CARESTREAM DRX-1 System
It fits, it’s fast and cost-effective
Convert to DR workflow and productivity quickly, easily and affordably with the CARESTREAM DRX-1 System—featuring the world’s first cassette-sized wireless DR detector that fits your existing equipment.
The lightweight DRX-1 detector simply slides into your table or wall-stand bucky, or can be used for tabletop projections, just like a conventional cassette. It also serves as the center-point of the DRX Family—a complete line of innovative DR products that includes the DRX Mobile Retrofit Kit and DRX-Evolution modular DR suite.
Go DR fast! Transition to DR in hours, not days
- Seamless integration into your facility’s current space, procedures, and workflow
- Easy installation, generally in a single day or less for in-room and mobile upgrades
Wirelessly transmit digital images for immediate viewing and manipulation
- Patients, technologists, radiologists, surgeons and ER staff can all benefit from virtually instant access to images enabled by wireless transmission.
Detector Technology
Stop running to process cassettes and make your rooms DR fast with a portable, wireless detector
- Unlike fixed DR systems, move the detector wherever it’s needed most
Change your cassette, not your entire x-ray room
- Conversion to DR imaging occurs as your funding allows
- A sustainable investment, able to grow with your changing needs
Wireless cassette-sized detector, ISO 4090
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Wireless standard 802.11 n
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Image size: 35 x 43 cm
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Maximum external dimensions: same as 35 x 43 cm cassette
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Pixel pitch: 0.139 mm
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Power: On-board rechargeable battery or external battery charger
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Can be used with your standard grids
Capture console
Battery charger
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Accommodates up to three batteries for recharging
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Electrical: 100-240 Vac, 50/60 Hz, 1.0A Optional power/communications tether
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Connects detector to the capture console for wired image transmission, or to the battery charger for trickle charging when the detector is used in a Bucky.
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The detector that goes and grows with you
At the heart of the DRX Family is the world’s first wireless, cassette-sized detector that works across all your imaging equipment. Carestream’s 2nd generation DRX wireless detector is faster, lighter and even more versatile to support greater workflow and productivity.
Image quality
- Combines the high quality of Carestream DR systems with immediate image access to help speed decisions on patient care
- Optional three-second exposure mode enhances imaging with lower power x-ray generators and accommodates thicker body parts
Enhanced workflow
- Simply slides into table or wall-stand Bucky and can be used for tabletop projections like a conventional cassette
- Easily moves to any room or mobile DRX system
- Multiple exposures for long-length imaging (Not available in the USA) can eliminate the need for CR and expedite orthopedic exams
Convenience
- Weighs 7.9 pounds and is easily transportable to boost productivity
- Carbon fiber twill front panel and powder coat finish on back panel improve handling
- Supports 375 pounds of distributed weight and up to 250 pounds on a four centimeter diameter
- Sleep mode extends battery life to up to 190 exposures or 14 days on standby mode, which means fewer battery changes and lower costs
Features are available on DRX-1 detectors or the DRX-1C cesium iodide detectors. The CARESTREAM DRX-1C detector’s high DQE and MTF make it an ideal fit for dose sensitive applications like pediatrics. More than 3,300 DRX detectors are in clinical use worldwide.
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The DRX Family: DR Imaging Options Tailored to Your Needs
Built around the DRX-1 detector, we've also created additional DR offerings that enable you to convert, replace or expand your imaging system:
DRX Family Product Brochure
We are proud to have installed the DRX Family of wireless DR products at well over 1,000 healthcare facilities.
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Experience the X-Factor of Carestream’s approach to DR Systems.
Carestream is changing the DR game and putting you in control of the move to digital. The world’s first cassette-sized wireless detector platform gives you the X-Factor and makes the most of your capital investment. It meets today’s needs and positions you for growth. X-Factor is a better way to care for patients.
Compatible
- A single detector platform works across a broad portfolio of DRX equipment
- Convert an existing x-ray room or mobile system to digital radiography in a day
Scalable
- Take a modular approach to your capital investment
- Customize a DR solution that fits your workflow and budget
- Add DR systems as your facility expands and grows
Flexible
- Get the most out of your DRX investment 24 hours a day, seven days a week
- Share the detector with a mobile imaging unit for morning rounds, a radiology room DR suite in the afternoon and the emergency department at night
- Use a common software platform to speed your exam process
More than 3,300 DRX detectors are helping healthcare facilities around the world unlocked the benefits of wireless DR with the Carestream DRX Family.
X-Factor. Changing the Way You Think About DR.
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