Siemens Medical Solutions

Flat detectors increasingly replacing x-ray film, company reports

Published in Medical Imaging Law Weekly, January 25th, 2005

In photography, digital technology is increasingly replacing film, and in radiography, digital technology is well on its way to replacing conventional film technology, according to Siemens Medical Solutions.

Siemens Medical Solutions is utilizing flat detectors (FDs), which acquire the x-rays and convert them to digital images. This new technology has been proven to reduce the number of work steps associated with a radiological examination from 36 to 7. Patients benefit not only from shorter examination times, but also reduced dose.

Detector technology has enormous advantages compared to x-ray film: Images acquired using FD technology are available...

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