Carestream Health Shows New Tabletop Laser Imager For Mammography, General Radiography Applications

CHICAGO, Nov. 30 — Carestream Health, Inc., announced a new tabletop, low- to mid-volume  laser imager that will provide healthcare professionals with 508 pixels-per-inch (ppi) output— ideal for mammography and general radiography applications. The CARESTREAM DRYVIEW 5850 Laser Imager, currently a work in progress, is scheduled to be available worldwide in the first half of 2009.

The new laser imager will address the need for affordable laser-quality film output from full-field digital mammography (FFDM) and CR-based mammography systems. The imager, with two on-line film trays, will support DICOM printing for mammography and general radiography onto five film sizes: 20 x 25 cm, 25 x 30 cm, 28 x 35 cm, 35 x 35 cm, and 35 x 43 cm. It will offer a D-max up to 4.0 with proven DRYVIEW laser imager quality and platform reliability. 

Carestream Health’s portfolio of laser imagers also includes the tabletop KODAK DRYVIEW 5800 Laser Imager that outputs up to 75 films per hour at 325 ppi resolution, and the KODAK DRYVIEW 6800 Laser Imager that features 650 ppi output for general radiography and mammography images while producing up to 200 films per hour.

These affordable imagers serve radiology departments, imaging centers and small clinics, dedicated modality printing and mobile applications.

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About Carestream Health, Inc.

Carestream Health, Inc., is a leading provider of dental and medical imaging systems and healthcare IT solutions; molecular imaging systems for the life science research and drug discovery/development market segments; and x-ray film and digital x-ray products for the non-destructive testing market. The company was formed in 2007 when Onex Corporation (TSX: OCX.TO) purchased Eastman Kodak Company’s Health Group. For more information about

Carestream Health, contact your Carestream Health representative or visit www.carestreamhealth.com/.

CARESTREAM is a trademark of Carestream Health, Inc.

KODAK is a trademark of Kodak used under license.