Scanning Devices > Medical Scanners > Microtek Medi-7000 Medical Grade High-End X-Ray Digitizer

• Handles wide range of x-ray film sizes (2.5"x2.5" to 14"x35").
• Accurately digitizes a chest X-Ray in just 7 seconds.
• It doesn't make you wait while the lamp warms up; it's instant-on.
• Carries these certifications: CE0120, FDA, SFDA, TFDA(003517), BSMI, CB, CCC, ETL, FCC, RoHS.

• Time. Hate waiting for the lamp to warm up? This scanner eliminates that wait. The LED light source means it's instant-on.
• Time. Don't have time to search for misfiled physical films? Digitizing eliminates that time-waster.
• Money. This scanner frees up your staff to do more productive things, thus increasing your ROI on staff wages.
• Ease of use. Just slide the X-Ray film into the chute, see the X-ray, and push it to do the scan.
• Interoperability. Use your digitized X-Rays in DICOM gateway software, PACS, or MiPAX.
• Connectivity. It has a standard USB 2.0 hi-speed interface. This also allows for quick previews of your images.
• Security. Digitization opens the path to securely sharing e-medical records.

• Instant-on. You don't wait for the lamp to take its sweet time warming up. You hit the switch, and it's ready to go.
• Fast scanning: Digitize a chest X-Ray in only 7 seconds.
• Easy to set up.
• Easy to use.
• Easy to clean.
• Energy-efficient.
• FDA certified.
• 4.0 Dmax, 600 dpi optical resolution (42 µm spot size, 12 lp/mm).
• Covers various sizes of x-ray films from 2.5"x2.5" to 14"x35".
• Auto-crop and Auto-deskew.
• Supports DICOM 3.0 and telemedicine with MiPAX.
• Attractive styling, looks like it belongs in a medical office.
• USB connectivity.

• Medi-7000 Digitizer Unit.
• Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) cable.
• Power adapter.

Software:

• Microtek ScanWizard Medi.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.

And:

• Software CDs.
• User manual.

1-year limited warranty with InstantExchange program. 1-year toll-free technical phone support.

• Superior scans. The Medi-7000 delivers impressive image quality, with its 600 dpi, 16-bit grayscale, 4.0 maximum optical density.
• Fast scans. Only 7 seconds per chest X-Ray. Not only that, you don't stand around waiting for the 7 seconds to start while the lamp warms up. The LED light source is instant-on, and it even reduces your energy usage.
• Effective and Efficient Management. Thousands of x-ray prints can be stored in e-files with optional DICOM gateway software. You can upload these to any PACS or Microtek PACS, MiPAX.

These images help illustrate a bit better:

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.