2. Products
X-Ray film digitizer
VIDAR DiagnosticPRO Advantage 3
VIDAR Sierra Advantage 5
VIDAR DosimetryPRO Advantage (Red) 7
VIDAR CAD PRO Advantage 9
VIDAR Dental Film Digitizer 11
DICOM Film Acquisition Software 13
Radiological meeting rooms
AcuScreenPRO DICOM 16
DICOM14 Calibration Solutions for projectors 18
Visualizer - Desktop Visualizer VZ-9plus³ 19
Visualizer - Ceiling Visualizers VZ-C12³ / VZ-C32³ 20
Visualizer - Lightboxes LB-38 and LB-9 21
Matrox Graphics Board, Xenia Series 23
Service
Warranty upgrade programme for the new VIDAR digitizer 25
Maintenance contracts for VIDAR digitizer 26
Casestudies and Whitepapers
Casestudies
Radiological clinic at the Bremen Mitte Klinik 28
Whitepaper
Realizing the Benefits of full-field digital Mammorgaphy 30
Technical Service
Our service department 39
Service call workflowchart 42
Shipping instructions for VIDAR digitizers 43
Company Information
Company profile 46
Contact persons 47
International telefon numbers 48
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19. DICOM-14 CALIBRATION SOLUTIONS
FOR PROJECTORS
- Colour balancing for dual projection.
100% DICOM 14 calibration
- achievable. This takes into
consideration the ambient light and
other conditions in your
presentation room
Easy-to-use software makes regular
- DICOM 14 testing and recalibration
simple.
Complete solution for your
- radiological presentation; smooth
PACS workstation integration
- Calibration of your medical monitors
- Competent advice on DICOM from
our team.
- Special projection surfaces for dual
projection.
- Reproduction of digital x-ray images
at up to WUXGA 1920 x 1200 pixels.
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20. Visualizer
Desktop Visualizer VZ-9plus³
The Visualizer VZ-9plus³ is the top of the line unit
amongst WolfVision's portable Visualizers. It
surpasses WolfVision's popular VZ-8 Visualizer
series as well as any other Visualizer on the market
in every way:
Unique features like the Synchronized
Lasermarkers, a high resolution LCD monitor and
many LAN/network features underline its leading
position in the Visualizer market.
x even more useful and unique features
x even easier to operate (easier positioning of
objects)
x even better picture quality
Now in its third generation the VZ-9plus³ comes with a completely redesigned
housing - new, modern and elegant.
x Large zoom range
x Outstanding mechanical Stability and long lifetime
x Easy positioning
x Synchronized laser markers
x Easy to use zoom wheel, continuous autofocus
x Flexible viewing area/ turntable
x Recording from any angle
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21. Visualizer
Ceiling Visualizers VZ-C12³ / VZ-C32³
At the ISE 2009 in Amsterdam WolfVision
introduced the Third Edition of the Ceiling
Visualizers VZ-C123 and VZ-C323.
The product launch was a great success and our
customers and dealers were very enthusiastic
about the new Visualizers.
Both units clearly show WolfVision's attitude
towards perfection. Many important details have
been further improved and some innovative new
features have been added.
The difference between the two new units is the
built-in camera:
VZ-C123 = 1-CCD (1280 x 960 pixel, 30 fps)
VZ-C323 = 3-CCD (3 x 1280 x 960 pixel, 30 fps)
x Designed like a projector – A vizualiser on
the ceiling
x Easy positioning (with synchronized lightfield)
x Extremely high resolution / Advanced keystone correction
x 100% reflection free
x Extremely high depth of focus (Depth of Field)
x Shadow free illumination
x Illumination of hollow objects / No Light Adjustments
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22. Visualizer
Lightboxes LB-38 and LB-9 (for Visualizers and Cameras)
WolfVision Lightboxes LB-9 and LB-38
are specially designed for dark
transparent material like x-rays, color
separatings or oversized slides, to be
picked up in perfect quality with
WolfVision Visualizers or other
(document-) cameras. They guarantee a
maximum on gray scale and true colors.
