AGFA GEVAERT : St. Marys Memorial Hospital site of Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance installs Agfa HealthCare DR X-ray suite
June 26, 2014 at 10:09 am EDT
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State-of-the-art digital X-ray room features Agfa HealthCare's ceiling-suspended DX-D 600 DR system
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Mortsel, Belgium/Toronto, Canada
June 26, 2014 4:00 PM CET
- Agfa HealthCare's DR X-ray suite will be used for wide range of exams including chest, abdomen, spine and extremity work - Facility anticipates improved workflow, decreased exam times and increased image quality
Agfa HealthCare announces today the installation of a DX-D 600 automatic digital X-ray suite at St. Marys Hospital Site of Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance (HPHA), a 20-bed acute and complex continuing care hospital with emergency department in St. Marys, Ontario, Canada. The ceiling-suspended, fully motorized, dual detector direct radiography (DR) system from Agfa HealthCare will be used for a wide range of exams including chest, abdomen, spine and extremity work.
"We are all very excited about this new technology which will improve workflow, decrease exam times and increase image quality. Immediate image availability also reduces patient wait times," said Diane Smith, HPHA Manager of Medical Imaging.
To aid in the transition while St. Marys Hospital Site completes the installation of its new DR X-Ray suite, Agfa HealthCare has provided the facility with a mobile DX-D 100 DR system with excellent MUSICA image quality to provide imaging services outside the X-ray room. Continued Smith, "It will be well worth the wait for completion of this new technology strengthening St. Marys site's digital imaging capability."
Once installation is complete, St. Marys will benefit from the DX-D 600's excellent image quality provided by industry-leading MUSICA next generation image processing software and the improved workflow thanks to the fully integrated NX Workstation. The immediate image availability means that images are available for the clinician to review before a final report is published, speeding up workflow and reducing patient wait times. In addition, the
DX-D 600 features dose monitoring tools to monitor exposure trends, giving the facility the ability to potentially lower dose, while producing incredibly sharp images.
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Agfa-Gevaert NV is one of the world leaders in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of imaging systems and products. Net sales break down by sector of activity as follows:
- Radiology solutions (36.9%). Agfa-Gevaert NV supplies radiology departments of hospitals all over the world with traditional X-ray film, hardcopy film and printers, digital radiography equipment and image processing software. Agfa's roots are in traditional medical imaging, but in today's healthcare market, digital radiography has become the dominant technology. All Agfa's digital radiography systems are offered with the company's leading MUSICA image processing software and its MUSICA workstation for image identification, acquisition and quality control;
- Digital Print & Chemicals (35.6%). Agfa-Gevaert NV supplies sign & display printing companies with a range of highly productive and versatile wide-format inkjet printers and dedicated inks, in addition to workflow software, cutting machines and inkjet media. Agfa produces classic film-based products, such as film for non-destructive testing and aerial photography, as well as microfilm and film for the production of printed circuit boards;
- HealthCare IT (21.6%). Agfa-Gevaert NV offers Imaging IT Solutions (The Enterprise Imaging platform creates a true imaging record for every patient, containing all possible images of the patient, regardless of the department and the facility that created them), Hospital IT Solutions (the leading Hospital Information System /Clinical Information System ORBIS, connects medical departments and administrative departments of hospitals into one virtual network), and Integrated Care Solutions (these solutions support collaboration across the borders of care organizations and medical disciplines and enable hospitals to actively engage with all stakeholders in the expanded care process, including physicians, informal care-givers and patients) ;
- Offset solutions (5.9%). Agfa-Gevaert NV is a leading supplier to the printing industry, offering innovative and reliable solutions. Commercial, newspaper and packaging printers around the globe rely on Agfa for the most extensive range of integrated solutions, from computer-to-plate systems with digital offset plates over color management and workflow optimization software to pressroom chemicals.