NY rad practice goes digital with Viztek

Imaging software provider Viztek has inked a multi-installation contract with Canandaigua, N.Y.-based radiology provider Canandaigua Orthopaedics Associates for the implementation of its DR, PACS and CR technologies.

The facility has purchased Viztek’s U-Arm DR, Opal-CR and Opal-Ortho PACS, in order to convert from its analog film-based technology to a digital imaging environment, said the Garner, N.C. - based company.

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