Please note that in general a lightbox is
NOT necessary for transparencies, since
they can be picked up in perfect quality
on the crystalline white working surface
of all WolfVision Visualizers. However,
there are some rare situations where a
lightbox is also useful for transparencies: When the room light causes reflections,
if transparencies are very wavy or extremely dark.
Which WolfVision units need a lightbox?
Portable WolfVision Visualizers can pick up
transparencies and slides.
An external lightbox is only required for x-
rays. (Plus slides an the Visualizers VZ-5F
and VZ-8light, because these two units do
not have a slide pick-up feature).
Professional WolfVision Visualizers can pick
up transparencies, slides and x-rays, as
they have a built-in lightbox. The x-large
lightbox LB-38 could be useful for extremely
large x-rays.
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23. Visualizer
Lightboxes LB-38 and LB-9 (for Visualizers and Cameras)
WolfVision Ceiling Visualizers can pick up transparencies on the supplied working
plate. An external lightbox is only required for x-rays and slides.
EYE series cameras can use a light box for xrays, transparencies and slides
The LB-38 is WolfVision's LARGE lightbox. The extremely slim design looks very
good on a table and is the perfect accessory for a WolfVision Ceiling Visualizer.
The LB-9 is designed for WolfVision's portable Visualizers. It fits perfectly on the
working surface and has an attractive and professional appearance due to its very
slim design
LB-38 LB-9
Size of lit area 430 x 359 mm (16.9" x 14.1") 300 x 210 mm (11.8" x 8.3")
(length x width)
Size on outside 503 x 419 mm (19.8" x 16.5") 370 x 260 mm (14.6" x 10.2")
(length x width)
Height 14 mm (0.6") 14 mm (0.6")
Light source CCFL, very even light CCFL, very even light
Guaranteed lamp
6.000 hours 6.000 hours
lifetime
3200 K (optimized for use with 3200 K (optimized for use with
Color temperature
Visualizers and other cameras) Visualizers and other cameras)
12V output of Visualizers or 12V output of Visualizers or
Power supply supplied power pack with 12 V external power pack with 12V
output (multirange 90-240V) output (multirange 90-240V)
Weight 2.7 kg (5.6 lbs) 1.2 kg (2.5 lbs)
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24. Matrox Graphics Board
Xenia Series
Enjoy the view.
Matrox Xenia™ Series display
controller boards are
designed for use in computed
radiography (CR), digital
radiography (DR), and PACS
workstations and support a
wide range of display formats,
resolutions and
configurations. The native
PCIe x16 single slot boards
feature up to 1 GB of on-
board RAM for fast image
loading capacity and manipulation and each board can drive up to three high
resolution digital displays, minimizing time required to install, configure and deploy
imaging workstations. Each digital display output from Xenia and Xenia Pro
supports the features listed below, including 8-, 10- and 13-bit independent
GAMMA LUTs for precise DICOM calibration of grayscale and color displays,
providing more accurate image display for viewing and diagnoses.
Xenia Xenia Pro
High Speed Frame Buffer 512 MB 1024 MB
Resolution Navigation Up to 3MP Up to 4MP (landscape or
Console (landscape or portrait) portrait)
Resolution Imaging Up to 3MP Up to 8MP (landscape or
Display 1 (landscape or portrait) portrait)
Resolution Imaging Up to 3MP Up to 8MP (landscape or
Display 2 (landscape or portrait) portrait)
GAMMA LUTs (per output) 8/10/13-bits 8/10/13-bits
Hardware LUTs (per output) 8/10-bits 8/10-bits
Hardware Window IDs 5 per display 9 per display output
(HWIDs)2 output connector connector
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25. Matrox Graphics Board
Xenia Series
x PCIe x16 single-slot board with triple high resolution digital-display output
x DICOM compliant 8/10/13-bit LUT GAMMA ramp correction supported on
all outputs in independent and/or stretched (NT-style) desktop modes for
accurate display calibration
x Digital Luminance Correction™ (DLC™)1–enables calibration packages to
uniformly calibrate display luminance to well-within industry standards.
