VIDAR^® SIERRA™ plus Film Digitizer

Introduction

• The award-winning SIERRA plus from VIDAR Systems Corporation combines exceptional image quality, reliable performance, compact size, flexibiliy of siting, and affordability to overcome barriers to digitizer use. The SIERRA plus is ideal for imaging centers and small to medium-size hospitals, as well as larger hospitals that require multidigtizer solutions.
• The SIERRA plus, which exceeds the American College of Radiology teleradiology practice guidelines, weighs less than 2S pounds and can be easily wall-mounted, allowing it to be deployed in a wide variety of healthcare settings, including at the point of care.
• Well-known in the industry for its leading-edge products and exceptional customer service, VIDAR has pioneered a series of product innovations that have dramatically changed the field of film digitization. The SIERRA plus which reflects VIDAR's ongoing commitment to product excellence, received the 2001 Industrial Design Excellence Award for design innovation.

Enhanced Capabilities

The SIERRA plus features VIDAR's next-generation High Definition CCD (HD-CCD®) technology. HD-CCD is based on the company's advanced digital design and image processing technology, which deliver image quality equal to or better than that of larger, more expensive laser digitizers.

• The SIERRA plus also indudes VIDAR's enhanced ADC™ (Automatic Digitizer Calibration) feature, which prompts the digitizer to calibrate automatically before every film digitized, eliminatng the need for manual calibration.

Outstanding Reliability, Durability & Value

• Engineered for reliability and durability, VIDAR digitizers have a mean time between failure (MTBF) of >=50,000 hours, the equivalent of nearly six years.
• Unlike digitizers from other manufacturers that require periodic maintenance to ensure optimal performance, VIDAR's digitizers require no routine maintenance or daily cleaning. For busy radiology departments, this highly reliable, maintenance-free performance translates into greater up-time, improved productivity, reduced operating costs, and increased revenue.

Clinically Proven Image Quality

• VIDAR is unique among digitizer manufacturers in its investment in clinical studies to validate the image quality and performance of its digitizers, reflecting the company's continuing focus on maintaining the highest standards in digitizer technology.
• A growing number of clinical studies at leading institutions such as Johns Hopkins University and the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology confirm that there is no difference in image quality and the ability of radiologists to make correct diagnoses between films digitized on VIDAR or laser-based systems.

The VIDAR SIERRA plus Film Digitizer

• Named for its unmatched image quality, compact size, flexibility of siting, and low life-cycle cost, SIERRA stands for:

Small
Inexpensive to purchase & own
Excellent image quality
Reliable performance
Remarkably easy to use
Advanced digitizer

About VIDAR

• VIDAR Systems Corporation, headquartered in Herndon, Va., is the worldwide market leader in medical film digitizers, with more than 11,000 units installed. VIDAR's digitizers are the choice of leading systems solution providers, including Agfa HealthCare, FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA, Inc., GE Medical Systems, Kodak Health Imaging, PenRad, Philips Medical Systems, R2 Technology, RIT, Scanditronix-Wellhofer, Siemens Medical Solutions, and Varian Medical Systems. For additional information, visit VIDAR's web site at www.filmdigitizer.com.

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