Present in

1 out of 2 hospitals
worldwide

Agfa Training
NX Technical and
Application

Introduction

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NX Introduction – What is an NX Workstation?

Major Features of the NX Workstation:

•Tool / interface for radiographers doing X-rays

•Querying worklists
•Image identification
•Automatic image processing of the received digital image
•Manipulation of the image by the radiographer
•Sending an image to an archive or printer
•Quality control tool
•Dose reporting and dose management

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NX Introduction – Versions

Prior to NX 9000:

Version example
NX 2.0.8900 & NX 3.0.8900

From technical point of view:

NX 3.0.8900 = NX 2.0.8900 + NX 3.0 features license

From NX 9000 onwards:

Model/Version is always equal to 3.0 (i.e. independent of the availability of
the NX_NEW_FEATURES license)

From NX 20.00 onwards:

Version NX 4.0 = Dynamic Imaging (for DR800)

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NX Introduction - Version Identification
• Included in About Box, About NX … (shortcut) and NX System
Snapshot
• Unique Device Identifier (UDI)
• Unique identifier towards the authorities for a medical device =
"NX Software Model/Version 3.0"
• Required by FDA Regulations for all Class 2 medical devices from
September 2016 onwards

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NX Introduction - User Interface
 Touch – mouse hybrid user interface

 Touch for main workflow

 Mouse for complex tasks
 Keyboard always available

 UI Style

 Streamlined with Impax 6.0 (green color)

 New color option since NX20.00
 Default: let the installed licenses define the theme
 Legacy: green layout
 Nice: blue layout (“New Interface for COOL Ergonomics”)

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NX Introduction - Different NX Types
The type and available features of the NX are defined by the
license file!

Typical types are (defined by Base license):

•CMS - Central Monitoring Station
•NX GenRad
•NX Veterinary
•NX Mammography

Typical features are:

•Advanced image manipulations
•Dose reporting and statistics features
•Specific measurements
•etc.

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 NX Introduction - What is not supported?

• NX is not an archive!
• No distribution of images between NX’s
• No import of images (only for service)

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NX Introduction - Hardware Requirements

NX is only validated / released on the

hardware which is listed in our Documentation

For details see

„CR-DR_Interoperability_Matrix“
Document ID: 31333326

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NX Introduction - Supported Languages

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Document History

Version* Date Author Changes compared to previous version

1.0 06-2013 D. Jungwirth Initial version
2.0 08-2014 D. Jungwirth New Template
3.0 07-2015 D. Jungwirth Reworked all slides (changes in order)
4.0 08-2018 A. Dier New template and all slides reworked
5.0 07-2019 A. Dier / Reworked all slides
D. Jungwirth
6.0 08-2020 A. Dier Some corrections in wording

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