Canon Medical Systems has been awarded a contract from Premier, Inc. to make Canon digital radiography (DR) solutions available to Premier Alliance hospitals and healthcare systems across the U.S.

Premier will offer the Canon CXDI-31 and CXDI-50G portable DR systems, Canon DR Image Viewer software and the Canon Mobile Access Station as DR solutions to its alliance members.

Portable DR Solutions â€â€? Canon delivered the industry’s first portable DR system, the Canon CXDI-31, in 2001. The second generation portable DR system â€â€? the Canon CXDI-50G â€â€? is a light-weight, large imaging area (14″ x 17″) DR system that was recently honored with a 2005 Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) from the Industrial Designers Society of America and BusinessWeek Magazine. Both portable systems bring affordable DR technology to more applications than ever before, including trauma, orthopedic, ICU and bedside imaging.

Canon DR Image Viewer Software � The solution provides the user with pixel-to-pixel display of individual or multiple high-resolution Canon DR images. Ideal for orthopedic clinics, the Canon DR Image Viewer features pan, zoom and measurement tools such as cobb angles. In addition, its optional stitching application makes it ideal for scoliosis and long leg imaging.

Canon Mobile Access Station System � The Mobile Access Station is designed and engineered for facilities that have limited network capability, but have the need for a portable DR solution. The Canon Mobile Access Station helps to improve workflow of patient data transfer on portable digital x-ray units and helps meet productivity demands of trauma, ICU and bedside care.

Canon DR systems help to reduce exam times, increase patient throughput and contribute to substantial cost and labor savings. These flat panel digital sensors use Canon Amorphous Silicon (a-SI) technology, helping to provide high image quality and consistent image output. Canon Medical Systems has more than 800 DR sensor panels installed throughout Canada, the United States and Latin America, part of more than 2,500 DR systems that have been installed worldwide by the Canon family of companies.