Preview the RSNA 2009 Chicago

Medical device manufacturers around the world are dedicated to this year's radiology event for final preparations: will be held in Chicago in 2009 of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Conference.

This exhibition will be opened on 29 November, continuing to 4 December, active content such as lectures, exhibitions, have the opportunity to meet peers and preview the latest achievements of medical device innovation, attracting people from all over the world attended.

A year of hard hit by the financial crisis, companies want to be able to take advantage of this opportunity to find the procurement of equipment for a large investment.

The past year and a day of medical device manufacturers are very sorry for product display manufacturer.

The economic downturn and the resulting credit crunch, in the second half of 2008 resulted in cancellation and delayed orders increase, and in 2009 the limits of new opportunities.

Manufacturers in the second half of this year has seen some signs of improvement in the situation, but at the cost of product discounts and innovative financing terms. United States Congress on Medicare reform debate, also increases the complexity of the situation. Health service providers, various unpredictable may reform proposals on the future of the budget and equipment needs and the impact.

For image archiving and communication system (PACS), high-performance diagnostic monitor, represents today's liquid crystal display (LCD) market every inch operating income up market opportunities.

Initially used to display a previously recorded in black and white film above image, grayscale monitor has long ruled the market. But gray continuous improvement of high luminance color display, gradually in grayscale monitor to gain a foothold in the ocean, and is currently medical monitor industry's hottest growth opportunities. Different than in recent years has entered a negative growth of grayscale monitors, in recent years to have diagnostic quality color monitor demand continues to increase, as customers color display provides flexibility, demand is expected to increase in 2010.

Figure 4 shows the iSuppli Corporation on color and black and white PACS shipment forecasts.

While many of the radiological imaging are single-gray, but the color plays a more important role, especially in the three-dimensional images in different colors can depict complex veins, arteries and organs, nerves and bones network roadmap.

Computer tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging of color, to generate comprehensive diagnostic images provide increasingly important data.

However, the gray-scale monitor, especially for breast x-ray photography of 500 megapixel and high-megapixel model, not disappear in the near future.

Most health centres are on the increase in the new color table, or change the gray-scale monitor out, in exchange for color display, instead of replace all grayscale display. In this year's exhibition, in addition to a variety of high performance color monitor, the participants will be able to see many new grayscale display.

In fact, the most affected by 2009 exhibition is a grayscale monitor look forward to, specifically, is the use of Chi Mei's 30-inch 1000 megapixel grayscale Panel of the monitor.

Radiologists have long complained about the "slot", i.e. 500 mega pixel dual monitor in the middle of the slot. Chi Mei's 1000 megapixels Panel provides no slot solution so that users can be in a single glass panel above observation of emission of two side by side 500 mega pixel image.

Some vendors in 2008 RSNA exhibition shows a panel sample, but the Panel is still under development, there are some obvious flaws.

The industry says that these defects have already been resolved, 1000 megapixels solutions ready for Grand debut. Expected to be in the majority of monitors booth to see the adoption of the Panel of the monitor, but due to the limited number of exhibits and want to see a lot of people might, therefore, prepared to wait in line, if you have the chance to you can give it a try.

But you must not miss this opportunity, packed backpack, prepare by 2009 RSNA exhibition about future trends.