RSNA: aycan introduces workstation, other solutions

Medical imaging IT provider aycan Medical Systems (Booth #8903) is showcasing its viewing, storing and printing capabilities at the 2009 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting.

The company said it will highlight the following products:
  • aycan workstation OsiriXPRO: Updated from 32- to 64-bit speed, the workstation is an FDA-cleared image post-processing software solution for navigation and visualization of multi-slice/multi-dimensional studies.
  • aycan store: A new addition to aycan’s product suite, aycan store is a DICOM archive that can be tailored to fit current or future workflow. As a vendor-neutral solution, aycan store can integrate into a multi-vendor environment.
  • aycan xray-print: The company will be demonstrating a smaller size printer in its xray-print line of DICOM paper print products.

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