Carestream releases new screen to accompany mammo offering

Health IT systems provider Carestream Health has launched its EHR-M3 screen for its CR mammography systems, launching the product in Canada, Europe, South America, Australia and Asia.

The screen offers reduced noise and higher detector quantum efficiency (DQE) for upgraded image quality, and serves as a replacement for screens used with its Directview CR mammography systems products, said the company.

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