Agfa HealthCare launches new family of entry level CR solutions at ECR 2011

Solutions lowering cost barriers to going digital, without any compromise on image quality

MORTSEL, BELGIUM and VIENNA, AUSTRIA - (HealthTech Wire / News) -   By launching its new family of basic computed radiography (CR) solutions at ECR 2011, Agfa HealthCare (ECR, Hall A, Booth #103) is showcasing a cost-effective way for hospitals to adopt CR. The CR 30-X, CR 30-x and CR 30-Xm all offer robustness and serviceability, as well as the top-notch image processing of MUSICA2.

Story Highlights
  • Basic CR solutions offer same high image quality as Agfa HealthCare's most advanced CR solutions, but at a lower price point
  • Range covers both genrad and mammography imaging
  • A cost-effective way for hospitals to adopt CR

The range of basic CR solutions being launched at ECR includes:

  • CR 30-X: a high-volume desktop digitizer, supporting a broad range of genrad applications including full leg/full spine (FLFS).
  • CR 30-x: a low-volume desktop digitizer supporting the same broad range of radiology exams.
  • CR 30-Xm: a high-volume desktop digitizer that can be used for both mammography and general radiology.

Each of these CR systems is supported by MUSICA2, Agfa HealthCare's gold-standard image processing software, and offers the same image quality as Agfa HealthCare's most advanced CR systems. The CR 30-X and CR 30-x always offer image quality with100 micrometer resolution, while the CR 30-Xm, for mammography, offers images with very fine 50 micrometer pixel definition. 

CR versatility with uncompromising image quality

Hans Vandewyngaerde, Vice President Region Europe, Agfa HealthCare, explains: "We are committed to offering the benefits of CR to all types of hospitals and healthcare facilities, whether large or small, with a high volume or low volume of imaging. With our new family of basic CR solutions we have focused on developing solutions that offer the same high image quality, but in a set of basic, compact and cost-effective systems suitable for any imaging environment." 

Please visit Agfa HealthCare's booth #103 in hall A for a demonstration and to speak with an Agfa HealthCare product expert.

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Source: Agfa HealthCare