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Merry X-Ray Named Sole U.S. Distributor for New KODAK Mammography CAD System
Eastman Kodak Company today announced an agreement under which Merry X-Ray Corporation will serve as exclusive U.S. distributor for Kodak’s new Mammography CAD System.
(I-Newswire) - Merry X-Ray ( MXR ) is a nationwide provider of service, products and systems that meet the unique medical imaging and service needs of healthcare facilities of all sizes. The Kodak Mammography CAD System is the first product for breast cancer detection from Kodak’s Health Group. Details of the agreement were not disclosed.
“Merry X-Ray has a broad customer base and is well positioned to help healthcare facilities realize the advantages of Kodak’s CAD solution that can help radiologists identify more cancers,” said Jane Hasselkus, U.S. & Canada Business Manager, Women’s Health and Oncology, Kodak’s Health Group. “We expect that Kodak and Merry X-Ray customers will benefit by having easy access to Kodak’s fast and highly reliable analog mammography CAD system.”
Kodak’s mammography CAD software uses sophisticated algorithms to identify suspicious areas on patients’ digitized mammograms so radiologists can closely examine these regions for possible disease during a second review. Clinical trial results submitted to the FDA document that 39.4 percent of missed breast cancers could have been detected 14.8 months earlier using KODAK CAD technology.
“Advanced medical image processing techniques—like CAD—are changing the way patient care is performed. With more than 34 staffed locations nationwide, we see tremendous opportunities to provide customers with this potentially life saving product,” said Larry Lawson, President, Merry X-Ray Corporation.
As the world leader in mammography imaging, Kodak has a long history in the fight against breast cancer. Kodak’s Health Group is continuing to develop and offer important products and services in the global fight against breast cancer, while also offering responsive service and support for mammography providers around the world.
About Merry X-Ray
For almost half a century, Merry X-Ray ( MXR ) Corporation has met the challenges of keeping pace with the rapidly changing technology within the medical imaging profession. Most dramatic of these changes has been the migration from analog imaging to today’s trend of digital medical imaging. In 1998, MXR created its Digital Imaging Division to respond to these current needs. MXR’s electronic product portfolio is rich with vendor partners and solutions to meet any digital imaging need – from basic teleradiology to enterprise-wide PACS. MXR represents over 8,000 products and has thirty-four branches nationwide. MXR is the largest independent dealer in the U.S. and major distributor member of National Healthcare Distributors ( NHD ).
For more information about Merry X-ray Corporation, please visit www.merryxray.com.
About Kodak’s Health Group
Kodak’s Health Group, with 2004 revenues of $2.68 billion, is a world leader in advanced healthcare products, services and information technology ( IT ) solutions for the medical and dental professions. Its broad product portfolio includes picture archiving and communications systems ( PACS ), radiology information systems ( RIS ), enterprise healthcare and clinical information systems, computed radiography ( CR ) and digital radiography ( DR ) systems, laser imagers, mammography systems, x-ray film systems for general radiography, and dental imaging products. Its broad services portfolio includes everything from repair and maintenance, to professional services encompassing equipment integration, business consulting, storage and archiving, secure e-mail service – and more. Kodak’s Health Group and Eastman Kodak Company’s ( NYSE: EK ) other major businesses: Graphic Communications - offering on-demand color and black and white printing, wide-format inkjet printing, high-speed, high-volume continuous inkjet printing, as well as document scanning, archiving and multi-vendor IT services; Digital & Film Imaging Systems - providing consumers, professionals and cinematographers with digital and traditional products and services; and Display & Components - which designs and manufactures state-of-the-art organic light-emitting diode displays as well as other specialty materials, and delivers imaging sensors to original equipment manufacturers—together are committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy.
For more information about Kodak Health, contact your Kodak representative or visit www.kodak.com/go/health. Note: KODAK is a trademark of Eastman Kodak Company. Merry X-Ray is a trademark of Merry X-Ray Corporation 2005
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