Image Intensifiers Manufacturers

Image intensifier or Flouroscope, is a highly complex piece of equipment which uses x-rays and produces a 'live' image feed which is displayed on a TV screen.It allows low energy x-rays to be amplified through the machine resulting in a smaller dose to the patient. It consists of an x-ray source, input window, input phosphor, photocathode, vacuum and electron optics, output phosphor and output window. It allows for lower x-ray doses to be used on patients by magnifying the intensity produced in the output image, enabling the viewer to easily see the structure of the object being imaged. Components of Image intensifier are: C-arm (encompasses the actual X-ray source and Image intensifier), table, radiographic exposure and program controls post processing software viewing monitors. There are two types of image intensifier. They are classified into two types namely fixed image intensifier and mobile image intensifier. Fixed image intensifier are used in most x-ray departments as 'screening rooms'. The types of investigations for which this machine can be used for is vast. Examples include: barium studies, endoscopy studies (ERCP), fertility studies (HSG), angiography studies (Peripheral, Central and Cerebral), therapeutic studies. Mobile image intensifier is smaller in design than a fixed image intensifier.