Agfa HealthCare has been named the category leader for single-plate computed radiography (CR) in the "2011 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Medical Equipment & Infrastructure". Agfa HealthCare's CR 30-X digitizer is the No. 1 ranked CR product for the third consecutive year, according to KLAS, a research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors.
Two Agfa HealthCare CR digitizers continue to score high
The CR 30-X maintained its place as the No. 1 single-plate CR with an overall score of 89.8, besting its own score from its 2010 first place ranking, and scoring higher than any other ranked single or multi-plate CR for 2011. And according to the medical equipment report, 96 percent of respondents would purchase the product again. Additionally, Agfa HealthCare's DX-S digitizer had an overall score of 90.9 for single-plate CR and 100 percent of respondents said they would buy the DX-S again. However, due to the limited sample size, it was not eligible to be the leader.
"It is an honor to be named a category leader for three years by KLAS," said Greg Cefalo, U.S. Imaging Business Unit Manager, Agfa HealthCare. "This is a considerable achievement and testament to the fact that the strong CR product line of Agfa HealthCare is meeting the needs of healthcare facilities with its high quality, ease-of-deployment, and improved efficiency and workflow at the point of care."
CR 30-X offers high quality, compact size, affordability and leading-edge software
KLAS recognizes top vendors that have been determined by their customers to have gone above and beyond expectations at every stage of the buying process. A compact, tabletop single-slot digitizer for computed radiography, the CR 30-X requires little space, making it ideal for confined areas or mobile applications. Capable of processing up to 76 plates per hour, the system combines high throughput with excellent image quality, seamlessly integrating with other systems.
The CR 30-X combines its affordability, compact size, and efficiency with market-leading imaging software to distinguish itself from other CR solutions. The system works in conjunction with Agfa HealthCare's NX, the CR's image identification and quality control workstation, designed to enable users to efficiently complete digital X-ray exposure. Additionally, the CR 30-X uses MUSICA2 intelligent image processing software for automatic optimization of the final image quality without the need for manual intervention. Reaching a production milestone of 10,000 units in May of this year, the CR 30-X has shown itself to be an integral part of Agfa HealthCare's comprehensive family of CR and direct radiography (DR) solutions.
DX-S provides state-of-the-art image quality, with a potential reduction in X-ray dose
Agfa HealthCare's DX-S solution was designed to deliver a full range of imaging exams directly to the point of care with minimum wait times. It is used in environments where patient comfort, exam speed, and imaging flexibility are important, including emergency, trauma, pediatric, neonatal, and general radiology departments. The DX-S was the first Agfa HealthCare CR unit to utilize needle imaging phosphor plates (NIPs) which provide state-of the-art image quality and offer the potential to reduce patient dose. This technology can also be found in Agfa HealthCare's next-generation DX-G CR system, which utilizes needle-based detectors with flying spot light pick up and a five plate "drop and go" buffer for increased productivity and improved image quality.
KLAS works with executives, managers and professionals from over 4,500 hospitals and more than 2,500 clinics, gathering data to measure vendor performance. Through reports on software, professional services, and medical equipment vendors, KLAS provides an informative overview of vendor performance in the healthcare industry.
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About Agfa
The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world's leading companies in imaging and information technology. Agfa develops manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems for the printing industry (Agfa Graphics), for the healthcare sector (Agfa HealthCare), and for specific industrial applications (Agfa Materials). Agfa is headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is present in 40 countries and has agents in another 100 countries around the globe. The Agfa-Gevaert Group achieved a turnover of 2,948 million euro in 2010.
About Agfa HealthCare
Agfa HealthCare, a member of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, is a leading global provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions. The company has nearly a century of healthcare experience and has been a pioneer on the healthcare IT market since the early 1990's. Today Agfa HealthCare designs, develops and delivers state-of-the-art systems for capturing, managing and processing diagnostic images and clinical/administrative information for hospitals and healthcare facilities, as well as contrast media solutions to enable effective medical imaging results. The company has sales offices and agents in over 100 markets worldwide. Sales for Agfa HealthCare in 2010 were 1,180 million euro.