Scanning Devices > Medical Scanners > Microtek Medi-1200 Dental Digitizer for Intraoral Films

• Boost your productivity.
• Go digital. But do it accurately.
• No more hunting in file cabinets for a misfiled record.
• Improve record security.
• Reduce storage space.
• Find records fast.

See also: Medi-2200 Dental Digitizer.

The solution to these kinds of problems is very simple. You buy a dental film digitizer. The Microtek Medi-1200 Dental Digitizer for Intraoral Films allows you to "do digital" without the expense of replacing perfectly good equipment. Even better, you don't have to maintain two systems. Digitize new films as you make them. Digitize your existing archives whenever.

You don't have to rush to digitize your archives. Use your dental x ray scanner on a schedule that works for you. No special skills are required. This scanner is easy to use. You have flexibility in who does the work and when.

A dental film digitizer is a good investment for any dental office that has X-ray film.

• Time. Digitize multi-films in under 30 seconds.
• Quality. The resolution exceeds what you normally find in this price range.
• Filing accuracy. Permits quick previews of your images before saving.
• Money. Increased efficiency means higher ROI on your existing resources.
• Ease of use. Just press the tooth-shaped Smart button.
• Connectivity. USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Interface.
• Portability. Send X-ray records over DCOM and similar systems.

• Fast scanning.
• Quick setup.
• Easy to use.
• Easy to clean.
• SFDA certified.
• Smart-Scan to auto-crop multi-films. Scan several films at a time. But crop and save selected images into individual files.
• Customized templates to scan intraoral films.
• Supports DICOM 3.0 and telemedicine with MiPAX-Dental.
• 600 dpi resolution.
• 16 bit grayscale.
• Attractive styling. Looks like it belongs in a dental office.
• USB.

• Transparent (e.g., X-ray films).
• Reflective (e.g., photographs, paper documents).

• Microtek Medi-1200 Dental Digitizer scanning unit.
• 3 film holders.
• Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) cable.
• Power adapter.

Software:

• Microtek ScanWizard Medi Smart.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.

And:

• Software CDs.
• User manual.

The Microtek Medi-1200 Dental Digitizer for Intraoral Films has a 1-year limited warranty with InstantExchange program. 1-year toll-free technical phone support.

Microtek Medi-1200 Dental Digitizer for Intraoral Films User Manual

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• High-speed dental x-ray film digitizing. The Medi-1200 dental film digitizer can complete a scan in under 30 seconds.
• Smart-Touching button to launch the digitizing function quickly and easily. This button even has a tooth shape.
• Templates. The Medi-1200 has three kinds of dental film templates. These support five sizes of dental x-ray films. You can scan multiple films at one time, yet crop and save scanned images into individual files.
• Smart-Scan function. Easily scan, crop, and save scanned images of multiple films into individual files.
• High resolution. Up to 600 dpi optical resolution and 16-bit grayscale. That means impressive image quality.
• Space-saving design. The small footprint of the Medi-1200 makes it clinic-friendly.
• Supports DICOM 3.0 and telemedicine with MiPAX.

First of all, rest assured there is nothing wrong with your medical scanner. It's FDA certified and the noise is taken into account for that certification. But why does it exist?

The noise is due to the metal gears that drive the light source along behind the glass. Similar to solid metal timing gears on race engines, they provide precision movement and long lifetime. These are medical grade scanners, not consumer grade. They don't use nylon gears that wear rapidly or a belt that can break, rendering your scanner useless. What you're hearing isn't noise. It's the sound of money in your pocket. You won't be replacing your scanner for a while.

Note also that the nylon gears (or belt) lack the rigidity needed to ensure precision movement of the light source during the scan. Metal gears give you that precision. Yes, your standard consumer grade scanner meets spec when it's new. But after those plastic parts wear and deform, it no longer does.

But how do you cope with the sound of the metal gears, if you find the noise irritating? The basic method is an enclosure, something we learned to use back in the days of dot matrix printers. Those were much noisier than these scanners, so you will find the enclosures easily solve the noise problem. You can find these enclosures at places like the Wellbeing Store, Ergonomic Home, and Dustshield (all have Websites). You just need one large enough to accomodate your scanner.

If the noise affects primarily areas adjacent to where the scanner is, you could try a partition (even a short one may be sufficient). This noise reduction method gave rise to the modern cubicle farm. You may also find that simply moving the scanner so there's something solid between it and those being annoyed solves the problem (it has a USB connection, and you can find some very long USB cables at any computer store). Or move something solid to a new location between the printer and those being annoyed, for example a filing cabinet or a stack of those stackable bins.

If the room the scanner is in does not need to maintain FDA certification:

• You can try the old college student trick of using a cardboard box spray-painted black.
• You could buy eggshell foam and tack it to the wall next to the scanner.
• If you have a patient who's a carpenter and is willing to swap services, s/he can build you a plywood enclosure; it will have much more sound absorbency than a simple cardboard box.
• If you treat children and the scanner is near where the patient areas, you can create a "wall" of stuffed animals.