The Instituto do Coração (InCor), São Paulo, Brazil, is an integral part of the Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP). This hospital is the largest in Latin America and is ranked among the top hospitals globally. Established in 1963, InCor annually manages around 260,000 medical consultations, 13,000 hospital stays, [...]
From Sept 1 to 3, the Regional Emergency and Urgency agency (AREU) will manage the health services for the 2023 FORMULA 1 PIRELLI GRAND PRIX of Italy at the Autodrom Nazionale. Throughout the event, AREU will handle and oversee all medical operations to guarantee the safety of every participant. Autodromo Nazionale Monza will facilitate the use of [...]
Bringing together senior radiologists and medical imaging technologists from different countries, the board uses their combined and shared expertise to develop knowledge-based advice on strategies for the development of diagnostic X-ray. Founded in 2020, the Radiology Advisory Board has a mission to investigate the role of X-ray imaging as a diagnostic tool, and the potential strategies. [...]
Agfa's Neonatal Imaging Package optimises your NICU workflow with a dedicated MUSICA Neonatal and Catheter processing sofware and an advanced Dose Monitoring tool. Identify central lines, amblical lines and PPIC positions with a single click. Because small Patients need Bigger Care!
Your smallest patients are a big priority at Agfa. Children are more sensitive to radiation and its cumulative effects. Over the course of treatment premature infants can undergo as many as 30-40 examinations, and dose management is an important consideration. We design our dedicated pediatric and neonatal digital radiography solutions to deliver the optimum balance between [...]
The first 28 days are the most vulnerable time for a child’s survival. Children face the highest risk of dying in their first month of life at an average global rate of 18 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021. In all, 2.3 Million children have died in the first month of their life in 2021 [...]
In July 2023, Associazione La Nostra Famiglia, in Bosisio Parini (Lecco), Italy, went live with the Agfa DR 600 direct radiography (DR) room. For 76 years, La nostra Famiglia, a non-profit organisation with 28 offices in 6 italian regions, is dedicated to the care and rehabilitation of people with disabilities, in particular children and young adults. [...]
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - Hemel Hempstead Hospital X-ray department take delivery of their 3rd Agfa Radiology Solutions DR 600 solution. Radiographers within the department will benefit from a fully automated DR room with ZeroForce positioning and MUSICA high image quality with low dose features. This latest room has Agfa's 3D live vision camera [...]
A study was conducted by Frost & Sullivan at Rush University Medical Center, USA, in their imaging centers with two ceiling suspended X-ray rooms, and one mobile digital radiography unit from Agfa Radiology Solutions. The center performs a variety of X-ray acquisitions including chest, abdomen, bone survey, ankle, foot, hand, wrist, etc. with an average volume [...]
Not all images are taken in an X-ray room, with the detector in a bucky. Whether at the bedside or in the X-ray room, the detector can be upside down, oriented in portrait or landscape mode, etc. The resulting image then has to be adjusted to the correct orientation with an additional manual action. SmartRotate always presents [...]
