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Cone beam CT and a review of portable CT scanners: nice relevant info.

two recent issues and the current issue of the american journal of neuroradiology contain three relevant articles:

two on CBCT...

Conebeam CT of the Head and Neck, Part 1: Physical Principles

http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/reprint/30/6/1088?maxtoshow=&HITS=60&hits=60&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=three+dimensional+fluoroscopy&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT

Conebeam CT of the Head and Neck, Part 2: Clinical Applications

http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/reprint/30/7/1285?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&minscore=5000&resourcetype=HWCIT

as well as on a review of portable CT scanners...

Review of Portable CT with Assessment of a Dedicated Head CT Scanner

http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/reprint/30/9/1630?maxtoshow=&HITS=60&hits=60&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=three+dimensional+fluoroscopy&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT

so, the way i read this is: when the dominion is cleared by the FDA.

1. DEFINITELY A MARKET FOR THE DOMINION'S CT FEATURES: NOTED HERE ARE APPLICATIONS PERTAINING TO THE HEAD AND NECK AND/OR ENT.

2. ADDED TO THAT: A NEW/UNIQUE FORM OF FLUOROSCOPY, WHICH ONLY THE DOMINION BRINGS TO THE TABLE.

3. NEW/UNIQUE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE FLUOROSCOPY IS NOT ONLY REALTIME, BUT REALTIME 3D. FORGET ABOUT MEDTRONIC'S O-ARM.

4. UNTIL THE DOMINION, REALTIME 3D HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE: oh and add to that, 'digital subtraction' for angiograms and replay features...

again, please keep in mind...the journal cited has a target audience aimed at head/neck and or ENT physicians, thus...DOMINION'S target audience is more wide spread, as IMGG'S DOMINION CAN SCAN ANY BODY PART.

also, keep in mind that as i understand it the Stark Law does not apply to mobile devices, therefore a big plus for smaller centers/offices.

plus, the price is comparable to the above scanners.

again, i think the FDA is taking the DOMINION's CBCT features seriously -- as that is my inference from the high contrast CT images request, which i really in my opinion were to ensure that such images meet physics acceptance testing standards.