Visitors to ATL's booth at next week's American Institute of Ultrasoundin Medicine meeting will get a glimpse of Apogee 800 Plus, theBothell, WA, company's newest platform. The scanner brings toa lower price point features found on ATL's premium HDI 3000
Visitors to ATL's booth at next week's American Institute of Ultrasoundin Medicine meeting will get a glimpse of Apogee 800 Plus, theBothell, WA, company's newest platform. The scanner brings toa lower price point features found on ATL's premium HDI 3000 scanner,according to Steve Anderson, director of value products.
Apogee 800 Plus builds on the Apogee 800 platform acquiredthrough ATL's purchase of Interspec. The new version featuresimage analysis packages first seen on HDI 3000, and has a new8-bit color processor and improved signal-to-noise ratio, thanksto improvements to Apogee 800's system receiver. The scanner willreplace ATL's Ultramark 4 in the mid-range segment (SCAN 2/14/96).Apogee 800 scanners in the field will be able to upgrade to thenew technology, Anderson said.
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