04.23.15
Parisian company EOS Imaging’s ever-expanding reach has grown to Hong Kong with the first installation of its EOS system in the city. The Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is the first hospital in Hong Kong to install the EOS Low Dose 2D/3D imaging system.
The university’s decision to adopt an EOS system was guided by the highly-regarded orthopedic department’s emphasis on patient care and a strong commitment to ensure surgeons use industry leading equipment and innovative surgical planning and modeling services.
“The Chinese University of Hong Kong is ranked as a leading university for orthopedic care in Asia and we are thrilled by their decision to adopt EOS for their diagnosis, planning and control imaging,” said Marie Meynadier, CEO of EOS imaging. “This new installation will strengthen our growing presence in the important Asia-Pacific market where we are investing to deploy our technology.”
The EOS system provides full-body stereoradiographic images of patients in functional positions, in both 2-D and 3-D. EOS exams require a radiation dose 50 percent to 85 percent less than digital radiology and 95 percent less than basic CT (computed tomography) scans. The new EOS Micro Dose option, recently cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, allows a further drastic step towards the ALARA principle (as low as reasonably available) by bringing pediatric spine follow up exams at the dose level equivalent to a week of natural background radiation on Earth.
The university’s decision to adopt an EOS system was guided by the highly-regarded orthopedic department’s emphasis on patient care and a strong commitment to ensure surgeons use industry leading equipment and innovative surgical planning and modeling services.
“The Chinese University of Hong Kong is ranked as a leading university for orthopedic care in Asia and we are thrilled by their decision to adopt EOS for their diagnosis, planning and control imaging,” said Marie Meynadier, CEO of EOS imaging. “This new installation will strengthen our growing presence in the important Asia-Pacific market where we are investing to deploy our technology.”
The EOS system provides full-body stereoradiographic images of patients in functional positions, in both 2-D and 3-D. EOS exams require a radiation dose 50 percent to 85 percent less than digital radiology and 95 percent less than basic CT (computed tomography) scans. The new EOS Micro Dose option, recently cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, allows a further drastic step towards the ALARA principle (as low as reasonably available) by bringing pediatric spine follow up exams at the dose level equivalent to a week of natural background radiation on Earth.