The Diagnostic Imaging X-ray modality focus page provides information, videos, podcasts, and the latest news about industry product developments, trial results, screening guidelines, and protocol guidance that touch on the use of X-ray across the healthcare continuum, from chest, orthopedic, abdominal imaging, and more.
July 25th 2025
The newly launched Definium Pace Select ET X-ray platform reportedly provides increased automation and advanced image processing.
Agfa debuts small-footprint, high-performance CR reader
December 9th 2009Agfa Healthcare extended its computed radiography portfolio with the global launch at RSNA 2009 of a compact, high-volume reader. Agfa also raised expectations among customers in the market for digital radiography systems with the unveiling of two works-in-progress built around flat-panel detectors.
Poster shows computed radiography artifacts and their solutions
December 8th 2009The artifacts observed in images derived from computed radiography come from a range of sources and user errors. A radiography team from Manipal, India, presented a digital exhibit at the RSNA meeting to illustrate sources of such artifacts and user solutions to overcome them.
Digital radiography wins over emergency room in U.K. setting
December 8th 2009A maneuverable digital radiography system has been selected over a computed radiography system by the emergency room at a U.K. facility. Steven McDonald, director of radiology in the emergency room at Royal Liverpool Hospital gave the rationale and implications for this decision in a poster presentation at RSNA 2009.
CR prepares to challenge solid-state digital mammo
November 1st 2008Since full-field mammographystarted going digital eight yearsago, systems based on flat-panelarrays have dominated. But computedradiography has begun seeping intothat market and, if the FDA allowsCR companies to apply for streamlined510(k) approval of mammographyupgrades, the trickle of CR productscould turn into a flood.
Roper St. Francis gains advantages from CR/DR
February 8th 2008Managing CR and DR implementations is a carefully orchestrated effort at Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, SC. Our healthcare system includes two hospitals in Charleston (Bon Secours St. Francis and Roper Hospital) that represent almost 600 beds, a day hospital, a hospital soon to begin construction in Mt. Pleasant, and eight outpatient facilities with imaging services in the midcoastal area of the state.
Philips prepares to move into digital mammography
January 3rd 2008Philips Medical Systems plans to be on the U.S. market with a computed radiography system for mammography in the second half of 2008 and with a flat panel mammography system in the first half of 2009. When approved by the FDA, they will be available as part of a digital platform that can support CR and DR, the first such hybrid ever.
Digital x-ray finally gains traction -- a decade late
November 1st 2007Demand for digital x-ray is soaring, about 10 years later than most industry insiders predicted. Better late than never, for sure, but the reasons behind the rise of this class of products are as much economic as technological. Volume sales are bringing down the price of digital x-ray systems, just as the adoption of PACS is making digital radiography more a need than a want. Vendors are responding with more powerful equipment bearing attractive prices.
Direct monitor purchases save money but require more care
July 1st 2007When PACS were first introduced, the vendor supplied the whole system, from the back-end servers to the front-end diagnostic workstations. Over time, the buyers of these systems realized that none of these PACS vendors actually manufactured the computers and monitors; they just resold them, often at huge markups.
CR primes market for boom coming soon in digital x-ray
May 1st 2007One of the world's major suppliers of flat-panel x-ray detectors will boost its manufacturing capacity 40% this year. By the end of the decade, Trixell-the French joint venture among Siemens, Philips, and Thales-expects to double its current capacity.
Fischer Medical seeks renewed life in electrophysiology, digital radiography
April 26th 2007A newly constituted company drawn from the remnants of a past innovator in digital imaging aims to put a CT-like twist on general radiography. Fischer Medical Technologies plans to update the general radiography platforms that were once the foundation of its predecessor, Fischer Imaging, with novel digital detectors, inexpensive processors, and conebeam rendering software. Its top executive hopes the products it creates will change the way surgeons operate.
Radlink introduces low-cost CR/PACS
December 1st 2006CR vendor Radlink debuted at the 2006 RSNA meeting a value-priced system designed to help physician offices convert from film to digital radiography. The Pro Imaging will leverage the company’s existing lines, which include the CR Pro computed radiography system, hardware to digitize existing x-ray films, and software for managing practice workflow and data.
Digital radiography teams with CR in ortho
June 3rd 2006The inherent advantages of digital radiography make it a growing favorite among radiology and other departments that use x-rays for diagnostic purposes. Speed, convenience, and quick review of images give DR an edge over rival computed radiography. Yet CR can perform some exams that are still beyond the scope of DR. This give and take is apparent in the orthopedics outpatient clinic at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY, which manages between 250 and 300 patients per day using three DR and five CR systems.