(Booth 8342) Carestream Health of Rochester, NY, plans to demonstrate DRX-1, a wireless, cassette-size digital radiography detector that can be used with existing wall stands or table-based buckys.
The DRX-1 detector weighs 8.5 lb and is based on a gadolinium oxysulfide (GOS) scintillation material, with a 139-micron pixel pitch. It supports up to 200 lb of weight and has been drop-tested to survive a fall from a height of 3 ft.
The panel holds a charge for about three hours, at which point its battery can be removed and recharged using a toaster-shaped charger. Carestream estimates that a typical DRX-1 battery will retain 90 images, and a busy facility might need to recharge the battery twice a day.
Carestream launched the product in September 2008 and will demonstrate the detector as a work-in-progress at the RSNA show. The company expects DRX-1 to be commercially available in first quarter 2009.
