Diversified
Diagnostic Products,
Inc. (DDP) located in Houston, Texas, has manufactured
and sold electronic/mechanical equipment used in
radiology and nuclear medicine since 1982. DDP
markets its products worldwide through independent
marketing representatives who have entered into
product specific contractual agreements for
geographical areas. DDP’s products fall into the
following four different product groups:
MAMMOVIEWER™
XENAMATIC™
VIDIVIEWER™
XeCT System™
The
MAMMOVIEWER™ and VIDIVIEWER™
product lines are motorized film viewers used
by radiologists to expedite and enhance their
ability to read x-ray films. The VIDIVIEWER™
product line is a general-purpose film viewer that
has been manufactured and sold by DDP since 1983.
The MAMMOVIEWER™, a leading mammography film viewer,
has been manufactured and sold by DDP since 1987.
The
XENAMATIC™ was designed and built by DDP in
early 1982. The equipment was designed as a
rebreathing device that could operate with
ventilator patients. The product line uses
radioactive Xenon gas for both lung ventilation and
Cerebral Blood Flow (CBF) studies. This was DDP's
first product line as well as its first venture into the CBF area.
While
the XeCT System™ is DDP’s newest product
line, much of the knowledge and skills DDP has
gained in working with radioactive Xenon gas
contributed to development of this product line
which uses non-radioactive Xenon gas (XeScan™) as
a contrast agent with CT. The System itself is a low
cost CT accessory that consists of all the hardware
and easy to use menu driven software required for
the physician to perform quantitative cerebral blood
flow studies.
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