by
Lisa Chamoff, Contributing Reporter | November 13, 2017
From the November 2017 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
The detectors can be used for CR to DR upgrades and can also be integrated with Virtual Imaging’s RadPRO systems.
“Canon has consistently kept its finger on the pulse of the DR market,” Webb says. “Continual generations of the design and functional improvements not only benefit the patients, but the end user as well.”
Fujifilm
Fujifilm is releasing pediatric detectors and mobiles incorporating its D-EVO II Cesium Iodide detectors.
The exposure menus of the workstations are tailored based on specific detector efficiencies and pediatric exam menus, explains Rob Fabrizio, director of marketing and product development for digital X-ray at FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.
“It helps techs learn and adapt to and learn the proper techniques for pediatrics,” Fabrizio says. “A lot of users have a tendency to revert to traditional CR techniques when converting to DR.
“There are a lot of requests, especially from the children’s hospitals. They are much more focused on dose than the general X-ray population, and for a good reason. There was an obvious need from our customers to have specialized products instead of buying standard general X-ray packages.”
Konica Minolta's
AeroDR HD detector
Konica Minolta
Konica Minolta has launched a new wireless flat-panel digital detector. Called the AeroDR HD, the detector can switch from high definition 100-micron, ideal for imaging smaller body parts, such as hands, to high dynamic range 200-micron, which helps visualize depth/definition in images of complex bone and soft tissue such as the abdomen, chest, spine and hip.
“It adds a lot of utility,” says Guillermo Sander, DR senior marketing manager for Konica Minolta. “ER doctors like it. Most, if not all, of our improvements are customer-driven.”
Last year, the company announced a 14-inch-by-17-inch detector for AeroDR HD and this year at RSNA it’s coming out with a 10-by-12-inch detector for neonatal or extremity imaging and a 17-inch-by-17-inch detector for imaging larger anatomical areas.
