How a C-Arm Works & How We Save You Time & Money
There’s a wide range of uses for C-arms, but not to worry, the Excedr lease program can source all instrument types and can accommodate any brand preferences you might have. Contact us today and see how leasing can discount your 3D C-arm machine’s price.
All equipment brands/models are available
The Advantages of Excedr’s C-Arm Leasing Program:
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- Eliminates the upfront cost of purchasing equipment by spreading its cost over time
- Minimizes equipment downtime with included complete repair coverage and preventive maintenance
- Takes advantage of potentially 100% tax deductible* payments, providing you significant cash-savings
- Expedites the administrative work needed for instrument procurement and logistics
- Conserves working capital, enabling you to reinvest in your core business and operations (staffing, inventory, marketing/sales, etc.)
- Accommodates all manufacturer and model preferences
*Please consult your tax advisor to determine the full tax implications of leasing equipment.
Many large devices utilized in radiology, such as MRI machines and CT scanners, can take up entire rooms.
However, the mobile C-arm is an imaging device that is small enough to be employed in both operating rooms and inside clinics. C-arms get their name from their crescent moon shape. They are also known as C-arm X-ray machines due to their use of X-rays and radiation detectors to generate images.
C-arms are used primarily used for fluoroscopic imagining in surgical procedures, orthopedics, cardiology, vascular surgery, and traumatology. Fluoroscopy is a type of medical imaging that provides a continuous X-ray image in real-time.
As an intraoperative imaging device, C-arms offer non-invasive, real-time images making it an excellent tool for monitoring patients’ health. Functionally, C-arms have two main components, the generator or X-ray source and the image intensifier or a flat-panel X-ray detector. The detector and the generator are attached to the C-shaped arm, allowing for freedom of movement horizontally, vertically, and around its axes.
The X-rays are shot out of the generator towards the patient. Due to X-rays’ physical qualities, they can penetrate the patient’s body without any pretest preparations. After the X-rays pass through the patient’s body, the detector collects the data, translating it into a visible image that can be displayed on a monitor. The actual radiographic image quality is detailed enough to distinguish between blood vessels, bones, and implants.
C-Arm Imager Instrumentation, Techniques, & Costs
C-Arm instrumentation and cost vary. Understanding your needs and matching them with the proper configuration and technique is one of the first steps to increased efficiency, accuracy, and ease of use. Let’s review some of your options below.
Image Intensifiers
After the X-rays pass through a patient’s body, they lose some of their initial energy.
Once through the body, these X-rays hit a fluorescent surface and glow depending on how much energy they have remaining. Image intensifiers, or image intensifier tubes, are vacuum-tube-based devices that increase light intensity in low-light systems.
In C-arms, image intensifiers are placed behind the fluorescent surface and are equipped with a camera to capture the glow pattern. It should be noted that although an effective tool, due to the image intensifier’s curvature, some distortion does occur.
Flat-Panel Detectors (FPD)
A more modern device that is rapidly becoming popular is the flat-panel detector. If we look at image intensifiers as an analog approach, these flat-panel detectors would be a digital one.
Instead of using a fluorescent surface, FPDs detect and analyze the incoming X-rays indirectly or directly. Indirect detectors use a layer of scintillator material that converts the energy of the X-rays into light.
This light passes through a layer of silicon detectors, translating it into an image pixel by pixel. Direct FPDs use photoconductors to directly capture the X-ray photons and convert them into an electric charge.
This charge is then analyzed and converted into an image. By bypassing the optical conversion step, FPDs can offer distortion-free images.
3D Imaging
A relatively new development for C-arm imaging, 3D C-arm computed tomography (CT), uses an FDP C-arm system with 2D X-ray projections to generate 3D images similar to CT scans.
To generate these 3D images, the C-arm performs a full sweep around the entire patient’s body, gathering thousands of 2D views from all angles. The collected images are stitched together to create a 3D cone-beam reconstruction of the image.
The image can also be shown as either cross-sectional or full-volume rendering. Initially only used for neurovascular imaging, this technique is now being applied to imaging soft tissue. This technique is also known as rotational angiography.
Brief History of the C-Arm
Imaging of internal organs and bone structure is vital to our medical development. Seeing what is wrong with a person without opening them up has improved our ability to treat sick people.
Since 1895, when Rontgen invented the first X-ray-based technology, we have steadily improved our ability to look into a person’s body. In 1927, the Portuguese doctor Egas Moniz developed the first angiogram using X-rays to image the vasculature of a person’s brain by using a contrast medium.