x Dynamic Field-of-View Correction (DFC)1–with appropriate 3rd party
applications, DFC reduces color and/or grayscale inaccuracies caused by
different viewing angles of LCDs.
x Image Color Profiling (ICP)1–allows 3rd party developers to use hardware-
enabled ICP with up to 13-bits for accurate color rendering of subtle
anatomical image structures.
x Programmable Gamma LUTs supporting 8, 10 and 13-bit wide formats–for
the highest calibration, meeting or exceeding DICOM industry standards
across the entire display.
x Hardware Window IDs and LUTs–with multiple screen regions available,
application can exploit hardware-accelerated window and level functionality
on a specified region.
x Hardware pivot and cursor support as well as optimized bus performance
and increased memory provide fast and smooth user experience for window
& level and cineloops.
x Enhanced features available through Matrox imaging Library (MIL) to
enable hardware-accelerated operations such as image cached
window/levelling, zoom, and the ability to view 1024 simultaneous shades
of gray from 16-bit source images.
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26. Warranty upgrade programme
For new VIDAR digitizers
Standard Warranty Basic Plus Warranty Premium Warranty
2 years for new units repair time: max. 7 working days repair time: max. 2 working
days
return shipping costs to loan unit for the duration of repair time if
customer repair lasts longer than 7 days loan unit for the duration of
repair time if repair lasts
labour and replacement replacement parts (except consumable longer than 2 working days
parts parts)
shipping costs replacement parts and/or
replacement of entire unit
shipping costs
Scanner-Model Service 2 year 3 year 4 year 5 year 6 year
package warranty warranty warranty warranty warranty
VIDAR Standard incl. 1.495,-- € 1.895,-- € 2.990,-- € 4.450,--€
Sierra Adv. Basic Plus 795,-- € 1.795,-- € 2.295,-- € -- --
Premium 995,-- € 1.995,-- € 2.595,-- € -- --
VIDAR Standard incl. 1.595,-- € 2.195,-- € 3.295,-- € 3.995,-- €
DiagnosticPro Adv. Basic Plus 995,-- € 1.995,-- € 2.595,-- € 3.995,-- € 5.295,-- €
Dosimetry Adv. Premium 1.195,-- € 2.195,-- € 2.895,-- €
VIDAR CAD Standard incl. 2.295,-- € 3.095,-- € 4.995,-- € 6.495,-- €
Pro Adv. Basic Plus 1.695,-- € 2.695,-- € 3.495,-- € -- --
Premium 1.995,-- € 2.995,-- € 3.995,-- € -- --
Please fill out form and send back by fax Fax: +49 (421) 430 66-26
Customer details: Scanner model:
Company: Type:
Department: Serial-No.:
Contact person:
Address: Date of purchase
Tel.-No.: Contract starting date
Fax.-No.:
E-mail: Order
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27. Maintenance contracts
For VIDAR digitizer
To ensure you can still keep a clear financial overview of your operating costs for
your Vidar X-ray scanners even after the regular guarantee period has elapsed, we
are pleased to offer you the following service:
Maintenance contracts for Vidar X-ray scanners
This service agreement covers all costs for replacement parts (excluding
consumable spare parts like lamps etc. ), repair costs, free delivery service
including transport insurance to your premises and the costs of the special
transport box. Repairs are completed within 15 working days after receiving the
scanners in our facility at the most. Should the repair take longer for any reason,
you will be provided with a loan unit free of charge. Using your personal log-in to
our Internet Service Portal (www.pacs-service.com ) allows you to access the FAQ
and Forum areas and register repairs with your units directly.
The yearly charge for each unit is just € 1.788.00 for units from the Sierra models
and € 1.992.00 for Diagnostic models.
