Agfa HealthCare has won a competitive tender by the Ministry of Health in Kazakhstan to digitize mammography services in the nation's public hospitals. Under the contract, signed in July 2013, 63 CR 30-Xm computed radiography (CR) systems will be installed in hospitals of various sizes around the country together with Agfa HealthCare's DRYSTAR AXYS, a high resolution, high throughput, dual media size, dry hardcopy imager optimized for digital mammography. This project is part of the national breast screening program to detect breast cancer earlier, within the national oncology program. Agfa HealthCare has partnered with the Ministry of Health in Kazakhstan since 2007, when the company won a telemedicine tender for 25 CR 25 high-volume CR solutions, with networking capabilities that deliver seamless integration.
Service and price supported selection of versatile CR 30-Xm
For the digital mammography tender, Agfa HealthCare was selected because it offered the best price and service. Service and installation will be handled by the local Agfa HealthCare regional office.
Agfa HealthCare's CR 30-Xm is a versatile CR digitizer that can handle both digital mammography and all general radiography applications. Its low total cost of ownership makes it an affordable way to go digital. It is an ideal solution for any hospital or private practice that wants a single, digital solution for carrying out the maximum number of types of studies.
The CR 30-Xm reads CR mammography imaging plates at 20 pixels/mm, and general radiography plates at the high resolution of 10 pixels/mm. The latest MUSICA intelligent image processing software automatically renders a superb final image quality.
"Agfa Kazakhstan is very proud to contribute to the success of the national breast screening program," comments Aman Janabayev, Head of the regional office in Kazakhstan. "Increasing the early detection rate for breast cancer is very important. With its high image quality, the CR 30-Xm systems can have an important positive impact on the lives of women here."
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About Agfa
The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world's leading companies in imaging and information technology. Agfa develops manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems for the printing industry (Agfa Graphics), for the healthcare sector (Agfa HealthCare), and for specific industrial applications (Agfa Materials). Agfa is headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is present in 40 countries and has agents in another 100 countries around the globe. The Agfa-Gevaert Group achieved a turnover of 2,948 million euro in 2010.
About Agfa HealthCare
Agfa HealthCare, a member of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, is a leading global provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions. The company has nearly a century of healthcare experience and has been a pioneer on the healthcare IT market since the early 1990's. Today Agfa HealthCare designs, develops and delivers state-of-the-art systems for capturing, managing and processing diagnostic images and clinical/administrative information for hospitals and healthcare facilities, as well as contrast media solutions to enable effective medical imaging results. The company has sales offices and agents in over 100 markets worldwide. Sales for Agfa HealthCare in 2010 were 1,180 million euro.