Fujifilm - Persona U Arm

Compact x-ray room system for general orthopedic imaging.

Maximize your facility's potential with the Persona U Arm, a radiographic solution engineered for environments where space is limited but performance is non-negotiable. This fully motorized, auto-positioning system brings advanced Direct Radiography (DR) capabilities to clinics and imaging centers that previously struggled to accommodate full-scale equipment.

By combining a compact footprint with a single-detector design, the Persona U Arm streamlines the entire imaging workflow. Technicians can transition between exam types effortlessly, relying on the system’s automated positioning to reduce physical strain and speed up patient throughput. The result is a seamless experience that delivers high-resolution diagnostic images and optimal dose efficiency, ensuring you never have to compromise on clinical standards to fit your budget or floor plan.

Maximize Efficiency in Minimal Space with the Persona U Arm:

• Space-Efficient Design: Specifically built to fit into smaller exam rooms, this unit eliminates the need for costly facility renovations or expansions.
• Fully Motorized Positioning: Advanced auto-positioning technology automates movement, allowing for faster setup times and precise alignment for every exam.
• Comprehensive Versatility: Capable of performing a wide range of radiographic studies—from chest and skeletal to standing and supine exams—making it a true all-in-one solution.
• Uncompromised Image Quality: Delivers exceptional image clarity and detail, providing radiologists with the data they need for confident diagnoses.
• Infrastructure Friendly: Designed to operate within limited power requirements, simplifying installation and reducing long-term operational costs.
• Optimized Productivity: The intuitive user interface and automated features reduce exam time, allowing your staff to focus more on patient care and less on equipment manipulation.

Flexible:

• Universal Positioning: The fully motorized U-arm design rotates and pivots to achieve virtually any angle, allowing for comprehensive head-to-toe imaging without the need to move the patient.
• Compact Footprint: Specifically engineered for restricted environments, this system fits easily into smaller exam rooms, maximizing floor space without limiting clinical utility.
• Enhanced Workflow: Quick and quiet movements allow technicians to transition effortlessly between chest, table, and standing exams, significantly reducing exam times and increasing patient throughput.
• Patient-Centric Design: Ideal for patients with limited mobility, the system adjusts around the individual, minimizing discomfort and the risk of injury during positioning.
• Versatile Clinical Utility: From complex orthopedic assessments to general chest and abdominal studies, the Persona U Arm delivers high-quality diagnostic results across a broad spectrum of general radiography needs.

Simple Automatic Operation:

• Tube Head Touchscreen: Access critical system information and exposure controls directly at the tube head. The integrated touchscreen display allows for immediate adjustments without leaving the patient's side, ensuring a smoother examination process.
• Detector-Side Controls: enhance workflow efficiency with convenient movement controls located right at the detector. Technologists can easily align the system for upright, cross-table, or table exams with minimal effort.
• Hand-Held Remote: Execute fast, precise, and safe positioning from a distance. The included hand-held remote provides versatile control over system movements, offering flexibility during complex patient setups.
• Versatile Positioning: The U-Arm design accommodates a wide range of exams, from standing chest X-rays to table work, providing the flexibility needed for diverse clinical requirements.

Fast, Safe positioning

• Intelligent Safety Mechanisms: Operate with complete peace of mind thanks to the advanced anti-collision system. Equipped with dual laser and pressure sensors, the unit actively detects the presence of patients and staff, automatically halting movement to prevent accidental contact and ensure a secure exam environment.
• Automated Precision: Accelerate exam times and reduce physical strain on staff with the system's auto-positioning capabilities. The Persona U Arm adjusts quickly to pre-set positions, ensuring accurate alignment for every shot without the need for repetitive manual adjustments.
• Versatile Angulation: Capture difficult views with ease through flexible system angulation. The arm navigates around the patient, accommodating a wide variety of clinical needs—from standing chests to table work—without requiring the patient to be repositioned.
• Centralized Control: Manage exam parameters efficiently with the integrated generator console. This streamlined interface places critical controls at your fingertips, simplifying the technical process and minimizing steps between patient intake and image acquisition.

Cost and Space Saving Design:

• Universal Alignment: The X-ray tube and detector remain perfectly aligned during movement, reducing setup time and ensuring consistent image quality.
• Comprehensive Exam Capabilities: effortlessly handles a wide variety of radiographic procedures, including difficult angles for knee and skull exams.
• 180-Degree Tube Rotation: The tube rotates fully to accommodate free detector shots, wheelchair exams, and other complex patient scenarios.
• Patient-Centric Design: Supports exams in standing, sitting, or lying down positions, improving comfort for patients with limited mobility.