In addition, you can also complement the basic agreement by selecting from the
optional services below in accordance with your personal requirements
Reduced processing time: 7 days
Should the repairs take longer than 7 working days we will provide you with
a loan unit free of charge. You will not be required to pay any transport or
packaging costs. This option costs € 250.00 p.a.
Maximum repair time: 48 hrs
Should the repairs take longer than 48 hours we will provide you with a loan
unit free of charge. You will not be required to pay any transport or
packaging costs. This option costs € 595.00 p.a.
Replacement unit for the entire repair period
A replacement unit will be provided irrespective of the duration of the
repairs. You will not be required to pay any transport or packaging costs.
This option costs € 795.00 p.a.
Wearing parts (consumables)
Includes all wearing parts, e.g., film sprockets and illumination lamps etc.
This option cost € 495.00 p.a.
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29. Casestudies
Radiological clinic at the Bremen Mitte Klinik
The “Bremen-Mitte Clinic” for Radiological Diagnostics and Nuclear Medicine decided on the
Larivière DICOM projection solution for digital presentation systems many months ago.
By fitting out the radiological conference and training room of the Bremen clinic, led by Prof. Dr.
Burckhard Terwey, assessments and image analyses can be carried out even more efficiently.
In the next stage, the clinic has now tested an expansion of the presentation room concept with
an X-Ray film scanner including the ClinicalExpress software made by American company
VIDAR, meaning X-ray images used for current presentations can be quickly archived into a
PACS by scanning in just a few work stages.
Current situation
The radiological conference and training room
of the Bremen-Mitte MR Centre is used every
day for demonstrations and comparative
studies of X-ray images and,
for analysing illness progressions,
meaning diagnostic pathways are drastically
reduced and synergy effects in the areas of
further training,
Quality assurance and future development of
image-producing
diagnosis processes utilised for the benefit of the patients and hospital operator. The professional
Lavière DICOM projection solution “AcuScreen”, based on the Canon projectors, are available in
the conference room.
This includes a Crestron media and room control system which allows the doctor to dedicate
himself/herself completely to the presentation. This technology controls and visualises the
operating states of the entire system on the central, interactive control panel.
The digitalisation of X-ray images for current presentations, and the further handling of the
generated files have now also been tested at the clinic (Prof. Terwey) using a VIDAR X-ray
image scanner and the associated VIDAR ClinicalExpress software.
To meet such needs, VIDAR offers a full product range of high definition HD-CCD film scanners,
varying in price and technicality, to record X-ray, CT or MRT films with an optical film thickness of
up to 4.0 OD. This also includes special scanners for mammograms.
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30. Casestudies
Radiological clinic at the Bremen Mitte Klinik
The ClinicalExpress software used is a Windows-based programme for digitalising films and
image transfers - e.g. DICOM image files to a DICOM printer or into a PACS. The programme
includes modes for general radiography and mammography and can be purchased in various
models: only for general radiography, only for mammography or with both modes.
ClinicalExpress displays the images one after another and allocates them to a patient and study.
The programme contains control elements to assess images and modify features. Mammogram
images digitalised using ClinicalExpress should only be used for reference and test purposes, not
for first diagnosis. General X-ray images digitalised with ClinicalExpress can also be used for the
first diagnosis.
For more information, and answers to a customised solution, contact the company directly.
Telephone : +49 (421) 43066-0, E-Mail: mail@lariviere.de , Internet: www.xray-digital.de .
About the company VIDAR Systems Corporation:
The American company VIDAR Systems Corporation based in North Virginia has been a leader
in the area of optical imaging technologies and the world’s number 1 manufacturer of X-ray
image scanners for around a quarter of a century. For more information and background reports
on the scanners and ClinicalExpress software, visit www.vidar.com
About the company Larivière Gesellschaft für digitale Präsentations-systeme mbH:
The Bremen company Larivière specialises in complete equipment of conference rooms in
radiological clinics, but also fits out all other types of conference rooms with professional and
state -of-the-art presentation technology and high-quality room controls. It also plans the
construction of new rooms and installs the technology offered.
