ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 23 — Carestream Health has shipped its 2,500th wireless DRX detector,
the company announced today. The CARESTREAM DRX-1 was the industry’s first wireless,
cassette-size detector. Carestream now has a family of six DRX-based systems that help streamline workflow, improve productivity and enhance patient care in both in-room and mobile environments.
"Our growing portfolio of wireless DR systems meets healthcare providers’ needs today and allows them to easily and affordably add functionality in the future using DRX as their foundation. This is what we call the X-Factor approach," said Diana Nole, President, Digital Medical Solutions, Carestream Health. "With configurable, modular components—all powered by the world’s first wireless, cassette-size detector that works across all DRX equipment—we are changing the way people think about the use of DR in radiology.”
Each DRX detector can be used in multiple systems at a facility. For example, a detector can be used in a mobile unit for early morning rounds at a hospital and then moved to a general radiology room for the rest of the day. Detectors can also be moved from day use in general radiology exam rooms to mobile units that serve the emergency department at night.
The DRX-based portfolio includes the CARESTREAM DRX-1 System, CARESTREAM DRX-Mobile Retrofit kit, CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution suite and CARESTREAM DRX-Ascend System , which is a Quantum Q-Rad Floor Mounted System with an integrated DRX detector.
The company also introduced two new mobile imaging retrofit kits at the annual meeting of AHRA, the Association for Medical Imaging Management:
The DRX family includes a second detector, the cesium iodide-based CARESTREAM DRX-1C, that offers exceptional image quality and improved DQE (detective quantum efficiency). The DRX-1C detector’s superior image quality makes it an ideal fit for orthopedic, trauma, pediatric and other specialty environments in addition to general radiography exams.
Patient care in ED, ICU, pediatric ICU and other imaging environments is enhanced with an innovative Tube and Line Visualization feature that uses a single exposure to display an enhanced companion image with more precise visualization of lines and tubes, which are typically difficult to view.
“Wireless digital systems help our staff overcome the challenges of imaging in trauma, mobile and room-based environments. The speed and positioning flexibility of these systems offer higher quality for our trauma patients than previous CR systems. We also have improved patient care in our ICU and surgical suites by converting our existing mobile imaging systems with wireless DR detectors. These DR systems have a Tube and Line Visualization feature that is an excellent tool to verify correct positioning for breathing tubes and PICC lines,” said Betsy Grady, BS, RT(R) (CV), General Diagnostic Manager of the Radiology Department, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
For more information on Carestream’s medical imaging and healthcare IT solutions please visit www.carestream.com.
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About Carestream Health
Carestream Health is a worldwide provider of dental and medical imaging systems and healthcare IT solutions; molecular imaging systems for life science research and drug discovery/development; x-ray film and digital x-ray systems for non-destructive testing; and advanced materials for the precision films and electronics markets.
For more information about the company’s broad portfolio of products, solutions and services, please contact your Carestream Health representative or visit www.carestream.com.
CARESTREAM is a trademark of Carestream Health.
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