Overview of CR offerings

Sep 15, 2004
COMPANY
Dot		 PRODUCTS
Dot		 KEY SPECS AND FEATURES
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Agfa HealthCare
Greenville, SC		 ADC Compact Plus Includes Musica image processing and a cassette-handling buffer system for workflow efficiency.
ADC Solo Musica processing; direct identification system that allows simultaneous ID and scan.
Alara
Hayward, CA		 CRystalView Desktop reader; can also be mounted on a cart for portability. Throughput of 50 plates per hour.
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester, NY		 DirectView CR 950 Processes up to 86 cassettes an hour; can be networked to DirectView remote operations panels.
DirectView CR 900 Multiple cassette loading and processing; for centralized applications.
DirectView CR 850
DirectView CR 800		 Single-cassette readers; DirectView CR 850 can process up to 104 cassettes per hour; both have footprints of 25 x 29 inches.
DirectView CR 500 Desktop unit; can process 60 cassettes per hour; can be placed anywhere needed.
ACR-2000 Desktop unit for lower-volume environments.
ACR-2000i Same features as ACR-2000, but with integrated phosphor plate eraser.
2000RT Desktop unit.
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA
Stamford, CT		 FCR Velocity-U Uses Fuji's HD LineScan technology to process 240 images per hour; upright reader with footprint of 3 square feet.
ClearView-D
ClearView-ES		 Includes Dual-Side Reading, technology that results in images with less noise and 30%-40% higher DQE than single-side reading CR. Optional Energy Subtraction (ES) processing upgrades ClearView-D to ClearView-ES; can process between 120 to 184 images per hour.
ClearView-CS Features Dual-Side Reading technology and throughput of up to 165 plates per hour.
SmartCR A compact reader unit for imaging plate scanning and erasure; includes Fuji's Flash IIP console workstation for patient ID, image preview, reprocessing, and transmission to PACS or imager.
FCR 5000MA
(pending FDA clearance)		 Work-in-progress mammography CR unit.
GE Healthcare
Waukesha, WI		 Centricity CR MP3510 High-volume unit (90-100 plates per hour) for multiroom or centralized applications.
Centricity CR SP1001 Portable low-volume unit that processes 45-55 plates per hour.
Centricity SP100 Portable unit that processes 25-30 plates per hour.
iCRco
Torrance, CA		 iCR1000 Third-generation roller-free CR (99.5% less artifacts over roller-based CR systems); decentralized CR digitizer; 40 plates per hour. Can be purchased with integrated film scanner.
iCR2600 Same features as iCR1000, but can process up to 60 plates per hour. Includes iCR EDGE high-fidelity image processing. Can be purchased with integrated film scanner.
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging
Wayne, NJ		 Regius Model 150 CR Reader Offers automated image processing and distribution; vertical bay allows for insertion of up to five cassettes.
Xpress CR Dual-bay CR system designed to meet a wide range of workflow requirements; includes second-plate insertion feature, and can be networked to create a multiprocessor, multibay solution.
Orex Computed Radiography USA
Auburndale, MA		 Dual PcCR 1417 Two systems with only one QC station; can process up to 80 cassettes per hour.
PcCR 1417/812 Desktop units: PcCR 1417 is cassette-loading; PcCR 812 is manual-loading. Can process up to 40 plates and 12 plates per hour, respectively.
ACLxy CR Single-plate processing speed of up to 75 plates per hour; can be combined with Z-Cart to be used as a portable system; work-in-progress version for mammography.
Philips Medical Systems
Andover, MA		 PCR Compano Single plate with QC station, designed for decentralized use or use for two x-ray rooms with low-to-medium patient throughput; good for intensive care and trauma; can process up to 90 plates per hour.
PCR Compano S Smaller unit for low-to-medium volume use.
PCR Corado For high-volume environments; can process up to 165 cassettes per hour; resolution down to 100 microns.
PCR CosimaX PCR CosimaX Same features as Corado, with addition of dual-side reading for special imaging plates (80 plates per hour throughput) with 50-micron pixel size image resolution.
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