With the DR 800 imaging multi-tool, the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has turned a dark fluoroscopy room at the West Suffolk Hospital into a productive space for dynamic imaging that eliminates waste and adds value to the patient’s care and experience. The role of fluoroscopy procedures in imaging and patient care is changing, extending well [...]

After 10 years of using computed radiography (CR) for mammography, Dr. Merino Pohl, chief radiologist of mammography at the Inmunomédica Medical Center in Concepción, was considering switching to direct radiography (DR).  Dr. Merino Pohl turned to Agfa to find out about purchasing a dedicated DR mammography system. “We’ve worked with Agfa for over 15 years at this [...]

Healthcare facilities today face a shared challenge: to deliver increasingly high performance with the same number of staff and with the same, or a higher, workload.  But in radiology, in particular, ensuring a high standard of patient care through fast and confident diagnoses has always been a key objective. Teaching hospital Evangelische Kliniken (EVK) Gelsenkirchen in [...]

A large catchment – nearly 1 million people – with a broad socioeconomic range means the 2000 staff members at Logan Hospital, in Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia, deal with a very busy service and some challenging patient cases. The emergency department of this public, nontertiary hospital is one of the largest and busiest in the state of [...]

Klinikum Mutterhaus der Borromäerinnen, a teaching hospital in Trier (Germany), has made the transition from CR to DR systems in its radiology department. As well as allowing more examinations to be carried out, the fully digital process also benefits radiology assistants and physicians. The radiology department at Klinikum Mutterhaus der Borromäerinnen took its first steps in [...]

Find out how our DR 600 ceiling suspended DR room helped the  'Centre Hospitalier" in Bigorre, France to improve their workflow. Read the story (in French)