DR Technology Streamlines Image Workflow

(Lake Success, NY,USA), presented the company's range of DR systems at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons' (AAOS) annual meeting, held February 14-16, in San Diego, CA, USA.

"Canon has been at the forefront of DR innovation, introducing the industry's first portable DR system in 2001,” said Tsuneo Imai, director and general manager, Medical Systems Division, Canon USA, Inc. "Today, Canon offers portable DR solutions that deliver excellent image quality, virtually seamless network and workflow integration with DICOM [Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine] Standard-compliant devices to the orthopedic community.”

The range of Canon's DR systems presented at the meeting include: the Canon CXDI-50G full size, portable DR system. It is a light-weight, large imaging area (14-inch x 17-inch) DR system that is integrated with the AMX-4 DR upgrade, making it appropriate for bedside or post-surgical procedures.

In addition, the RadPro elevating table/wall stand suite will feature the Canon CXDI-50C portable DR system, which provides high-quality diagnostic images efficiently with minimal x-ray exposure to patients, making it suitable for pediatric and orthopedic use. Moreover, the flexibility of the Canon CXDI 50 series portable DR systems offers orthopedic surgeons a one-plate system that allows the DR panel to be interchanged between the table and the wall stand, providing a cost-effective DR solution.

The Canon DR Image Viewer software improves workflow efficiency of the digital radiography system with an intuitive, user-friendly interface. Canon DR images can be manipulated without compromising throughput, thus assisting the healthcare provider's efficiency in delivering patient care. This economic and fully-scalable system provides the user with pixel-to-pixel display of individual or multiple high-resolution Canon DR images.

Suitable for orthopedic clinics, the Image Viewer features pan, zoom, and measurement tools such as cobb angles, as well as saves images to CD and sends images to any Windows-based desktop printer and/or a DICOM Standard-compliant network device. In addition, its optional modules, including stitching and implant matching for surgical templating applications, make it suitable for scoliosis and long-leg imaging, as well as for pre-surgical planning for the orthopedic surgeon. Additionally, included in the new version of DR Image Viewer software is the DR Image Viewer Light, providing the ability to copy an image to a CD/DVD with or without a subset of the viewing and manipulating tools.


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