Agfa HealthCare and Meridian Technique Ltd have agreed to integrate Meridian's orthopaedic digital planning solution, OrthoView, into Agfa HealthCare's IMPAX for Orthopaedics solution.

Developed in conjunction with the orthopaedic community, OrthoView consists of 5 specialist modules: joint replacement, fracture management, limb deformity correction, pediatrics and spine. Together, OrthoView and Agfa HealthCare's own embedded measurement tools IMPAX provide a complete set of functions for the Orthopaedic department.

OrthoView allows orthopaedic surgeons to pre-operatively plan and template surgical procedures on-screen. As hospitals throughout the world start to phase out film X-rays and introduce digital images, surgeons want a system that will let them plan surgical procedures more quickly and easily. The solution will be provided by Agfa HealthCare as part of its IMPAX Orthopaedic Suite offering.