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Lisa Chamoff, Contributing Reporter | November 14, 2022
From the November 2022 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
The Definium 656 HD also features the Intelligent Workflow Suite which leverages 3D camera technology to help produce more consistent images and solve for common errors and inefficiencies within the imaging department. The suite includes Position Assist to help address positioning efforts, Technique Assist to help address poor image quality due to incorrect patient habitus and Patient Snapshot to help radiologists understand the ambiguities in the image due to imaging conditions.
In late 2021, the company launched its latest mobile offering, the AMX Navigate, that was launched in late 2021. It was tested in locations with extreme weather conditions, including the Mojave Desert and Kiruna, Sweden, one of the coldest places in the world.
FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation
In November 2021, FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation expanded its C-arm portfolio with the launch of the Persona CS mobile fluoroscopy system, a compact, lightweight system designed to provide enhanced live image guidance during a wide range of surgeries in the OR, including orthopedic, pain management and emergency procedures.
This past July, Fujifilm launched the FDR Cross, a wireless hybrid C-arm and portable X-ray solution designed for hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. The dual-function C-arm offers portable fluoroscopic imaging and radiographic imaging on a single platform, with what the company says is the world’s first pivoting tube coupled with a removable detector. It can run on battery power for up to eight hours.
Both systems feature a larger-than-typical C-arm opening to provide better spacing for procedures, and both weigh significantly less than typical systems, making them easier to position in tight spaces, said Rob Fabrizio, director of strategic marketing for diagnostic imaging at FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation.
“The Persona CS and the FDR Cross are built on latest DR detector technology to provide high-resolution real-time fluoroscopy images, allowing the surgeon to better visualize progress with minimal dose, at any point during the operation, and to immediately make any corrections that may be required,” Fabrizio said. “Since they are built on DR capture, these systems provide outstanding image quality for still X-rays, instead of having to use a lower-resolution last image hold. Also, since they are built on DR capture, the field of view is larger, allowing surgeons to see more with every view and not need to capture as many images.”
