Fuji completes large Air Force PACS, CR install

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has announced that its extensive Pacific Air Force Command (PACAF) deployment of Synapse PACS and digital x-ray technology has been completed across all nine PACAF. Fuji also installed 14 Fuji Computed Radiography (FCR) readers and upgrades, as well as a number of DryPix dry imagers.

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