Contracts: Kodak gets U.K. DR order

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom has installed a digital radiography system from Kodak Health Group. The KODAK DIRECTVIEW DR 7500 is located in the x-ray department of the London site and is configured with both a wall stand and table to handle around 15,000 annual imaging studies from both in- and outpatients.

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