Radiology Solutions

Introduction

Imaging is our DNA

 Company Structure

Offset Solutions

Digital Print & Chemicals Agfa

Agfa-Gevaert Group
Radiology Solutions

Agfa HealthCare
Agfa around the world
Agfa & Sustainability
 Imaging is our DNA

Medical X-Ray film since 1946

 Our Mission

We transform radiology,
bringing Intelligent and
Definitive answers to patients.
 Radiology Solutions: People & Knowledge

People: 1,300 FTE

Knowledge: More than 200 patents

 Radiography

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen holding an x-ray

tube in his laboratory in 1895.

(Image courtesy of the German Röntgen Museum)

 Radiography

1895 NOW
 Radiography

2 X-rays exams annually

billion+

90% Chest (50%), followed by

exams Abdomen, Pelvis, Extremities, Spine

Mobile/Portable X-ray: 19%

65% Fixed X-ray: 46%
X-ray
CT, MR, PET, and nuclear medicine systems (35%)

IMV Medical Information Division - "2019 X-ray/DR/CR Market Outlook Report“

World Health Organization Report – Communicating Radiation Risks in Pediatric Imaging (ISBN 978 92 4151034 9).
Radiography

Film
Imaging Plate
DR Flat panel
 X-Ray Film

66%
of the planet still does not yet have
access to basic radiology services
(World Health Organization)
 X-Ray Film

 Silver halide based X-ray film

 Universal, environmental friendly developers and fixers for all types of processors and films
 General Radiology & Mammography Film/Screen systems offering sharp image quality
 Long-lasting and shockproof cassettes
 Processing chemistries
 Film Manufacturing

State-of-the-art production plant in Mortsel, Belgium

 Technology Shift

Replacing Film (Silver Halide) by reusable Imaging Plates (phosphor)

Computed Radiography
 Computed Radiography

 Advantages compared to Film

 Exams go faster, images available within a minute

 Consistent image quality at lower dose

 Bone and soft tissue in the same image.

 Less rejects and repeat examinations

 No chemicals, fume, odors, long processing time

 Same phosphor plate can be used again and again

 Image is digital and can be shared for collaboration or

archived for follow-up
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 Computed Radiography

Powered by MUSICA image processing

 Computed Radiography

On the spot CR radiology for

screening programs
Mobile clinic in Burkina Faso
 Technology Shift

Computed Radiography Direct Radiography

Powered by MUSICA image processing

 X-ray Room

1920 - Emergency Hospital interior - Washington, D.C.

Direct Radiography
 X-ray Room: DR

Powered by MUSICA image processing

 X-ray Room: DR

Powered by MUSICA image processing

 X-ray Room: DR

Powered by MUSICA image processing

 Mobile X-Ray

1914, the start of World War I,

X-ray machines were only in city hospitals, far from

the battlefields where wounded troops were being
treated. To solve this problem, Marie Curie invented a
“radiological car”.

The X-ray cars helped more than 1 million wounded

soldiers
 Mobile X-Ray: DR

Powered by MUSICA image processing

 Mobile X-Ray: DR

Powered by MUSICA image processing

 Dynamic Imaging

An early fluoroscopy examination.

 Dynamic Imaging: DR

Powered by MUSICA image processing

 Dynamic Imaging: DR

Standard MUSICA
Image Processing Image Processing
Digital Tomosynthesis: DR
Digital Radiography Advantages
Digital Radiography Advantages
 Digital Radiography Workflow

Digital Radiography Advantages by the Numbers

 Direct Radiography

80%
DR = 80% of X-ray’s in the US & W. Europe

IMV Medical Information Division - "2019 X-ray/DR/CR Market Outlook Report“

World Health Organization Report – Communicating Radiation Risks in Pediatric Imaging (ISBN 978 92 4151034 9).
 Direct Radiography

Powered by MUSICA image processing

Two of the Top Three Hospitals in the World Have Agfa DR Direct Radiography

1. Mayo Clinic
2. Cleveland Clinic
3. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
4. Toronto General Hospital (Toronto, Canada)
5. Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
6. The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore)
7. Universitätsspital Zürich (Zurich, Switzerland)
8. Singapore General Hospital (Bukit Merah, Singapore)
9. Sheba Medical Center (Ramat Gan, Israel)
10. Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset (Solna, Sweden
 Image Quality: Image Processing

