DR 800

Digital imaging multitool: one single solution for digital radiography and fluoroscopy.

A truly multi-purpose solution

The DR 800 is a fully integrated digital imaging solution that supports general radiography, fluoroscopy and advanced clinical applications, making it a single investment for a broad range of exams without requiring additional specialty rooms.

Maximum versatility

With just a single investment, you get a multi-purpose room offering the uncompromised image quality, positioning freedom and advanced clinical procedure capabilities you need.

Benefits

Optimal image quality at the lowest possible radiation dose

The DR 800 features dynamic MUSICA™ image processing software for radiography and dynamic (fluoroscopy) images. Agfa’s state-of-the-art dynamic processing guarantees a low noise level and minimal lag at the lowest possible radiation dose throughout common fluoroscopy exams. Agfa has also taken care to ensure immediate and stable image quality at the beginning of and during dynamic sequences, and well-balanced, sharp rendering of the diagnostically relevant image regions.

Advanced range of applications

Supporting general radiography, fluoroscopy and advanced clinical applications like tomosynthesis, improved automatic stitching, digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and roadmapping, the DR 800 offers a highly versatile, fully integrated digital imaging solution that delivers performance, ease of use and flexibility.

Leading-edge workflow with unrivalled positioning freedom

The DR 800 provides greater flexibility for maximum productivity and smoother patient flow through a single-touch, remote-controlled user interface that automates table, tube and image receptor positioning. It also offers full in-room control when everything needs to be done at the patient’s side. Combined with its remarkable positioning freedom, accommodating stretcher, wheelchair and cross-table exposures, the DR 800 enhances patient and operator satisfaction, comfort and safety.

White paper: Agfa DR image quality and patient care

A recent white paper reported on the improvements and challenges introduced in fluoroscopy imaging over the past decades. Concepts such as automatic brightness control (ABC), adaptive dose per frame rate (keeping the dose rate constant and independent of the frame rate), and Agfa’s advanced temporal filtering and noise suppression methods have found their way into clinical routine and become state-of-the-art technology.

Despite the convincing technical performance of such concepts and innovations, the ultimate proof points remain clinical image quality and the satisfaction of radiographers and radiologists. For this reason, Agfa carried out another large-scale study to objectify and re-confirm image quality for dynamic or semi-dynamic procedures (fluoroscopy, DSA and roadmapping, digital tomosynthesis, etc.), in a manner comparable to the study of static X-ray quality. This white paper highlights and illustrates the methods and most relevant outcomes of this study.

Multi-functional radiology imaging technology

“Radiology departments across the world face the same challenges: deliver quality images, improve workflow, reduce costs and keep patients and caregivers satisfied. In most R/F systems, one of these benefits must be sacrificed at the expense of the others. Agfa’s DR 800 breaks from this paradigm with an innovative, hybrid design supported by Agfa’s MUSICA™ image processing software and ergonomic features that can bring radiology providers everything they seek for their new R/F rooms.” This conclusion comes from the Frost & Sullivan white paper “Leveraging the Benefits of Multi-functional Radiology Imaging Technology”.

Full Leg / Full Spine (FLFS) imaging

Full Leg/Full Spine capabilities come standard, including tube and detector positioning and the acquisition of up to four images. With EasyStitch™, you can add extensive orthopedic tools, with seamless automatic stitching directly on the table for horizontal and vertical FLFS procedures. EasyStitch uses single-focus, distortion-free imaging technology for simple, precise FLFS imaging.

Digital tomosynthesis

Digital tomosynthesis on the DR 800 adds a key new tool to your imaging portfolio, giving your radiologists more choices than legacy equipment. Using multislice image reconstruction, the DR 800 provides the depth to see beyond dense structures, revealing more detail than classical X-rays, yet with the low radiation dose and fast workflow of general radiography. It can thus fill the gap between X-ray and CT, helping radiologists diagnose X-ray images that are often too complex to read due to anatomical overlap, without sending the patient to another department. This means greater convenience and comfort for staff and patients alike.

Digital subtraction angiography / roadmapping

Make more of your X-ray room. The DR 800 offers improved diagnostic visualization for interventional procedures, with real-time subtraction and masking (roadmapping) for guidance in the positioning and placement of catheters, stents and balloons.

Upgrade your DR 800 room

Did you know you can augment your DR 800 room with one or multiple MUSICA® Workstation packages? Increase your capabilities where it best fits your needs: image quality, productivity, patient care and data protection.