Canvys releases remote medical display control tool

Canvys has released its Image Systems CFS WebSuite Calibration Feedback System and smart phone utility, which enables remote monitoring and quality control of medical displays via computer internet access and handheld devices.

As part of CFS WebSuite, CFS WebManager and CFS MobileManager allow hospital administrators to view the statuses of all deployed displays, monitor alerts to re-calibrate out-of-tolerance displays to the DICOM standard from a web browser, iPad, iPhone or Blackberry, the LaFox, Ill.-based Canvys said. CFS WebSuite also comes with a newly designed interface and is bundled with CFS Local/Web, the company stated.

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