Hospitals and medical facilities both large and small turn to computed radiography systems for their digital imaging needs. Because personal digital electronics have become so inexpensive to purchase in recent years, the prices have also dropped on all manner of medical electronics, including those used for digital imaging. Although there are many benefits that come from using a CR system, most medical offices and hospitals utilize them for three primary reasons.

• Computed radiography components are used to retrofit film imaging equipment

If your medical facility has a great deal of film x-ray equipment, it can be rather costly to get rid of all of that equipment and replace it with a new digital imaging system. On the other hand, CR system parts can be used to retrofit your existing film system, in order to turn it into a digital imager for a fraction of the cost of buying new.

• CR solutions are affordable

Many smaller medical offices have, in years past, not been able to take advantage of digital imaging technology because of the cost. However, that has all changed. Purchases that used to run thousands of dollars can now be made for hundreds less, primarily due to the advent and popularity of the personal computer. Moment-by-moment upgrades in electrical components helped to bring the prices down from original levels, and this has played a large part in medical digital technology for digital imaging as well. There are CR suites that you can get for as little as five hundred dollars a month, for example, which are cost-effective for offices needing to process low volumes of digital images.

• Computed radiography digital imaging systems are versatile

There are CR units that are appropriate for use in your radiology room, as part of the full complement of digital imaging systems that you have available for diagnostic purposes. Units can be situated on tables, or can be mounted on stands or on wall mounts, so that you can get the images you need whether your patients sit, stand or lie.

You can also use CR solutions in a portable medical care environment as well. CR can be used with a rolling cart or stand so that you can move your equipment in to where your patients are. Physicians in many different clinical specialty areas, such as veterinary, podiatry, orthopedic, chiropractic, radiology and urgent care practices, can all utilize the power of CR to help them get their specialized digital imaging jobs done quickly and effectively.