X-Ray System Provides Expanded Patient Access and Anatomic Coverage

A new X-ray system provides patient anatomic coverage through its multi-axis floor C-arm and suspended omega-arm, featuring a variable isocenter that simplifies biplane positioning and isocentering.

The increased patient access allows several staff members, as well as anesthesiologists, to easily and simultaneously access the patient. Vascular and neuro X-ray procedures particularly benefit from this, as the physician often must remain by the patient's side. Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. (Tustin, CA, USA), presented its biplane X-ray system, the Infinix VF-i/BP, at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting held in Chicago, IL, USA, held on November 25-30, 2007.

"The new Infinix system is set up to allow 180º head-end patient access,” said Robert Micer, director, X-ray Vascular Business Unit, Toshiba. "The Infinix's multi-axis floor-mounted C-arm and suspended omega-arm allows head-to-toe and fingertip-to-fingertip coverage without having to pan or pivot the table. This allows physicians to move the system around the patient, instead of moving the patient around the system.”

The Infinix VF-i/BP also provides high-resolution imaging through two flat panel detectors (FPDs)--a 12”x16” FPD on the multi-axis C-arm and an 8”x8” FPD on the ceiling suspended omega-arm. All of these features allow maximum flexibility needed for complex vascular and neuro-interventional procedures with high-resolution imaging at the lowest dose.

The Infinix VF-i/BP also includes configuration flexibility, a liquid-metal-bearing X-ray tube, and a unique table design that allows a variety of patients to be imaged.


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