Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ECR will hold an online-only Summer Edition, with the theme “in the spirit of friendship”. Agfa will participate with an online booth. Multiple topics will be presented visually, which will lead the visitor to dedicated information, videos, customer testimonials, white papers and more. Agfa’s virtual exhibition will be available from 15-21 [...]
Agfa announced today, that Full-service healthcare network Hancock Health, in Greenfield, Indiana has purchased a DR 800 multi-purpose digital imaging room. With its MUSICA image quality, potential for lower dose and innovative, flexible design, the DR 800 supports the imaging and efficiency needs of this expanding healthcare provider. Hancock Health serves Indiana’s Hancock County and surrounding [...]
Agfa announces that the Buttstädt Surgery Practice, Germany, has switched to digital imaging with the DX-D 300 U-arm X-ray solution, following a competitive tender. Despite the current COVID-19 crisis, the implementation was completed in March 2020, and the new direct radiography (DR) X-ray system put into operation, delivering a faster workflow, better image quality and lower [...]
Speeding up chest exams by up to 30%, Chest+ offers a useful tool in the ‘fight against time’ for COVID-19 patients. As a dedicated partner to healthcare providers around the world, Agfa is offering its Chest+ software upgrade free of charge[1], to help them cope with the COVID-19 crisis. Chest imaging is a key part of [...]
Agfa has published a white paper that demonstrates the clinical value of digital tomosynthesis (DTS) in productivity-oriented clinical environments. The paper includes several musculoskeletal cases with indications, imaging examples, and the added value propositions of digital tomosynthesis. Agfa‘s digital tomosynthesis solution can add clinical value in a wide range of domains, including orthopedics (for the detection [...]
Agfa announces the launch of its digital tomosynthesis solution, which offers a fast, economical and low-dose technique to separate anatomical overlap in a variety of applications. Powered by MUSICA, digital tomosynthesis automatically delivers 3D reconstructions with optimal contrast and consistent quality across slices and images. The digital tomosynthesis solution can add clinical value in a wide [...]
Agfa announces that, together with its authorized distribution partner, E. Schweizer AG, it has signed an agreement with ALTIUS Swiss Sportmed Center, in Rheinfelden, Switzerland, to replace the practice’s existing, third-party X-ray system with the DR 400 floor-mounted direct radiography (DR) room. This complete DR system can grow and develop with the needs of the facility, [...]
Agfa announces today that the newly built, local brand, Sidilega Private Hospital in Gaborone, Botswana, has chosen to implement Agfa’s DR 800 multi-purpose direct radiography (DR) solution, as well as the DX-D 600 high-performance, fully-automated X-ray room and DR 100e* compact, mobile imaging unit. “We are very proud that this new, state-of-the-art care facility has chosen [...]
For its white paper, Frost & Sullivan interviewed heads of radiology departments working with the Agfa DR 800, on both sides of the Atlantic. They revealed their perspectives on how the multi-purpose solution helps them to remain competitive and meet the needs of the growing populations using their services. The versatile DR 800 can handle a [...]
Agfa announces that it has been selected through a competitive bid process to implement nine fixed and mobile direct radiography (DR) solutions in Evangelismos General Hospital, in Athens, Greece. The procurement of the equipment is made possible through a grant to the hospital from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). The SNF Health Initiative comprises a budget [...]
