Agfa HealthCare launches versatile tabletop CR digitizer

AGFAAgfa HealthCare announces the launch of the new CR 30-X, a versatile tabletop Computed Radiography (CR) solution. The compact digitizer offers the same efficiency and high image quality that users would expect in full floor-size models.

The user-friendly, single plate CR 30-X is designed for diagnostic imaging facilities of all sizes. The compact design makes it suitable for smaller facilities or areas where space might be an issue. In addition to the smaller size and attractive price, the CR 30-X high image quality, speed and networking abilities rival larger systems in its flexibility and convenience.

The CR 30-X integrates to local PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) networks, allowing imaging professionals to maximize the value of their existing or future PACS.

For those facilities that have yet to replace their film-based workflows, the CR 30-X is an affordable entry into digital imaging. For larger facilities, the CR 30-X can cost-effectively add remote areas to the digital network. For both, the system also offers consumable cost savings, and the added benefits of being more environmentally friendly, with the elimination of processing chemicals.

"The CR 30-X is the ideal solution for any imaging facility that wants to go digital, whether it is used in a multi-million dollar PACS environment or in a small imaging practice. It is easy-to-use, compact and affordable. The electronic image-distribution capabilities of the system help streamline the workflow, making users more productive." said David Chambers, vice president, Sales and Marketing Americas, Agfa HealthCare.

Agfa HealthCare's NX workstation is included with the CR 30-X, offering convenient image identification and quality control for the user. The CR 30-X is ideal for decentralized General Radiography (ICU, OR, Emergency), military field hospitals, physician offices, orthopedics, dental, chiropractic and veterinary use.

Agfa HealthCare's CR 30-X is now commercially available.

About Agfa
The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world's leading imaging and information technology companies. Agfa develops, manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems for the printing industry (Agfa Graphics), the healthcare sector (Agfa HealthCare) and film related products and specific industrial applications (Agfa Materials). Agfa's headquarters are in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is present in 40 countries and has agents in another 100 countries throughout the world. The Agfa-Gevaert Group achieved a turnover of 3,308 million Euro in 2005.

Agfa HealthCare supplies hospitals and other healthcare centers with state-of-the-art systems for the capturing, processing and managing of diagnostic images and with IT solutions that integrate information and imaging workflows into the overall hospital operations across departmental disciplines. In addition, Agfa is a leader in the fast growing market of IT systems that span the entire healthcare enterprise and through which healthcare facilities become more efficient and effective, with improved patient outcomes. For more information on Agfa, visit www.agfa.com.

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