Agfa to launch Impax for Nuclear Medicine at EANM 2011

Agfa HealthCare will present Impax for Nuclear Medicine at the 2011 Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) in Birmingham, England.

Impax for Nuclear Medicine supports exam flow from order entry to the final distribution of nuclear medicine results. The PACS includes functionalities to process, read and report nuclear medicine, SPECT, PET and multimodality images from a workstation, according to Mortsel, Belgium-based Agfa. Images and diagnoses can be shared with referring physicians within or outside the hospital walls.

Impax for Nuclear Medicine includes Oasis for Impax, developed in collaboration with Segami. Oasis brings a nuclear medicine image processing and viewing package to the workstation. 

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