As the winning bidder for a Siemens Healthcare digital radiography (DR) system, John T Mather Memorial Hospital has presented a cheque for USD285,309 (GBP176,433) to the Children's Health Fund.
Mather Hospital's Siemens system, the Ysio, will allow the hospital to image patients of various shapes, sizes, ages and disabilities.
The Ysio will enable the hospital to use the DR system as an integrated command centre by controlling its workflow from registration to image data management.
With more than 500 different preset examination positions, Ysio can save preparation time.
Pressing a button on the wireless remote will automatically move the X-ray tube into position.
Ysio's wireless detector (wi-D) handles like a cassette and can be removed from the table and placed directly underneath or next to the patient for exposures that are difficult or impossible to take using a fixed detector.
Images acquired with the wi-D can be previewed in as little as five seconds without the need to change or process cassettes.
Ysio's table design caters to the full spectrum of patient profiles from pediatrics to bariatrics, offering a 660lb weight capacity and a low table height of 21in for convenient positioning when shifting sick or elderly patients from wheelchair to table.
