Fujifilm unveils Aspire HD full field digital mammography system
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
This year's RSNA meeting has seen the US debut of Fujifilm Medical Systems' Aspire HD FFDM (full field digital mammography) system. The device, which is already marketed outside the US as Amulet, is the first FFDM product to use dual layers of amorphous selenium in its detector. This, combined with direct optical switching technology and the "smallest" pixel size for a digital radiography system (50 microns), means it produces "exceptional image quality" with less noise and a reduced dose, the Japanese company claims. The Aspire HD will be used with Fujifilm's new workstation, the AWS-d.
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