San Diego, Calif. - Canon Medical Systems, a division of Canon U.S.A, Inc., demonstrated how its digital radiography (DR) systems can help streamline and improve a physician's image workflow at the recent American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' (AAOS) Annual Meeting in San Diego.

"Canon has been at the forefront of DR innovation, introducing the industry's first portable DR system in 2001," said Tsuneo Imai, director and general manager, Medical Systems Division, Canon U.S.A, Inc. "Today, Canon offers portable DR solutions that deliver excellent image quality, virtually seamless network and workflow integration with DICOM* Standard-compliant devices to the orthopaedic community."

Canon DR systems and solutions include:
# Portable DR Systems - The full size, portable DR system - the Canon CXDI-50G - is a light-weight, large imaging area (14-inch x 17-inch) DR system that will be shown integrated with the AMX-4 DR upgrade, making it appropriate for bedside or post surgical procedures. In addition, the RadPro elevating table/wall stand suite will feature the Canon CXDI-50C portable DR system, which delivers high-quality diagnostic images efficiently with minimal X-ray exposure to patients, making it ideal for pediatric and orthopedic use. Also, the flexibility of the Canon CXDI 50 series portable DR systems offers orthopedic surgeons a one plate solution that allows the DR panel to be interchanged between the table and the wall stand, providing a cost effective DR solution.
# Canon DR Image Viewer Software - Canon improves workflow efficiency of the digital radiography system with an intuitive, user-friendly interface. Canon DR images can be manipulated without compromising throughput, thus assisting the health care provider's efficiency in delivering patient care. This economical and fully-scalable solution provides the user with pixel-to-pixel display of individual or multiple high-resolution Canon DR images. Fitting for orthopedic clinics, the Canon DR Image Viewer features pan, zoom and measurement tools such as cobb angles, as well as saves images to CD and sends images to any Windows-based desktop printer and/or a DICOM Standard-compliant network device. In addition, its optional modules, including stitching and implant matching for surgical templating applications make it ideal for scoliosis and long leg imaging, as well as for pre-surgical planning for the orthopedic surgeon. Also, included in the new version of DR Image Viewer software is DR Image Viewer Light, providing the ability to copy an image to a CD/DVD with or without a subset of the viewing and manipulating tools.

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