Aussie imaging supplier teams with Matrox

Imaging Solutions, a Queensland, Australia-based medical imaging product supplier has selected graphic technology company Matrox Graphics’ Matrox Xenia and Xenia Pro as its recommended display controller boards for PACS and mammography workstations. 

The Xenia series offers digital, triple-monitor output, and can support resolutions up to 8 MP, with up to 1 GB of on-board memory and features new technology for display calibration, stated Dorval, Quebec-based Matrox.

Imaging Solutions will be showcasing Matrox Xenia Pro at the annual meeting of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR), Oct. 14-17 in Perth, Australia.

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