Kilmarnock hospital gets DR detectors
Gloucestershire-based digital radiography (DR) supplier Xograph
Imaging Systems has installed its latest digital imaging technologies at
the radiology department at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock, Scotland.
Two Canon CXDI-40EG portable flat panel detectors and one Canon
portable CXDI-31 detector — which can be used for a variety of clinical
applications, such as lateral and axial exposures that require a
horizontal xray beam — have been installed. The latter is particularly
useful for patients who cannot be transferred to a table system, being
only 2cm wide and weighing only 2.8kg. It is also suitable for
paediatric applications, as the xray grid can easily be removed to
reduce the patient’s xray dose.
The detectors are expected to greatly speed the throughput of
patients in the department and to deliver high-resolution digital images
to assist diagnosis, as images are produced only three seconds after
exposure, without the radiographer having to leave the xray room.
“We are already experiencing the benefits of DR such as better, more
efficient, patient throughput”, said Fiona Orr, Superintendent
Radiographer at Crosshouse Hospital. “Children in particular find the
speed of the examinations far less stressful than before.”
Crosshouse Hospital is one of the largest district general hospitals
in Scotland and forms part of NHS Ayrshire and Arran Hospitals Division.
It provides hospital services for adults and children in North Ayrshire
and Arran.
Source: bjhc&im October 2006
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