The Annual Meeting of the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM 2007 - formerly SCAR) was held last week (June 7-10th) in Providence, R.I. The following are reports on technology highlights:

Canon USA: Portable and General Digital Radiography

Demonstrating the versatility and usability of its medical imaging technology, Canon U.S.A, Inc. displayed its full line of currently available portable and general digital radiography (DR) systems and solutions.
Canon DR systems on display included:

-Portable DR Systems -- The Canon CXDI-50G DR system is light-weight and has a large imaging area (14-inch x 17-inch). This DR system will be shown integrated with the RadPro 40kw Mobile X-Ray System, making it appropriate for bedside or post-operative procedures. In addition, Canon will feature the Canon CXDI-50C 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 DR systems offers a "one plate" solution that allows the DR panel to be interchanged between a table and a wall stand set-up, offering a cost effective DR solution.

-Canon DR Image Viewer Software -- Canon helps to improve workflow efficiency of digital radiography systems 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.

The Canon DR Image Viewer software features pan, zoom and measurement tools such as cobb angles, can save images to CD and can send images to a 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, which provides the ability to copy an image to a CD/DVD with or without a subset of the viewing and manipulating tools.

The Canon family of companies has installed more than 4,600 DR systems worldwide, including 1,500 DR sensor panels throughout Canada, the United States and Latin America.

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