Computed Radiography System Developed for Point of Care

A new computed radiography (CR) system is designed to provide a full range of imaging exams directly to the point of care with minimal wait times. It is used in environments where patient comfort, exam speed, and imaging flexibility are of vital importance, including emergency, trauma, pediatric, neonatal, and general radiography departments.

Agfa HealthCare (Mortsel, Belgium), a leading provider of information technology- (IT)-enabled clinical workflow and diagnostic imaging systems, reported that Riley Hospital for Children (Indianapolis, IN, USA), a leading U.S. pediatric healthcare facility, has purchased a DX-STM system for its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Riley Hospital chose Agfa HealthCare's DX-S for its workflow benefits and excellent image quality. The system is placed within the NICU department, allowing portable X-rays to be completed without leaving the patient area.

Agfa HealthCare's DX-S is an innovative CR system that uses the DirectriX needle-based detector solution and Scanhead line-to-line CR simulation and light collection technology. DirectriX considerably improves X-ray sensitivity, while the line-to-line Scanhead system produces the image in seconds, allowing portable X-rays to be completed quickly to minimize disruption in the nursery environment. The DX-S system at Riley Hospital includes Agfa HealthCare's most advanced automated digital radiography image processing software, Musica² Platinum, which was designed to enhance pediatric image processing.

"Having a convenient system that can combine superior image quality and enables portable X-rays to be completed, without leaving the patient area, was critical to our selection of a new imager for our NICU,” said Dr. Mervyn Cohen, a professor of pediatric radiology at the Indiana University School of Medicine (Indianapolis, IN, USA). "The improved image quality of the DX-S can also decrease the number of exposures due to repeats caused by inadequate exposure technique.”

A leading alternative to direct radiography (DR), the DX-S provides the flexibility and economic advantages of CR with DR quality. It includes Agfa HealthCare's easy-to-operate workstation, which allows technologists to complete exams with fewer mouse clicks. "With advanced technology driving the imaging system, powerful software aiding the imaging process and a design that improves the experience for the clinician, the DX-S system has certainly become a welcome addition to Riley Hospital,” said Brian Hilgers, vice president, imaging, Agfa HealthCare, USA.

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