DR Detectors:

• Flexible Detector Integration: Seamlessly pairs with FDR ES wireless detectors in standard 14×17”, full field-of-view 17×17”, and the unique 24x30cm size, offering the versatility needed for diverse patient anatomies and exam types.
• Superior Image Clarity: Utilizes Fujifilm’s patented ISS (Irradiation Side Sampling) technology to capture sharper images with greater detail, ensuring critical anatomical structures are visible for precise diagnosis.
• Optimized Patient Safety: Features advanced noise reduction circuitry that maintains exceptional image quality even at lower doses, prioritizing patient well-being during examinations without compromising on results.
• Efficient Performance: The combination of high-sensitivity detection and intelligent circuitry maximizes signal strength, resulting in cleaner images and a more reliable performance in demanding clinical environments.

Unprecedented Speed:

• Rapid Image Availability: Experience near-instantaneous feedback with image preview times ranging from just 2 to 7 seconds at the FDX Console. This rapid turnaround enables technicians to verify positioning and image quality immediately, significantly reducing the need for retakes or prolonged patient waiting periods.
• Streamlined Operational Workflow: The system is built to minimize the steps between patient positioning and image capture. This optimized workflow reduces friction in busy facilities, allowing for higher patient throughput and a more organized clinical environment.
• Seamless Console Integration: Direct communication with the FDX Console ensures that data transfer is not just fast, but reliable. This connectivity supports a cohesive diagnostic experience where technology supports the radiographer’s expertise rather than hindering it.

Technology Features:

• Intuitive Touchscreen Interface: Access pre-programmed exam menu shortcuts directly from the tube touchscreen, placing control right at your fingertips.
• Automated Positioning: Simply select a study, and the system automatically adjusts to the default position, Source-to-Image Distance (SID), collimation field, and detector rotation.
• Streamlined Workflow: The automated movements significantly reduce setup time, allowing for faster patient throughput without compromising image quality.
• Consistent Imaging: Automation ensures that positioning parameters are standardized for every study, reducing variability and the need for retakes.

• Precise Digital Feedback: The system features a clear digital readout directly on the U-arm, displaying real-time data for both arm and detector rotation. This allows technicians to verify angles instantly, ensuring exact positioning without the need for guesswork.
• Consistent Imaging Results: With specific rotation degrees visible at a glance, replicating positions for follow-up exams becomes effortless. This precision helps maintain consistency across patient history, aiding in more accurate long-term diagnosis.
• Reduced Retake Rates: The combination of flexible rotation and accurate digital monitoring helps minimize positioning errors. This leads to fewer retakes, lower radiation dose for patients, and a faster workflow for the facility.

• Seamless Workstation Integration: The system is fully integrated with the FDX Console technologist workstation by SpeedLink, creating a unified interface for exam management and image acquisition.
• Automated Dose Optimization: Optimal dose techniques are automatically mapped to specific site preferences immediately upon exam selection. This ensures consistent image quality and patient safety without requiring manual calculation for every procedure.
• Flexible Generator Control: While automation handles the baseline, the included generator console retains full flexibility. Technologists can easily make manual adjustments to exposure parameters to accommodate specific patient needs or complex clinical scenarios.

• Remote Positioning Control: Easily adjust the U Arm's position from the control console, eliminating the need to physically reach for the tube head.
• Intuitive Interface: The user-friendly touchscreen display provides clear visual feedback and precise control over system movements.
• Automated Positioning: Pre-programmed positions allow for quick and accurate setup for common exams, reducing procedure time.
• Enhanced Safety: Integrated collision sensors and emergency stop buttons ensure patient and operator safety during movement.
• Flexible Configuration: The U Arm's versatile design accommodates a wide range of patient sizes and exam types, maximizing clinical utility.

• Dynamic Visualization II (DVII): This optional intelligent processing technology optimizes image quality by analyzing 3D feature and exposure data. DVII automatically clarifies over- and under-penetrated regions within the same scan, ensuring that the entire region of interest maintains optimal visibility. This results in balanced, high-definition images that reveal critical details often lost in standard processing.
• Virtual Grid Simulation: Eliminate the need for physical grids without compromising contrast or clarity. This optional processing software simulates the benefits of a grid—reducing scatter and sharpening the image—while significantly lowering patient radiation dose by up to 50%. By removing the physical grid, facilities can also prevent common grid-related artifacts and alignment errors, leading to fewer retakes and a smoother workflow.