IDS gets first order for CT laser mammo system in Israel

Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDS) will install the first CT laser mammography system (CTLM) in the Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel.

The company said its distributor company, the Oyamo group, obtained the import license from the Israel Ministry of Health which permitted the shipment and initiated the purchase order.

The Hadassah University Medical Center is a tertiary care referral facility will use the CTLM system, in addition to mammography and ultrasound, for aiding in detecting breast cancer.

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