FujiFilm Medical Systems USA has just announced that the Food and Drug Administration has issued approval for its Fuji Digital Radiography (FDR) AcSelerate System, making it available for sale in the U.S. As a fully automated digital table and upright system, the FDR AcSelerate will provide images of unsurpassed quality in comparison with what other general radiographic systems output.

"The importance of image quality to providing the best possible patient care cannot be underestimated, so when Fujifilm developed the FDR AcSelerate we chose to design our own detector with superior physical properties to provide radiologists with images of optimal quality," explained Penny Maier, Fujifilm's Director of Marketing, Imaging Systems. "There's a reason that Fujifilm has been the world leader in digital x-ray for years, and with innovative products like the FDR AcSelerate we're confident that we'll remain the leader for many years to come," continued Maier.

This latest addition to the manufacturing company's line of DR system, the FDR AcSelerate claims to be the only general radiography system available today that takes use of direct image capture technology. Packing some amorphous selenium technology, and coupling it with the company's advanced image processing experience, the FDR delivers images impressive clarity and sharpness with a superior contrast resolution for better accuracy and confidence in diagnosis.

Already installed at the Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, the FDR seems to be a complete success. "We are thrilled to be the first North American install of AcSelerate," said Bradley Carlton, Director of Radiology at Swedish Covenant.  "AcSelerate's direct digital capture technology lives up to its image quality claims which is key to radiologist satisfaction. And our technologists love the automated positioning features to help them maximize our patient throughput." But, just like with most top notch medical equipment, pricing is unknown, well, at least for the moment.


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