Computed radiography firm PhorMax of Palo Alto, CA, on Dec. 3 announced a CR technology sharing deal with film and PACS giant Agfa of Ridgefield Park, NJ. Under the agreement, Agfa will provide PhorMax with its Musica software for CR image processing.
PhorMax will integrate Musica software into its CRView low-cost readers. Musica employs algorithms to enable artifact-free enhancement of detail and contrast in CR images.
PhorMax launched CRView at this month’s RSNA conference in Chicago. The company already has an agreement with Agfa in which it will offer the company’s storage phosphor plates to CRView customers and distributors.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersDecember 3, 1999
![Representative example of a 16-year-old male patient with underlying X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. (A, B) Paired anteroposterior (AP) chest radiograph and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) report shows lumbar spine (L1 through L4) areal bone mineral density (BMD). The DXA report was reformatted for anonymization and improved readability. The patient had low BMD (Z score ≤ −2.0). (C) Model (chest radiography [CXR]–BMD) output shows the predicted raw BMD and Z score in comparison with the DXA reference standard, together with interpretability analyses using Shapley additive explanations (SHAP) and gradient-weighted class activation maps. The patient was classified as having low BMD, consistent with the reference standard. AM = age-matched, DEXA = dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, RM2 = room 2, SNUH = Seoul National University Hospital, YA = young adult.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/ai-children-bone-density.0snnf2EJjr.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
