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TOSHIBA INSTALLS THE NEW KALARE™ DIGITAL X-RAY SYSTEM AT ZALE LIPSHY
New Versatile, Efficient System Expands General R&F Capabilities and Eases Clinical
Exams at University Hospital
RSNA Booth #7149 (North Building, Hall B)
TUSTIN, Calif., Nov. 22, 2004 – Offering new diagnostic imaging
technology to improve the quality of life for patient and clinicians, Toshiba America
Medical Systems, Inc. (TAMS) today announced the completion of its first KalareTM installation
in the United States at the Zale Lipshy University Hospital, located on the campus
of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. The Kalare
is Toshiba’s new feature-rich digital X-ray system designed to enhance productivity
and clinical outcomes at a value-oriented price.
The new Kalare will be exhibited for the first time for healthcare professionals
at the 90th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of
North America (RSNA).
“With the first installation of the Kalare at Zale Lipshy, Toshiba is bringing to
life our ‘one system’ approach to clinical and productivity improvement for our
customers,” said Don Volz, director, X-ray Business Unit, Toshiba. “The Kalare’s
flexible digital system not only provides excellent support for R&F and interventional
radiology but also facilitates ease-of-use and comfort for more patient-focused
exams.”
“In only a few weeks, the Toshiba Kalare has already proven its value by enabling
a wide range of clinical exams, streamlining our procedures, and accommodating our
patients,” said Mary Ann Mullican, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiology, UT Southwestern,
and Medical Director of Radiology, Zale Lipshy University Hospital. “In particular,
the Kalare’s table weight limit has made it much easier for our bariatric surgery
group to conduct examinations on large patients. Working with Toshiba, we
were able to suggest user features and design changes, such as the larger capacity
table, a more compact in-room console, and widening distances between the tabletop
to the fluoroscopy unit, which has helped us to work more efficiently and concentrate
on delivering proper care to our patients.”
The New Feature-Rich Kalare System
Kalare expands general R&F and interventional radiology capabilities
and helps staff perform more exams with ease, comfort and speed. Its feature-rich,
comprehensive configuration positively impacts productivity, resource allocation,
asset utilization and clinical outcomes.
Features include the latest EPS-Plus Digital Imaging System to improve productivity
and connectivity. The all-digital processing system shortens exam times and
reduces the costs of film, handling and storage associated with conventional radiography.
The system also increases access to fluoroscopic and radiographic images and speeds
critical information to the point-of-care.
Kalare's flexible digital system provides excellent support for gastrointestinal
exams, ERCP, myelography, venography, nonvascular interventional radiography, and
with the EPS-Plus digital fluorography unit, abdominal and peripheral angiography
studies.
Additionally, the Kalare effectively reduces dose to a minimum practical level without
compromising image quality. The system employs a full range of features that can
reduce dose by more than 75 percent compared to continuous fluoroscopy. One
of the dose features is the GRID-pulsed fluoroscopy that sharpens the waveform to
maximize pulse efficiency and allows the selection of the most suitable mode of
pulsed fluoroscopy to minimize exposure dose.
On the user control side, the Kalare features state-of-the-art tableside controls
for more patient-focused exams, and a universal table configuration with proven
reliability. Its true, one-hand operation and power-assisted control of the
image intensifier and exposure functions improves productivity on every exam with
the ability to manipulate the table position, control field size of the image intensifier
and X-ray collimation setting, and perform image processing and playback.
Additionally, the easy-to-view, color, LCD touch panel allows complete control of
system functions at tableside, including assigning processes permitting setting
generator parameters and controlling and changing patient dose modes.
For more information about the Kalare digital X-ray system, TAMS and its wide range
of medical imaging products, please visit
www.medical.toshiba.com.
About Toshiba
With headquarters in Tustin, Calif., Toshiba America Medical Systems markets,
sells, distributes and services diagnostic imaging systems, and coordinates clinical
diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in the United States. Toshiba
Medical Systems Corporation, an independent group company of Toshiba Corporation,
is a global leading provider of diagnostic medical imaging systems and comprehensive
medical solutions, such as CT, X-ray, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, MRI and information
systems. Toshiba Corporation is a leader in information and communications
systems, electronic components, consumer products, and power systems. Toshiba
has 161,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of more than $53 billion.
KalareTM is a trademark of Toshiba Medical Systems
Corporation.
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