Children’s trust impresses with dose reduction of mobile x-ray

Tadworth Children’s Trust is a charity for children with brain injury, operating from a campus in Surrey where rehabilitation, education and community services are available to children, young people and their families. 

With plans to move x-ray facilities to a newly-refurbished but smaller space the trust decided to transition from a traditional room to a mobile unit.  A Fujifilm FDR nano with Virtual Grid was chosen.

“Our children and young people require regular monitoring x-rays,” explained lead radiographer Alison Kasoar.  “Image quality and dose reduction were therefore key requirements, and we were looking for a mobile with a small footprint and easy manoeuvrability.  We have been greatly impressed by the dose reduction we’ve achieved with the FDR nano and Virtual Grid technology.  The combination of improved image quality and a reduction in processing time has also meant the children spend less time in x-ray and have more time for their important therapies and activities.” 

Radiography volunteer Heather Strong added: “We have found the FDR nano very easy to use and it allows us to do the full range of examinations we previously did with a room. The flexibility of the FDR nano also enabled us to decommission the old room but continue our radiography service while the new room was completed. An added bonus has been the delightful child-friendly graphics supplied by Fujifilm.”

The FDR nano’s compact, lightweight cart allows access and manoeuvrability and it is silent to drive as it does not have a motor. The small C24 detector is designed to fit into an incubator Bucky for neonatal imaging.

Picture: Lead radiographer Alison Kasoar, Fujifilm business development associate Jordan Pollard, radiography volunteer Heather Strong and Fujifilm account manager Craig Burrows.

Published on page 12 of the April 2019 issue of RAD Magazine.