Konica Minolta releases new system during annual meeting.
Konica Minolta Health Americas unveiled its new X-ray system – AeroDR X90 – this week during the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2021.
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The ergonomically designed system uses auto-positioning, auto-tracking, and auto-stitching to facilitate more efficient workflow. By including auto-stitching, the system can truncate patient hold time and accelerate daily workflow. Up to four images, which are obtained by pressing the X-ray button, can be stitched together to create a long leg and full spine examination.
In addition, the detector can automatically move into correctly defined position when the patient is placed on the stitching trolley.
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