Direct Digital DR System Uses Direct Capture Technology

A fully automated direct digital radiography table and upright system generates images of excellent quality and includes special design elements and fast image cycle times that will help imaging departments increase efficiency and maximize productivity.

FujiFilm Medical Systems USA (Stamford, CT, USA) reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) approval has been received for the Fuji digital radiography (FDR) AcSelerate system, making it available for sale in the United States.

A fully automated digital table and upright system, the FDR AcSelerate is the latest addition to Fujifilm's line of DR systems, and is the only general radiography system currently available using a direct image capture technology. This amorphous selenium technology, combined with Fujifilm's advanced image processing experience, produces images of outstanding clarity and sharpness with superior contrast resolution for increased diagnostic confidence. The FDR AcSelerate also provides the potential for dose reduction, and a dose area product meter (DAP) is available so that physicians can monitor patient dose per exam and total dose per study.

"The importance of image quality to providing the best possible patient care cannot be underestimated, so when Fujifilm developed the FDR AcSelerate we chose to design our own detector with superior physical properties to provide radiologists with images of optimal quality,” explained Penny Maier, Fujifilm's director of marketing, imaging systems.

The FDR AcSelerate is already installed at Swedish Covenant Hospital (SCH; Chicago, IL, USA), where a clinical evaluation of the unit has taken place. "We are thrilled to be the first North American install of AcSelerate,” said Bradley Carlton, director of radiology at Swedish Covenant. "AcSelerate's direct digital capture technology lives up to its image quality claims which is key to radiologist satisfaction. And our technologists love the automated positioning features to help them maximize our patient throughput.”

The intuitive design of the FDR AcSelerate enables technologists to work more efficiently, departments to be more productive, and patients to have reduced wait times. A fully automated table and upright system, it can be properly positioned for most any general radiography exam with just the touch of a button. Moreover, with a lightweight ergonomic design, AcSelerate takes less effort to position than traditional systems. The system provides image preview in two seconds with cycle times of only four seconds, and the new FDX Console workstation is now configured to alert technologists when exams are ready to expose.

The FDR AcSelerate will be upgradeable for tomosynthesis and energy subtraction; both applications are expected to be available later this year. Both require FDA 510(k) clearance.

As one of the FujiFilm Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) family of companies, FujiFilm Medical Systems USA, Inc. is a leading provider of diagnostic imaging products and network systems. Fujifilm's family of imaging systems products and technologies including digital X-ray, women's healthcare imaging, dry imagers, and conventional X-ray film and equipment are designed to suit many different applications for a variety of imaging environments.

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