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Screens for Mammography Systems Have Advanced Software to Provide Improved Visualization

By MedImaging International staff writers
Posted on 30 Nov 2010
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New Screens with structured needle phosphor technology have been developed for computed radiography (CR) mammography systems. The screens are combined with advanced software to deliver higher detected quantum efficiency (DQE), improved visualization.

Carestream Health (Rochester, NY, USA) has launched an optional upgrade for its CR-based mammography systems that includes advanced imaging processing software along with new premium screens that employ structured needle phosphor technology. These capabilities are available with new orders and as an upgrade to existing users of the company's CR Mammography Feature, which equips users of the company's Classic, Elite, CR 850, CR 950, and CR 975 systems to perform high-resolution mammograms in addition to general radiography exams.

The Carestream CR mammography cassette with SNP-M1 screen provides excellent overall image quality when compared to the company's existing screens at the same, or lower, dose. Available in both 18 cm x 24 cm and 24 cm x 30 cm sizes, these new screens are compatible with more than 3,000 Carestream Health CR-based mammography systems installed worldwide.

When combined with enhanced image processing algorithms, the structured needle phosphor-screen technology used in the SNP-M1 Screens delivers improved visualization of microcalcifications and higher DQE to increase sharpness and decrease noise. It also provides a lower dose solution than was previously available from Carestream Health.

CR-based mammography systems are part of a range of digital mammography solutions from Carestream Health, including mammography-specific modules and tools for radiology information systems (RIS) and picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) as well as computer-aided detection (CAD) for its CR systems and laser imagers.

The company's CR Mammography Feature has been implemented in clinics, breast imaging centers, and hospitals throughout Canada, Europe, Greater Asia, Japan, and Latin America.

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