Fujifilm's flat panel FDR AcSelerate(TM) is a fully automated table and upright system with a lightweight ergonomic design that takes much less effort to use, position and operate than traditional systems. (PRNewsFoto/FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA)
CHICAGO, IL UNITED STATES
New spin on flat panel DR detector technology produces superior image quality
CHICAGO, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA, Inc., the
world leader in digital x-ray with more than 61,800 systems shipped, is
pleased to show a groundbreaking flat panel DR system, the FDR
AcSelerate(TM)(1). This sophisticated DR system will revolutionize the
capabilities of flat panel detectors using amorphous selenium direct image
capture technology to produce general radiographic images of exceptional
quality.
The FDR AcSelerate represents the next generation of Fujifilm's 25 years
of experience in digital x-ray capture technology featuring the only direct
detector for general radiography applications available today. By increasing
the thickness of the amorphous selenium layer, the FDR AcSelerate detector
provides higher sensitivity and better conversion efficiency with a DQE
(detective quantum efficiency) twenty percent better and MTF (modular transfer
function). That is roughly twice that of any indirect detector on the
market(2), giving clinicians the potential for dose reduction and presenting
image quality that is unprecedented among current general radiographic
systems.
"Fujifilm has taken our 25 years of experience optimizing images for
display, combined it with our dedication to product evolution, and found the
best way possible to deliver a DR technology so clinicians can benefit from
the highest quality images," says Tom Briggs, Marketing Manager, DR, Fujifilm
Medical Systems USA. "Fujifilm has created the superior FDR AcSelerate system
by revolutionizing an existing technology that takes the capabilities of flat
panel detectors to the next level."
The x-ray component of the FDR AcSelerate is a fully automated table and
upright system with a lightweight ergonomic design that takes much less effort
to use, position and operate than traditional systems. With just the touch of
a button, technologists at high volume facilities will benefit from the
enhanced productivity and flexibility of the FDR AcSelerate. The system
performs nearly any general radiology exam using fully automated features,
thus avoiding physical stress and repetitive injury to technologists.
For more information about the FDR AcSelerate, visit RSNA booth #4039.
About FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA
As one of the FUJIFILM Corporation family of companies with 70 years of
imaging experience and more than $28 billion in sales, FUJIFILM Medical
Systems USA is a leading provider of diagnostic imaging products and network
systems to meet the needs of healthcare facilities today and well into the
future. Fujifilm's family of Imaging Systems products and technologies --
including digital x-ray, women's healthcare imaging, dry imagers, and
conventional x-ray film and equipment -- are tailored to suit many different
applications for a variety of imaging environments. The pioneer in the field,
Fujifilm remains the market leader in digital x-ray with products that are
clinically proven and constantly evolving to set the standard in digital
imaging innovation. FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA is headquartered in Stamford,
CT. More information is available at www.fujimed.com.
(1) The FDR AcSelerate requires FDA 510(k) approval and is not yet
available for sale in the US. Expected availability is third quarter of 2009.
(2) 2008 JAPANESE SOCIETY OF RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY (JSRT) April 5, 2008
presentation # 300 and 301
