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New X-ray System Uses Carbon Nanotube Technology

By MedImaging International staff writers
Posted on 05 Jul 2017
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Image: The DRX-Revolution Nano mobile x-ray system (Photo courtesy of Carestream Health).
Image: The DRX-Revolution Nano mobile x-ray system (Photo courtesy of Carestream Health).
A novel non-motorized mobile X-ray system uses carbon nanotube technology to provide a lighter weight, allowing easier movement and positioning even in cramped critical care areas.

The Carestream Health (Rochester, NY, USA) DRX-Revolution Nano Mobile X-ray system offers an automatic collapsible column for the tubehead and a compact footprint that makes it easy to maneuver and position in tight spaces and provides an unobstructed view. The long tubehead reach also allows better patient access and more accurate positioning, even in crowded rooms. Carbon nanotube technology and an advanced lithium iron phosphate battery contribute to maneuverability by reducing weight to 93 kilograms.

The DRX-Revolution Nano system also includes independent controls of the diaphragm without moving the tubehead and two touch-screen displays with an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) that enables quick image review or technique changes from the console or the tube. A powerful 32kW generator, dual focal spot tube, a tube-and-grid alignment system, and the proprietary Carestream EVP Plus image processing software combine to optimize images, resulting in fewer retakes and more support for faster, more accurate diagnoses.

The DRX-Revolution also offers prior image review, including techniques and exposure history, based on a PACS query/retrieve capability. Custom capabilities for the intensive care unit (ICU) includes tube and line visualization that provide a companion image enhanced for a clearer view of tube and PICC lines in order to verify correct positioning. A pediatric package uses image processing views that optimize image quality via customized acquisition and processing parameters that suppress noise and enhance detail, based on patient size.

“When we launched the DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System, we introduced a new generation of mobile imaging that features an automatic collapsible column for enhanced visibility, powerful dual motor drive, long tubehead reach, and specialized image visualization software,” said Sarah Verna, worldwide global marketing manager for X-ray solutions at Carestream. “The new DRX-Revolution Nano system will use carbon nanotube technology to deliver an innovative lighter weight, non-motorized system that will be even easier to transport and position in cramped critical care areas.”

The DRX-Revolution Nano system, like the entire DRX Family, supports sharing of the X-Factor wireless detector platform, which allows the same detector to work seamlessly across the entire line-up of DRX products, helping healthcare providers maximize return on investment and reduce costs, and also facilitates digital conversion, replacement, or expansion of current systems.

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