Flat Panel Detector Provides High-Quality Digital Radiography in a Portable Format

Providing a more ergonomic and portable form than its predecessor, a new portable flat panel detector realizes a new level of freedom and immediacy for diagnosis in the X-ray room and beyond.

Canon USA, Inc. (Lake Success, NY, USA), a developer of digital imaging technologies, announced the expansion of its line of digital radiography (DR) systems with the introduction of the Canon CXDI-60G portable flat panel detector. Canon's ninth-generation flat panel detector extends DR beyond traditional applications to include room-to-room installations and mobile X-ray systems.

The Canon CXDI-60G portable flat panel detector succeeds the company's CXDI-31, the world's first portable cassette-type DR system, introduced in September 2001. Thin, and lightweight, the flat panel detector provides portability and flexibility in high-quality DR. Added benefits include low power consumption and a detachable sensor cable for convenient maintenance and installation. The model's detachable sensor cable, which provides power to the unit and transfers data, enables easy room-to-room installation from multiple locations such as the patient's bedside or wheelchair, trauma, or intensive care unit (ICU; with an optional power box and personal computer [PC]) and fits into most neonatal incubator trays.

Weighing only 5.9 pounds and measuring less than an inch thick, the lightweight and slim-body Canon CXDI-60G portable flat panel detector provides an effective imaging area of 9 x 11 inches, accommodating a diverse range of applications, including the X-raying of hands, elbows, feet and knees, among the most common orthopedic examinations. Enabling X-ray images to be confirmed on an optional preview monitor approximately three seconds after exposure, the system contributes to timely and effective patient care.

Furthermore, Canon's proprietary control software, which supports enhanced image-processing performance, contributes to increased diagnostic accuracy by making possible X-ray images optimized for the area being examined. Images can be transmitted almost immediately over the hospital network to other workstations and printers, and can be archived for fast and easy data sharing. Canon DR technology provides speed, efficiency, and a streamlined workflow to meet diverse needs, including support for off-site diagnosis and emergency care.

Canon USA has installed more than 2,500 DR sensor panels throughout Canada, the United States, and Latin America, part of more than 6,900 DR systems that have been installed worldwide by the Canon family of companies. Canon USA provides consumer, business-to-business, and industrial imaging systems.

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