EOS imaging SA announced that the EOS(R) system has been installed at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York, NY, the top-ranked hospital in the U.S. for orthopedic care, where it will be used to obtain high-quality orthopedic scans with reduced radiation dose. The EOS system provides full-body images of patients in a natural standing or seated position in both 2D and 3D, while delivering a radiation dose reported to be nine times lower than that of computed radiography X-ray(1) and 20 times lower than basic CT scans(2) to support the ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) principle of radiation. The Department of Radiology and Imaging at HSS will be incorporating EOS into regular clinical care for both pediatric and adult patients.

Unique in orthopedics, the EOS system is able to provide a broad range of clinical parameters, allowing for more informed diagnosis, surgical planning and treatment of conditions including scoliosis, degenerative spine diseases and lower limb joint conditions.