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Samsung creates flat panel digital X-ray unit
KOREAN GIANT SAMSUNG said it has finished developing a flat panel LCD unit which will eliminate film and development for medical devices.
The firm said it worked in collaboration with a firm called Vatech, with Samsung VP Yoon Jin-hyuk promising the X-ray units will supersede analogue devices far faster than digital cameras put paid to film based cameras.
Samsung said the flat panel ray detector measures 45 centimetres wide and is 46 centimetres high with resolution of 3072 by 3072, equating to 9.4 megapixels.
It uses photodiodes attached to a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate using
amorphous silicon, with X-rays detected photon by photon and converted into
visible light, then to electrical signals which show as images on the flat panel
screen.
The tech will also be adopted for airport security systems, will work with CAT scanners, and also has applications in the construction business.
Devices will come on the market in the first quarter of next year. µ
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Now that's a weird aspect ratio, equal number of pixels, but 45 x 46cm ? I thought that a circle has to be a circle, not an oval, on x-ray.
From the information reported, I fail to see how this new product is such a revolution considering the similar products from Hamamatsu and Perkin Elmer that have been available for years.

Even then, cost tends to be a prohibiting factor for many, in comparison with the old Intensifier/camera combo of old.
Going through airports is going to be like the film 'Total Recall' soon
Digital x-ray detectors are mainstream since 10 years ago. And some other companies make flat panel detectors. Samsung's advertising is misleading in saying they are beginning the "x-ray digital era". 
The main fpd supplier: http://www.varian.com/xray/digital_radiography.html
This technology has been available for over ten years. What is the big deal?
As stated above, this is not new technology. See also www.trixell.com another fpd.
Does the samsung fpd need calibrating every 
24hrs? and a constant power supply?
There is a lot they are not telling us about.