Press Release: New ARIETTA 850 ultrasound system from FUJIFILM at the Athens Medical Center
Athens, November 29, 2023
PRESS RELEASE | Athens Medical Group consistently invests in medical innovation – The first ARIETTA 850 ultrasound system by FUJIFILM at the Athens Medical Center in the context of the strategic partnership with FUJIFILM
From left: Kimon Kaloglou, President and CEO of Endoskopiki SA, Dr. Vasilis G. Apostolopoulos, CEO of the Athens Medical Group, Dimitris Karagiannis, Gastroenterologist – Hepatologist, Director of the Gastroenterology Clinic, Athens Medical Center
Athens, November 29, 2023 – In the context of the continuous upgrade of its medical equipment and its long-standing commitment to Greek patients for the provision of innovative and quality health services, the Athens Medical Group purchased the new, advanced ARIETTA 850 ultrasound system from FUJIFILM, which comes from the future to the Athens Medical Center, giving a new dimension to the diagnosis and evaluation of lesions of the pancreas, gallbladder and bile vessels, esophagus, stomach and rectum.
With further improvements in technologies that enable clear ultrasound images from the superficial to the deepest areas of the abdomen and designed with advanced ergonomics, many new tools and unique applications that create new clinical value, the flagship of the FUJIFILM ARIETTA series is the Group’s answer to the ever-increasing needs for diagnostic accuracy, without compromise.
The leading performance of the FUJIFILM ARIETTA 850 ultrasound system offers the Group’s physicians unprecedented capabilities for timely and highly accurate diagnosis of a wide range of health problems, as well as the implementation of critical ultrasound-guided therapies, such as the treatment of pancreatic cysts, the local treatment of tumors of the pancreas and EUS – guided cholangiopancreatography.
The Group’s specially trained and qualified medical teams in endoscopic ultrasound expect to creatively utilize a system that integrates cutting-edge technologies in each category: image quality, functionality and advanced applications, such as Real Time Tissue Elastography, Dual gate Doppler, eFLOW, Contrast Echo Analysis, so as to offer the greatest possible medical care to the Greek patient.
The CEO of the Athens Medical Group, Dr. Vasilis G. Apostolopoulos stated in this regard: “The new Arietta 850 ultrasound processor is the most advanced technology internationally for performing Endoscopic Ultrasound. Thanks to the long-term strategic partnership with the manufacturer FUJIFILM, our Group was the first to ensure the use of this technology in the country.”
For his part, Dimitris Karagiannis, Gastroenterologist – Hepatologist, Director of the Gastroenterology Clinic, Athens Medical Center, stated:
“The Medical Center and FUJIFILM have a strategic partnership in the field of gastroenterology, which has lasted for 27 consecutive years. We are happy to welcome another technological miracle, a product of FUJIFILM’s innovative know-how. We intend to utilize this technology, which comes from the future, in the best way possible, for early diagnosis. Our department, with the help of the leadership of the Athens Medical Center and the collaboration of FUJIFILM and Endoskopiki, will continue to work for a better future for our patients.”
Kimon Kaloglou, President and CEO of Endoskopiki SA, expressed his joy “that the long-term collaboration of FUJIFILM and ENDOSKOPIKI SA with the ATHENS MEDICAL Group has resulted in yet another technological breakthrough for the benefit of patients,” adding that “the innovative endoscopic ultrasound system ARIETTA 850 FF ENDO, which was installed in Dr. Karagiannis’ endoscopic laboratory at the Athens Medical Center, for the first time in Greece, contributes to the timely detection of even very small abnormalities, paving the way for precise and effective treatment. Together with FUJIFILM, we respond to the ever-increasing expectations of doctors and at the same time we promise that we will not stop developing and making available equipment that will help improve the quality of life of patients, CONTRIBUTING TO THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE, a phrase that sums up the philosophy of ENDOSCOPY SA”.
