New fluoroscopy system can make X-ray ‘movies’

In the past year, Wadley Regional Medical Center brought cutting-edge technology to Texarkana with the addition of fluoroscopy.

The digital Philips fluoroscopy system allows providers to see moving body structure, similar to an X-ray “movie.”

“The new … fluoroscopy system is state-of-the-art,” Shelby Brown, Wadley director of marketing, said in an earlier article. “Flown in from Germany, the new Philips CombiDiagnost R90 is a remote-controlled fluoroscopy system in combination with high-end digital radiography.”

“With cutting-edge digital radiography capabilities, it converts a traditional fluoroscopy room into a high-throughput 2-in-1 solution,” Brown said. “This system offers fast, confident diagnoses with superb images while reducing radiation exposure through automatic adjustments.

“Other advantages include the ability to handle patients weighing up to 626 pounds without restricting movement, and the tabletop is able to accommodate mobile-compromised patients by lowering the tabletop to easily transfer. The increased weight capacity is very important, because in the past, these large patients were not able to have the exam performed.”

The new technology also eliminates the need to use use fluoroscopy before the test begins to determine the parameters; that is no longer needed for digital exposures.

“It has short exposure times with automatic adjustment in real time for all patients and applications to guarantee consistent, high image quality without motion blur, regardless of the patient’s individual characteristics,” Brown said.