By the 1950s, X-rays had become a vital part of any doctor’s diagnosis; however, due to their designs, they could not move. In 1955, the first C-arm was developed to solve this issue. It offered doctors the flexibility of a much smaller portable device while also giving them the necessary X-ray capabilities that they needed.
We Offer FPD C-Arm Leases to Fit Every Need
Whatever your radiology and x-ray imaging system needs, a C-arm can be a powerful tool for you, as it provides real-time, high-quality images.
If you’re interested in purchasing a mobile c-arm system or mini c-arm but lack the budget to do so, our equipment lease program is a creative and flexible solution.
Additionally, if you’d like to lease other medical imaging equipment, such as a CT scanner, we can help with that too. Fill out our contact form or request a lease estimate to discuss your exact financing needs further.
Operating Lease
This off-balance sheet financing structure provides three options at the end of the term. The lessee has the option to return the equipment to the lessor, renew at a discounted rate, or purchase the instrument for the fair market value. Monthly payments are also 100% tax deductible which yields additional monetary savings.
Sale-Leaseback
If you recently bought equipment, Excedr can offer you cash for your device and convert your purchase into a long-term rental. This is called a sale leaseback. If you’ve paid for equipment within the last ninety days, we can help you recoup your investment and allow you to make low monthly payments. This also frees up money in your budget rather than tying it down to a fixed asset.
C-Arm Manufacturers & Models on the Market
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Shimadzu:
OPESCOPE ACTENO, Trinias C16/B12/C12/F12 unity edition, Trinias C26/C12/F12 unity smart edition, Trinias F12/C12 MiX package, Trinias B12 MiX package, BRANSIST alexa F12/C12 MiX package, Trinias B8/C8/F8 unity edition, Trinias F8/C8 MiX package, Trinias B8 MiX package
GE Healthcare:
OEC Elite CFD, OEC One, OEC Elite MiniView, OEC Elite, OEC 9800, OEC 9900 Elite, OEC Brivo
Philips:
Azurion 3 F12, Azurion 3 F15, Azurion 7 C12, Azurion 7 F12, Azurion 7 C20, Azurion 7 F20, Azurion 7 C20 with FlexArm, Azurion 7 B12/12, Zenition 50, Zenition 70, Veradius Unity, BV Pulsera
Canon:
Alphenix Series, Infinix-i Sky+, Infinix-i Sky, Infinix-i Biplane, Infinix-i Dual plane, Infinix-i Core+
Siemens Healthineers:
Cios Spin, Cios Alpha, Cios Fusion, Cios Connect, Cios Select with FD, Cios Select, Arcadis Orbic 3D eco, ARTIS icono, ARTIS pheno, Artis Q, Artis Q.zen, Artis zee, Artis one
HOLOGIC:
Fluoroscan InSight Mini
Ziehm Imaging:
Vision RFD 3D, Vision RFD Hybrid Edition, Vision RFD, Solo FD, Vision R, Vision, Solo
Genoray:
OSCAR prime, OSCAR classic, OSCAR 15, ZEN-7000,
Perlong Medical:
XM112 High Frequency C-Arm, XM112B, XM112E, XM112D, XM112C
EMD Medical Technologies:
Spectum E-2000 Mobile C-Arm
Gemss Urocamp Medical:
Spinel 12HD, Spinel 3G , KMC-650
SkanRay:
Skan-C
Orthoscan:
FD PULSE, FD-OR, MOBILE DI
Trivitron Healthcare:
Elite, Infinity
DMS Imaging:
EVO
MS Westfalia:
ARES MR ANGIO FP, ARES MR DIM HD, ARES MR, ARES MR ANGIO, , ARES MR AFG, ARES MR DFG
SternMED:
Xenox C200, Xenox C100, Xenox M300CV, Xenox C300, Xenonx C400
Simad:
Moonray 500 C, Moonray COMPACT, Moonray 500 XL, Moonray 500 D, Moonray DUAL, Moonray PRECISIO
Biomedical Italia:
BCA-PLUS
Intermedical:
Radius DIM, Radius AFG (RTP), Radius DFG (HRP), Radius Single, Radius S/R+Dim, Radius XP, Radius XP 30, Radius XP100 Cardio – Floor Based, Radius XP100 Cardio – Floor based – Model with flat panel
Applicazione Tecnologie Speciali Srl:
ARCO FP, ARCO 140-66, ARCO Rk15-i
and more!
