Budget Friendly Whole Body Scan Machine

Overview

A whole body scan machine provides a rapid, low‑dose radiographic survey of the entire torso and limbs in a single pass. The system employs a stationary gantry equipped with a narrow, high‑sensitivity detector array that rotates around the subject, delivering a calibrated exposure per rotation. Facilities that require frequent screening—such as occupational health clinics, sports medicine centers, and research laboratories—benefit from the reduced per‑scan cost and minimal operator training.

Technical Specifications

Parameter	Typical Value	Unit
Scan Resolution	0.5	mm
Field of View (Length)	2000	mm
Scan Time per Position	8	seconds
Effective Dose	0.02	mSv
Power Consumption	1.2	kW
Overall Dimensions (L×W×H)	2500 × 800 × 1800	mm
Weight	650	kg
Operating Temperature Range	10 – 35	°C
Data Interface	Gigabit Ethernet, DICOM 3.0	–

Values above represent typical configurations; actual specifications can be adjusted to match site constraints or performance goals.

Key Engineering Features

The scanner utilizes a pulsed‑X‑ray tube with automatic exposure control, which keeps the dose per scan within the low‑range while maintaining sufficient photon statistics for diagnostic clarity.

A modular detector design allows the active length to be increased or decreased in 200 mm increments, enabling the system to adapt to different patient populations or research protocols without hardware replacement.

Integrated software provides real‑time dose monitoring, automatic positioning aids, and DICOM‑compatible image export, reducing the need for separate workstation purchases.

• Low‑pulse‑width X‑ray tube (< 2 ms) minimizes motion blur.
• Detective quantum efficiency (DQE) > 65 % at typical diagnostic energies.
• Self‑calibrating detector array corrects for gain drift over time.
• Shielded gantry reduces stray radiation to < 0.1 % of primary beam.

Applications

Because the system delivers a full‑body composition map in under ten seconds, it is well suited for environments where throughput and repeatability are critical, such as pre‑employment health screening or longitudinal studies of bone density changes.

• Occupational health: rapid assessment of skeletal integrity for workers in high‑impact industries.
• Sports medicine: baseline and follow‑up imaging of athletes to monitor stress‑related bone adaptations.
• Research laboratories: reproducible whole‑body phenotyping for pharmacokinetic or nutritional studies.
• Veterinary referral centers: low‑dose screening of large animals where conventional CT is impractical.

Customization Options

The scanner’s architecture is built around interchangeable detector modules and a flexible gantry drive, allowing buyers to tailor the system to specific spatial or performance requirements.

• Detector length: 1200 mm to 3000 mm in 200 mm steps.
• Gantry rotation speed: 0.5 s to 2.0 s per full turn.
• Software packages: basic bone‑density analysis, advanced body‑composition mapping, or research‑grade voxel quantification.
• Radiation shielding options: additional lead‑free attenuators for installations in confined spaces.
• Power input: single‑phase 200‑240 V or three‑phase 380‑480 V, 50/60 Hz.

Quality Assurance & Testing

Every unit undergoes a factory acceptance test that measures spatial resolution using a line‑pair phantom, dose uniformity across the field of view, and repeatability of effective dose over ten consecutive scans.

Safety interlocks are verified to cut off X‑ray emission within 10 ms of gantry motion fault detection, and leakage radiation is confirmed to remain below regulatory limits for uncontrolled areas.

A calibration certificate traceable to national standards is shipped with each system, and optional on‑site performance verification can be arranged upon request.

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Contact for Inquiry

To discuss how this budget‑friendly whole body scan machine can be adapted to your facility’s workflow, please reach out to our application engineering team.

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