New Mobile X-Ray Platform Provide Improvements Agility and Flexibility
By MedImaging International staff writers Posted on 27 Jul 2011 |
A new platform of user-friendly, mobile X-ray systems provides improvements in effectiveness, accessibility, and flexibility to help address the increasingly specialized radiographic needs of patients.
GE Healthcare (Chalfont St. Giles, UK) announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of Optima XR220amx, Optima XR200amx, and Brivo XR285amx. Building upon GE Healthcare’s innovative medical imaging AMX mobile X-ray product range, these systems are designed to provide healthcare professionals with fast, low-dose, high quality images that can aid in accurate diagnoses as early as possible in challenging clinical settings.
“This new mobile platform represents yet another step toward more patient-centered, user-friendly medical imaging” said Anne LeGrand, vice president and general manager for GE Healthcare’s X-ray business. “In listening to our customers across the globe, we believe a one-size-fits-all approach to X-ray no longer fully satisfies users or best serves patients. These next generation systems are designed to offer new levels of agility, reliability, and access--all in an effort to improve quality of care by bringing X-ray directly to the patient.”
The digital Optima XR220amx, digital-ready Optima XR200amx, and Brivo XR285amx are more compact and powerful than their predecessors. They feature intuitive touch screens, immediate start-up capability, more storage, and the high image quality required in the current radiographic environment.
Mobile X-ray is designed for use when it is not safe or practical to move a patient from his or her bed to the radiology department. Specifically, Optima XR220amx is built to bring digital X-ray directly to the patient in the emergency room, intensive care unit and other clinical settings, while offering ergonomic improvements that can streamline transportation and patient positioning. Optima XR220amx also immediately integrates with GE’s novel FlashPad digital wireless detector.
Integrating FlashPad--a durable and adaptable wireless digital detector--with GE’s new mobile X-ray platform can impact diagnostic confidence while maintaining high image quality at low-dose levels. FlashPad also operates on a dedicated frequency spectrum using sophisticated ultra-wideband technology, thereby avoiding the congestion and competition found on many busy hospital wi-fi networks.
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GE Healthcare (Chalfont St. Giles, UK) announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of Optima XR220amx, Optima XR200amx, and Brivo XR285amx. Building upon GE Healthcare’s innovative medical imaging AMX mobile X-ray product range, these systems are designed to provide healthcare professionals with fast, low-dose, high quality images that can aid in accurate diagnoses as early as possible in challenging clinical settings.
“This new mobile platform represents yet another step toward more patient-centered, user-friendly medical imaging” said Anne LeGrand, vice president and general manager for GE Healthcare’s X-ray business. “In listening to our customers across the globe, we believe a one-size-fits-all approach to X-ray no longer fully satisfies users or best serves patients. These next generation systems are designed to offer new levels of agility, reliability, and access--all in an effort to improve quality of care by bringing X-ray directly to the patient.”
The digital Optima XR220amx, digital-ready Optima XR200amx, and Brivo XR285amx are more compact and powerful than their predecessors. They feature intuitive touch screens, immediate start-up capability, more storage, and the high image quality required in the current radiographic environment.
Mobile X-ray is designed for use when it is not safe or practical to move a patient from his or her bed to the radiology department. Specifically, Optima XR220amx is built to bring digital X-ray directly to the patient in the emergency room, intensive care unit and other clinical settings, while offering ergonomic improvements that can streamline transportation and patient positioning. Optima XR220amx also immediately integrates with GE’s novel FlashPad digital wireless detector.
Integrating FlashPad--a durable and adaptable wireless digital detector--with GE’s new mobile X-ray platform can impact diagnostic confidence while maintaining high image quality at low-dose levels. FlashPad also operates on a dedicated frequency spectrum using sophisticated ultra-wideband technology, thereby avoiding the congestion and competition found on many busy hospital wi-fi networks.
Related Links:
GE Healthcare
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