Agfa HealthCare previews IMPAX(TM) Registration and Fusion, the newest module of the Advanced Clinical Applications suite of IMPAX

 

ECR (Expo B #212) / Vienna, Austria - March 9, 2007 - 14:00 a.m. CET

 

Agfa HealthCare announces today that they will be demonstrating IMPAX(TM) Registration and Fusion for the first time at ECR 2007. This work in progress product is part of the Advanced Clinical Applications suite of IMPAX. Answering the need of reading radiologists to compare single modality as well as multi-modality images, IMPAX Registration & Fusion will allow for single modality registration for follow up studies (CT/CT, MR/MR), multi-modality fusion for anatomical studies (CT/MR) or a combination of anatomical and physiological studies (tracers in PET images). The solution will be ideally suited for non-invasive diagnosis and surgical treatment planning.

 

Agfa HealthCare's Advanced Clinical Applications, integrated into IMPAX, aim to offer point-of-care access to such applications as 3D, X-ray Angio Analysis (1), Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) (2), Virtual Colonoscopy and nuclear medicine. Healthcare providers today feel the pressure to provide higher quality, faster service, better outcome, results distribution to referrals and increased customer satisfaction. Advanced workflow IT solutions, such as IMPAX Clinical Applications, that will integrate seamlessly into their environments, supports them in reaching those goals.

 

IMPAX Clinical Applications offer a tighter integration in Agfa HealthCare's PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) platform than what is typically available with third party integrations.  This leads to increased productivity and brings down the barriers that hamper the workflow. The solution supports healthcare providers to focus on the patient instead of on interoperability concerns - so often seen in non-integrated situations as for example non-integrated modality workstations.  The various modules of IMPAX Clinical Applications bring several advanced clinical applications into the single IMPAX desktop. The advantages include a single log on, a single solution and Agfa HealthCare's service and support. They allow radiologists and other clinicians to perform complex image processing without having to go to a specialized workstation.

 

"With IMPAX Clinical Applications, radiologists will only need to learn one new application, namely IMPAX, as the Clinical Applications modules are tightly integrated into the IMPAX system," said Guy Klaassen, Global Clinical Applications Product Line Manager. "The various modules will conveniently put information into one place for radiologists, so that hey can make informed decisions for their patients exactly when it is needed: at the point of diagnosis."

 

(1) Note: Work in progress
(2) Note: Work in progress

 

 

Guy Klaassen
Clinical Applications Product Line Manager

T +32 (0)3 444 72 71
guy.klaassen@agfa.com

Dimitry De Schepper
MarCom Manager RIS/PACS & Services

T +32 (0)3 444 73 75
dimitry.deschepper@agfa.com

Johan Jacobs
Corporate Press Relations Manager

T +32 (0)3 444 80 15
johan.jacobs@agfa.com

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