Carestream to install digital mammo products worldwide

Carestream Health has signed contracts for its digital mammography solutions with mammography providers worldwide.

The company’s digital mammography portfolio includes: special functionality for its RIS/PACS platforms; multi-modality breast imaging workstations, CR-based mammography systems, CAD for CR and film-based mammography and laser imagers.

The healthcare providers that have placed new orders include: The Avon Comprehensive Breast Care Center at San Francisco General Hospital; Cancer Society in Helsinki, Finland; Clinique Saint-Luc in Bouge, Belgium; Hovedstaden Hospital in Copenhagen and Herlev, Denmark; and Medicity Oy in Helsinki, Finland.

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