The company also announced availability of its KODAK DIRECTVIEW DR 7500 System. This premium digital radiography system offers outstanding image quality and is scalable to meet the space and budget requirements of a wide range of healthcare facilities.

"The new products we are showing at RSNA are the result of big investments we are making in healthcare, and are representative of our expertise across the broad portfolio of products and services that enable the digital transformation of healthcare," said Kevin J. Hobert, President of Kodak's Health Group. "We are committed to helping healthcare providers achieve real results--improving both the quality and cost of patient care."


Medical Imaging at Olympic Winter Games

Kodak also displayed several medical imaging and information systems that will enable healthcare professionals to digitally acquire and view medical images to help treat athletes at on-site medical facilities during the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy.

These systems will enable medical teams at two state-of-the-art Olympic polyclinics--in Torino and Sestriere, Italy--to treat life- and career-threatening injuries, as well as common muscle and ligament tears, for athletes from around the world. A broad range of Kodak medical imaging and information solutions that will be used to capture, view, manage, print and archive patient medical images will include:
* The KODAK DIRECTVIEW DR 9000 System that captures patient x-ray images digitally in seconds;
* KODAK DIRECTVIEW CR 850 and CR 950 Systems that offer exceptional image quality and ease of use (with the CR 950 System, a digital image is available for preview in as little as 30 seconds);
* KODAK CARESTREAM Radiology Solutions;
* KODAK CARESTREAM PACS;
* KODAK DRYVIEW Laser Imaging Systems for the printing of digital x-ray exams to radiographic film for sharing with referring physicians or for archival purposes.

Enhancements to DRYVIEW 8900 Imager; Debuts New Image Output Software as Works-in-Progress \t

KODAK also announced a faster and smaller version of its flagship KODAK DRYVIEW 8900 Laser Imaging System and demonstrated as a *works-in-progress new software that will provide hospitals, imaging centers and clinics with an easy-to-use application for assembling images from digital modalities for printing, archiving, displaying and reporting.

The newest version of the DRYVIEW 8900 Laser Imager features 25 percent faster time to first print. The imager, which is six inches smaller, also supports five film sizes and produces every image at 650 dpi resolution. This level of performance and image resolution offers a unique combination of features to satisfy the most demanding medical imaging applications.

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