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40. Technical service
Our service department
Warranty repairs for manufacturers
Repairs after warranty has expired
Quality control
Medifications and inventions
Contracts for customers
Pick-up and delivery service
Free of charge hotline
Depot service
Individual customer statistics
Calibration service
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44. Technical service
Shipping instructions for VIDAR digitizerers
Dear Vidar Customer,
unfortunately, we are all too often presented with problems or damage when carrying out repairs on
equipment which can be traced back to unsuitable packaging during shipment.
For this reason, we would like to provide you with the following tips and information on how to
ensure that your device reaches us in the best possible condition and thereby avoid any delay in
our handling of the procedure.
The digitizers in question are sensitive precision devices, which do not easily withstand severe
blows or impacts. Damages, such as buckled or dented housing components can, in certain
circumstances, lead to the device no longer being reparable.
We accept no liability for damages occurring during shipment that can be traced back to
unsuitable packaging!
To avoid any damage occur during shipment, we recommend emphatically that you send the
device in its original packaging. Please store this packaging carefully and enclose the device
therein for transportation.
Should you, for any reason, no longer have the original packaging at your disposal, we can
offer you the following (prices subject to change):
packaging Sierra with PE foam: 129,00 Euro net per box.
packaging DiagnosticPRO Advantage with PE foam: 129,00 Euro net per box.
packaging DiagnosticPRO with PE foam: 145,00 Euro net per box.
Should you not have the facility to store the packaging, please return it to us “carriage
paid”. You will then receive a credit note from us to the sum of: 49.00€ net per box.
NONE of the following accessories should be sent with the device: power cable, SCSI card,
SCSI cable, SCSI terminators, manuals, software… Please retain these yourself.
Please send only the following components in with the device to be repaired.
Units with the serial no. 100 000 to 109 999
DiagnosticPRO, DosimetryPRO, CAD PRO, VXR-16:
- The digitizer itself
- Film feeder
- Important: short description of the problem!
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45. Technical service
Shipping instructions for VIDAR digitizerers
Units with the serial no. 140 000 to 169 999
SIERRA (S/N 140 000 to 140 799), Sierra plus (S/N 140 800 to 169 999):
- The digitizer itself
- Multi sheet film feeder (from serial no. 140 800 when equipped accordingly)
- The film entrance guide/ film dumper
(If the black roller is defect or has become adhesive and needs to be replaced)
- Important: short description of the problem!
- NO Pedestal
- NO Film exit tray
- NO Power supply (Except: if malfunctioning (control light not illuminated))
Units with the serial no. 300 000 to 359 999:
DiagnosticPRO Advantage, DosimetryPRO Advantage, CAD PRO Advantage
- The digitizer itself
- Film feeder
- Important: short description of the problem.
- NO Pedestal
- NO Film collection container
Please send the digitizer "carriage paid" to:
Larivière
Gesellschaft für digitale Präsentationssysteme mbH
PACS Servicecenter
Teerhof 48
28199 BREMEN
GERMANY
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47. Company information
Company profile
Since 1996, Larivière Gesellschaft für digitale Präsentationssysteme has been
focusing its efforts on finding visualisation solutions in the IT and A/V fields.
The MDI (Medical Digital Imaging) division is engaged in the digitalization of X-
rays using high-quality scanning technology and the presentation of radiological
data via projectors conforming to the DICOM 14 standard.
Today, Larivière systems can be found in the X-ray departments of almost all large
clinics and our service department takes care of the maintenance and repair of
installed units across Europe.
Larivière Gesellschaft für digitale Präsentationssysteme mbH
Teerhof 48
28199 Bremen
Germany
Tel: +49 (421) 43066-0
Fax: +49 (421) 43066-26
eMail: mail@ lariviere.de
www.lariviere.de
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