From the November 2021 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine

The flexible detector was made by placing the nickel-containing MOF between gold film electrodes, one of which was on a flexible plastic surface. Used copper wires transmit current from each pixel of a 12x12 array and the whole device is covered with a silicone-based flexible polymer.

Fujifilm inks 10-year digital X-ray contract with US Navy
In August, Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation announced it would soon be casting its digital radiography systems out to sea on U.S. naval ships through a new 10-year sole source contract signed with the U.S. Navy and Defense Logistics Agency.
The diagnostic imaging and medical informatics provider will outfit these vessels with its clinical DR X-ray room systems, which include next-generation detector technology and a high quality compact floor mounted room, along with advanced features. The first system is set to be installed on one of the ships later this year.

“Our latest floor-mounted systems are streamlined and compact to nicely accommodate limited spaces, while providing fast, easy positioning flexibility to help ensure accuracy and patient comfort for every exam,” Lou Cavallaro, director of government business sales at Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation, told HCB News at the time.

Fujifilm’s fixed Digital Radiographic Suites are designed to offer real-time imaging and reduce waiting times. They are equipped with a smart touch screen display at the X-ray tube head that clinicians can use to adjust the exam parameters to ensure patients are properly positioned. The entire system is integrated with Fujifilm’s FDX Console advanced acquisition workstation, which offers automatic features to simplify workflow, reduce dose delivery and generate quality images.

GE launches fixed digital X-ray system, Definium Tempo
To reduce work-related injuries and lessen the burden technologists face when setting up digital X-ray scans, in September GE Healthcare introduced a new fixed system designed to automate imaging processes and reduce workflow burdens.

Definium Tempo is designed to allow radiologists and technologists to spend more time with patients while still ensuring that images produced are of high-quality and usable for making diagnoses and decisions about treatment. The solution is expected to maximize ergonomic operations for the technologist, while lowering patient anxiety.

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