Wayne Moore 10/11/2022 Ultrasound phantoms have been around since commercially available ultrasound systems were introduced. Early phantoms were designed to verify accurate spatial geometry of embedded targets to ensure that the analog scan converters in the ultrasound system were calibrated correctly – e.g., a round target was indeed being display on the ultrasound system as … Continue reading
Tell us a little about yourself and what is your role at Acertara? My name is Aaron, and I was born and raised here in Colorado. I started interning at Acertara at the end of last school year: I evaluate ultrasound probes to determine potential issues and disposition repairs based on test results. What do … Continue reading
Wayne Moore 9/13/2022 When I read a headline in a hospital business journal like Becker’s Healthcare, that declares that “Hospital X’s operating loss grows to $201M against revenues of $1.25B,” I have to ask why. The hospital declares that they need to find operational efficiencies and layoff a bunch of staff to stem future losses. … Continue reading
Tell us a little about yourself and what is your role at Acertara? I was born in Florida and raised in Oklahoma. I moved to Los Angeles after high school to pursue a career in Aerial Cinematography. I gained most of my skillset during this time working for several aerial cinema teams. Eventually I joined … Continue reading
Wayne Moore 8/09/2022 When I was in undergraduate school earning my engineering degree, I paid for the tuition in two ways. First source was the money from the VA for my time in the Marine Corps, and secondly by repairing TVs at night and on the weekends at a company called Aladdin TV repair. The … Continue reading
Tell us a little about yourself and what is your role at Acertara? I was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. I credit the majority of my technical ability to the excellent technical training I received while serving in the Royal Air Force. I attended Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland and graduated with a BS … Continue reading
Diagnostic ultrasound is an imaging staple across a wide range of healthcare applications, from cardiology to obstetrics. But the ability to derive clear images of cells, tissues, and real-time physiological responses isn’t deployed equally across all medical fields. In some cases, the technology to provide clear imaging simply does not exist. In others, traditional equipment, … Continue reading
Wayne Moore 7/12/2022 When asked about the use of ultrasound in medicine most non-medical people will immediately respond with, “it takes cute pictures of the pre-born baby.” In actual clinical practice the use of ultrasound is bifurcated into either diagnostic or therapeutic applications. Diagnostic ultrasound gives us the cute baby images, therapeutic ultrasound cooks things. … Continue reading
Tell us a little about yourself and what is your role at Acertara? I manage our ISO/IEC 17025-2017 accredited ultrasound test lab and serve as a consultant for various companies who need ultrasound expertise. What would people never guess you do in your role? International committee meetings all seem to pick 6 AM Mountain Time … Continue reading
Wayne Moore 6/14/2022 More often than not when someone in the medical device space mentions the FDA the common response is a big frown. In terms of popularity, they are too often viewed as the IRS of medical devices – infinite power and no accountability. In my 40+ years in the medical device space I … Continue reading