Looking deep into the universe

 Image Quality: Image Processing

Looking deep into the human body

 Image Quality: Image Processing

 MUSICA1
 2,000,000,000 instructions per image
 200 instructions / pixel
 MUSICA2
 3,000,000,000 instructions per image
 300 instructions / pixel
 MUSICA3
 10,000,000,000 instructions per image
 1,000 instructions / pixel

MUSICA advances need increasing computing power

 Image Quality: Image Processing

MUSICA 3

Moore’s Law MUSICA 2

MUSICA 1

MUSICA advances need increasing computing power

 Image Quality

Standard MUSICA
Image Processing Image Processing
 Image Quality

Standard MUSICA
Image Processing Image Processing
 MUSICA

Cyber-Security & Encryption: Transport Layer Security (TLS)

protocol to provide the highest security over computer
networks

Compliance to the latest healthcare standards: HIPAA, IHE,

EMR, DICOM, NEMA,…
 X-ray Dose

Standard MUSICA
Dose(*): 191.9 µGy -56% Dose(*): 83.65 µGy

(*) Testing with board certified Radiologists has determined that Cesium Bromide (CR) and Cesium Iodide (DR) Detectors when used with MUSICA processing can provide dose reductions
between 50 to 60% when compared to traditional Barium Fluoro Bromide CR systems. Contact Agfa for more details.
 Industry Recognition

Frost & Sullivan White Paper Best Practices Award

Raising the bar by Lowering the Dose North American Digital Radiography
Product Leadership Award
Industry Recognition

DR 800
• Multitool of Digital Radiography
• Genrad & Fluoroscopy
 Industry Recognition

Study published in Pediatric Radiology

finds that Agfa HealthCare’s MUSICA®
Neonatal processing provides better
diagnostic quality over a wider range of
doses than competitive image processing.
 Industry Recognition

Study shows MUSICA image processing improves

catheter visualization for newborns, improving
reading quality and reducing potential risks of
catheter placement

Executive Summary of “Improved visualization of peripherally inserted central catheters on chest

radiographs of neonates using fractional multiscale image processing,” published in BMC Medical
Imaging
 Digital Radiography meets Artificial Intelligence

• A new kind of Smart Care

• A helping hand to your workflow
• Boost productivity
• Maximize total Cost of Ownership
• Increased consistency
• First time right images
• Supported by MUSICA

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 Complete DR & CR Portfolio

(*)

Powered by MUSICA image processing

(*) Not available in US/Canada

 Veterinary X-Ray

Digital Radiography (CR & DR) dedicated to Animal HealthCare

Powered by MUSICA image processing

 Veterinary X-Ray

Arah Gough
Dubai Falcon Hospital
United Arab Emirates
 Veterinary X-Ray

Kuopion Eläinlääkärikeskus
Kuopio, Finland

For busy Finnish animal clinic, the mobile DR

with MUSICA image processing provides
exceptional image quality – while speeding up
imaging, diagnosis, planning and care
 Diagnostic Printing Portfolio

Powered by A# SHARP precision imaging technology

 Diagnostic Printing

Powered by A# SHARP precision imaging technology

 Diagnostic Printing

1,000,000 images/year at West China Hospital of Sichuan University in Chengdu

 Digital: Production + R&D

R&D
• SW:
• Mortsel, Belgium
• Shanghai, China
• DR:
• Munich, Germany
• Mortsel, Belgium
• CR:
• Munich, Germany
• Mortsel, Belgium
• Printers:
• Mortsel, Belgium
Production
• DR:
• Peißenberg, Germany
• CR:
• Peißenberg, Germany
• Wuxi, China
• Printers:
• Peißenberg, Germany
• Wuxi, China
• Cassettes :
• Schrobenhausen, Germany
• Phosphors:
• Heultje, Belgium
• Schrobenhausen, Germany
Radiology Solutions
Introduction

Imaging is our DNA