User Manual

7H8166 2-1
2 Hardware and Operation
Overview
The CARESTREAM DRX-1 System lets you connect a digital DR Detector to an
analog system and capture images digitally. Use the existing analog console to
set up the exam and determine the technique. Then, expose the subject with
the DRX -1 System and view and manipulate the image on the computer using
Image Viewing Acquisition Software. You can send the image to destinations
such as workstations via an Ethernet connection.
The CARESTREAM DRX-1 System lets you change a traditional film or CR
system to a Digital Radiography (DR) system with minimal changes to
hardware. The CARESTREAM DRX-1 System Detector fits existing Buckys just
as cassettes do. A new Console connects to HIS/RIS and PACS. You can
continue to use film or CR in your system as desired.
The Console can download patient data from the RIS (or input from the
Console) and initiates prep and expose functions.
The battery-powered DRX-1 System Detector absorbs, measures, and
translates into digital format the X-ray energy absorbed during an X-ray
exposure. Software corrects the digital image and generates a preview and
full-resolution image on the Console.
The DRX-1 System Detector operates in a wireless state, using a battery for
power and allowing wireless communication for control and data
transmission. The detector may optionally be used with a tether in a Wall
Stand Bucky. The tether provides power and communications to the detector
while it is in the Bucky.
Console application:
• A radiographer views or prepares the patient data and acquisition
procedures for the examination.
• A radiographer captures radiographic images using the CARESTREAM
DRX-1 System Detector.
• A radiographer sends radiographic images and associated patient data
from the CARESTREAM DRX-1 System Detector to an output device such
as hard copy, soft copy, or archive devices.
Follow all safety labels on the equipment.