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Breast Cancer Screening
Consorta members can now buy mammography CAD systems from a new supplier
January 5th, 2006
Eastman Kodak Co. announced that Consorta, Inc. has awarded the company a 3-year contract for mammography computer-aided detection (CAD) systems. Consorta, a healthcare resource-management and group-purchasing organization, will make the system available to its membership, which is composed of faith-based and nonprofit health systems across the country. Through the 3-year agreement, effective October 1, 2005, Kodak will make available its Kodak mammography CAD system to more than 500 acute- and 300 extended-care facilities nationwide. Kodak's CAD system uses sophisticated algorithms to help identify suspicious areas on patients' digitized mammograms....
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-01-05)
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