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Siemens launches first digital x-ray unit with wireless detector
3 December 2007
Siemens Medical Solutions has launched its first digital x-ray unit
with a wireless detector. The ‘Ysio wi-D’ will deliver increased
flexibility in examinations and enhanced comfort for patients.
Traditionally, x-ray detectors converting radiation to digital images
are integrated into the examination table. The Ysio wi-D can be removed
from the table for positioning underneath or next to the patient.
Exposures that are difficult or impossible to take using a
permanently integrated detector, eg lateral exposures of the hip, can
now be taken without difficulty. Furthermore, patients with restricted
mobility can be x-rayed in a wheelchair without requiring transfer onto
the table.
The wireless detector transmits image data to the diagnostic
workstation via WLAN. It can be used just as flexibly as a cassette in
analogue x-ray systems.
Digital x-ray systems offer diverse advantages compared to film or
imaging-plate x-ray systems. However, flat detectors permanently
integrated into systems cannot be used as flexibly as cassettes and
cabled, mobile flat detectors still remain ‘tied’. The new Ysio wi-D
x-ray combines the advantages of the flat detector with those of the
cassette.
It is a totally redesigned X-ray system where the overhead support,
the examination table and the Bucky wall unit are specially aligned to
digital x-ray imaging. With over 7 million pixels and a pixel size of
144 micrometers, the detector supplies images of excellent quality
within seconds after exposure. The enhanced DiamondViewPlus software
optimises the detail contrast and noise level of the images to enhance
the quality further.
The Ysio wi-D offers extended versatility in imaging and assists in
reducing patient examination times. This then results in an increased
daily throughput.
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