White paper highlights DR system’s novel approach to diagnostic imaging demand

Interviews with radiology department heads conducted by research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan illustrate how Agfa’s DR 800 hybrid DR system supports expanded imaging operations, clinical care, productivity, patient satisfaction and dose reduction.

Frost & Sullivan’s white paper ‘Leveraging the benefits of multi-functional radiology imaging technology’ states: “The growing demand for diagnostic imaging studies, including radiography, has put a strain on hospitals to find efficiencies in their workflows and capital investments… [the DR 800] meets this demand in a novel way by combining radiography and fluoroscopy capabilities into a single system to provide benefits to clinicians, patients and administration.”

For its white paper, Frost & Sullivan interviewed heads of radiology departments on both sides of the Atlantic working with the Agfa DR 800. They revealed their perspectives on how the multi-purpose solution helps them to remain competitive and meet the needs of the growing populations using their services.

The DR 800 can handle a full range of radiography including static and tilting examinations and fluoroscopy exams including barium studies, arthrograms, cystograms, myelography and catheter placement without the need for additional overhead tubes or separate wall stands. It can thus carry out the different types of imaging studies in a single room, with a single investment.

Picture: Agfa’s DR 800 won Frost & Sullivan’s 2019 Global New Product Innovation Award.

Published on page 12 of the April 2020 issue of RAD Magazine.