Agfa Gevaert : HealthCare highlights ‘need for speed’ with Enterprise Imaging for Nuclear Medicine at EANM 2015
October 07, 2015 at 08:04 am EDT
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Mortsel, Belgium
October 7, 2015 2:00 PM CET
- Solution offers fully automated workflow for the nuclear medicine department, advanced image processing and speech recognition. - Enables increased personalization of patient care through enhanced collaboration.
Agfa HealthCare announces today that it will showcase how its Enterprise Imaging for Nuclear Medicine helps nuclear medicine departments excel in efficiency, increase clinical throughput and enhance cross-departmental communication, at the 2015 Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), held in Hamburg, Germany, October 10-14.
Built on proven technology, Enterprise Imaging for Nuclear Medicine is designed to meet the specific requirements of nuclear medicine, fully integrating the nuclear medicine or molecular imaging department's workflow and optimizing interdepartmental collaboration.
Integrated care
With Enterprise Imaging for Nuclear Medicine, Agfa HealthCare delivers integrated care to the nuclear medicine department. The fully automated workflow from order to result provides optimized efficiency, while the advanced image processing and speech recognition allow increased clinical throughput. Improved interdepartmental communication, such as for tumor boards, increases personalized patient care.
'Multiple modalities and increased complexity are the daily reality for the nuclear medicine department; Enterprise Imaging for Nuclear Medicine has been specifically designed to help the department to excel - in efficiency, clinical throughput and communication,' comments Hans Vandewyngaerde, President EMEA at Agfa HealthCare. 'It answers the 'need for speed': with all patient studies in a single window, it offers convenience, speed, a common layout and user-friendliness. Enterprise Imaging for Nuclear Medicine delivers all the benefits of integrated care to the nuclear medicine department, while supporting the hospital and caregivers in meeting the future integrated care demands of the patient-centric healthcare model.'
Find out more about Enterprise Imaging for Nuclear Medicine by visiting us at the 28th Annual EANM Congress: booth#, October 10-14, Hamburg, Germany.
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.