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TECHNOLOGY PREVIEWS DR & CR Offerings Aim to Transform X-ray Imaging Years ago, digital x-ray imagers had a stark choice between computed radiography (CR) and digital radiography (DR). But that distinction between the capture technologies has waned and the offerings from vendors in either category can satisfy even the most ﬁnicky buyer. A variety of vendors are debuting game-changing technologies, such as wireless digital detectors designed to increase the ﬂexibility of digital studies. Enhancements for full-ﬁeld digital mammography and hardware modiﬁcations that make the units more bariatric-friendly also will be on display. You’ll ﬁnd the menu of digital radiography enhancements and offerings far more plentiful than in recent years. Radiology’s bread and butter is back in the limelight. Canon CXDI-60G Portable Flat Panel Detector The Carestream DRX-1 System Fujiﬁlm Unity SpeedSuite-fp Agfa HealthCare (Booth 4800) is highlighting the NX—Agfa’s standard CR workstation for image identiﬁcation and quality control—that comprises a standalone CR/DR workstation and software designed for use at the point-of-care. Agfa also is featuring its SE software Suite—SE Server, SE Client and SE Standalone. These provide the tools to store, manipulate, manage and digitally output acquired images, for both CR and other modalities. Another highlight is the DX-S CR system, a low-dose system designed for pediatric and neonatal applications. Biospace med (Booth 2038) is introducing its recently FDA-cleared EOS ultra-low radiation dose x-ray imager along with its new image workstation, sterEOS, which enables 3D skeletal reconstruction. sterEOS 3D is currently commercially available in Europe and Canada for spine, and is cleared in the U.S. for adult spine patients over 16 years of age. Canon Medical Systems (Booth 8313) is showcasing the latest addition to its family of DR systems. The Canon CXDI-60G is a portable, cassette-type, at-panel detector that is less than an 40 Health Imaging & IT | November 2008 inch thick and weighs 5.9 pounds. In addition, the company is displaying the Canon CXDI-50G portable DR system which has a thin, light-weight design and an imaging area of 14 x 17 inches. The Canon CXDI-40EC DR System, which features the LANMIT 8, is equipped with a 17 x 17-inch imaging area. Carestream Health (Booth 8342) is debuting a wireless, cassette-size DR detector that can be used with existing wall stand or table-based Buckys. The Carestream DRX-1 System, currently a works in progress, is expected to be available during the ﬁrst quarter of 2009. It incorporates a console and a wireless 14 x 17 inch (35 x 43 cm) cassette-size detector. CMT Medical Technologies (Booth 3259) is introducing several new lines of products, based on the PrestoDR that include a baseline unit, the DR Elite, OmniX and GeminiX. The PrestoDR is a family of DR solutions, available in a variety of dual/single conﬁgurations, including PrestoDR Elite—a single-detector upright system, optimized for chest applications; the PrestoDR OmniX—a single detector, multi-purpose univerHealthImaging.com http://www.HealthImaging.com

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Health Imaging & IT - November 2008 Table of Contents On the Web The Enterprise News Update RIS/PACS Speech PACS Peripherals Advanced Visualization CT DR & CR CAD Molecular Imaging MRI Ultrasound Healthcare IT Furniture reading Services Cardiac Imaging Data Storage & Archiving Displays Oncology Imaging 3T MRI Flexing its Muscle Breast Imaging Workflow: Optimum Efficiency & Beyond Enterprise Long-term Storage: Plan for the Worst, Hope for the Best LCD Monitors Sharpen Soft-copy Mammography Defining Lung CAD’s Role Digital Endoscopy: Challenges for Enterprise Imaging Reader's Resource On the Frontline: CT in the ED

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