by
Lisa Chamoff, Contributing Reporter | November 13, 2017
From the November 2017 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
Varex Imaging
Aside from releasing several new detectors in the last year, Varex Imaging has undergone a few changes, officially spinning off from Varian Medical Systems in January and completing the acquisition of PerkinElmer’s imaging business in May.
In the last 12 months, Varex and PerkinElmer have had detector releases in both the premium and value tiers. The products are now being marketed and sold under the Varex banner.
“If you look at the detector portfolio there really was not a lot of overlap and it was very complementary,” says Brian Giambattista, general manager of X-ray detectors for Varex.
Last year, the company released premium versions of its 10-inch-by-12-inch and 14-inch-by-17-inch detectors in the XRpad series. The 100-micron detectors have fast image readouts that support advanced applications such as tomosynthesis.
There were also value-tier fixed and wireless detectors released, with a fixed 4343RV3 17-inch-by-17-inch detector and the wireless 4336WV4 14-inch-by-17-inch detector.
“In this particular segment, the key features are what customers want,” Giambattista says of the value product. “Here, they don’t necessarily want the highest resolution available, but one that has good enough image quality at a low cost, with reliable, solid performance.”
The new releases also included fixed and portable cassette-sized detectors, including the fixed 4343RV3 17-inch-by-17-inch detector, which is being marketed to hospitals, urgent care centers, doctor’s offices and small clinics.
New detectors were also released for the radiography and fluoroscopy market, including the premium 4343RF, with continuous fluoroscopy captured at a frame rate of 15 frames per second, and the value 4343DXV, with continuous fluoroscopy captured at a frame rate of four frames per second.
