanta and Paris, an office in Montreal, and is targeting a $2 billion orthopedic imaging marketplace.
Source: http://www.earthtimes.org
“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 see these capabilities as helping to improve the accuracy of surgical and therapeutic decision-making in musculoskeletal pathologies. But more than anything else, decreasing the dose of radiation that children receive from medical x-rays is extremely important to us, and is the primary reason that we are committed to working to advance the applications of this new technology,” said Paul S. Babyn, M.D., radiologist-in-chief in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at SickKids.
“EOS not only represents a significant advancement in safer medical-imaging technology, but it also offers an extremely pragmatic benefit to a busy children’s hospital—the speed with which EOS can safely and effectively image patients is likely to reduce our clinic wait-times, as it has in other children’s medical institutions in Canada,” added Ellen Charkot, Director of Diagnostic Imaging at SickKids.
“Daily use of EOS by one of the largest children’s hospitals in North America signifies momentous progress in radiation dose reduction, as supported by the Image Gently initiative of the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging,” said Biospace med CEO, Marie Meynadier, Ph.D. “We are in discussions with many more hospitals throughout North America that will be giving serious consideration in this new year to lowering radiation dosage in their imaging of children.”
About the EOS Ultra-Low-Dose 3D Orthopedic Imaging System
Recently cleared by the FDA, EOS acquires two simultaneous low-dose planar AP/PA and LAT images, which can cover the full body. The associated sterEOS workstation allows a review of the images, the production of clinical parameters, and the reconstruction of a 3D image of the adult spine. The company has also developed additional software* to address pediatric spine and a lower extremity package for hip and knee assessment. The workstation software is designed to enable measurements within 3D space, which eliminates errors made from projected planar x-ray images.
About the (Toronto) Hospital for Sick Children
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), affiliated with the University of Toronto, is Canada's most research-intensive hospital and the largest center dedicated to improving children's health in the country. As innovators in child health, ‘SickKids’ improves the health of children by integrating patient care, research and education.
About the Image Gently program, supported by the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging
The Alliance is a consortium of professional societies who are concerned about the radiation exposure that children receive when undergoing medical imaging procedures. Currently, 13 societies representing the fields of radiology, pediatrics, medical physics and radiation safety are involved. The Alliance recognizes the life-saving value of medical imaging. However, techniques used in pediatric imaging may not be tailored to children’s smaller bodies, resulting in radiation exposures that are greater than necessary. This is especially true for CT scans.
About Biospace med
Biospace med was founded on a unique partnership between Nobel Prize-winning physicist Georges Charpak and a team of biomedical engineers, orthopedic surgeons and radiologists who have developed a complete orthopedic imaging solution. The Company’s lead product, EOS ultra-low-dose 2D/3D x-ray imager, allows full-body imaging of patients in a weight-bearing position that enables global assessment of balance and posture. The Company has corporate headquarters in Atlanta and Paris, an office in Montreal, and is targeting a $2 billion orthopedic imaging marketplace.
Source: http://www.earthtimes.org
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