|Articles|March 8, 2009

Industry News: Varian stresses XR components

The bits and pieces that make digital radiography are center stage at the Varian Medical Systems booth.

The bits and pieces that make digital radiography are center stage at the Varian Medical Systems booth. The company is emphasizing its new G-296 rotating anode X-ray tube developed for use with flat panel digital detectors, an insert specifically designed for general radiology, and cineradiographic and fluoroscopic procedures. Other highlights will be Varian’s line of PaxScan flat panel X-ray image detectors for digital radiography and X-ray tubes for fluoroscopy, angiography, cardiology and cone-beam CT imaging.

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