Portable Direct Radiography Sensor

Both permit x-rays from almost any angle without moving the patient to the sensor unit or film cassette. The key difference is that the new digital system is filmless. Called CXDI-31, the sensor is the product of Canon Medical Systems (Canon Europe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and incorporates the company's amorphous silicon technology. Canon's CXDI-22 DR system can be retrofitted with the new sensor, which has been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Cinical testing of the sensor CXDI-31 was conducted at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation clinical radiology department and neonatal intensive care unit. Images were introduced at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago (IL, USA). Canon notes that several advantages of the sensor include that fact that x-ray images are confirmed on a preview monitor about three seconds after exposure and that the high-resolution imaging format makes the sensor appropriate for bone x-rays.




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