Author:  Chief X-ray Technologist, Eva Christiane Jordan

St. Georg City Hospital in Leipzig - Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Treatment Clinic

Chief X-ray Technologist, Eva Christiane Jordan

62-year old female with acute lumbar sciatica. The automatic movement of the X-ray tube and detector to the predefined lateral imaging position meant that the patient did not need to be repositioned.

“Our AXIOM Aristos FX is an incredible trauma workstation. We move the patient once from the gurney to the height-adjustable table and can acquire the images without further repositioning.

The X-ray tube and the detector travel around the patient. For the patient, that’s really the best.”

“We acquired seventeen images of a critically injured patient in thirty minutes; another time we acquired ten images in fifteen minutes. And the image quality is very good.**

This saves an enormous amount of time in diagnosing patients with multiple trauma injuries.”

“The ability to acquire lateral or oblique images on the AXIOM Aristos FX without having to move the patient is an enormous help.

Take, for example, patients with spinal metastases, patients who have had spinal surgery, or patients with acute lumbago: It’s a major advantage to be able to move the patient once from the bed to the table using a rollboard, and then just swing the X-ray tube around to acquire images in two planes. It’s quick and relatively painless. We can also acquire left lateral and a.p. abdominal images of patients who are in pain more quickly. First, the patient is positioned for the left lateral exposure and X-rayed. Then we just have to turn the patient over onto his or her back to take the a.p. of the abdomen.”

“I think working with the AXIOM Aristos FX is a breeze. After a solid introduction, it takes 10 minutes** to work comfortably with the system. You really can’t go wrong.

It is so much easier to just push a button and have the system automatically move to the selected imaging position. We have stored the imaging positions we need in the organ programs. We only have to manually adjust the fine positioning of the X-ray tube and detector. The table no longer has to be moved, as in the past. It’s also nice to be able to change the grids in the detector of the AXIOM Aristos FX without having to remove them.“
**Individual results may vary. Data on file.

“Working on AXIOM Aristos FX is a smooth process. That also has an effect on our patients.

All the assistants took to the AXIOM Aristos FX right away. At night, we use the AXIOM Aristos FX exclusively for virtually all patient X-rays – and that’s just four short weeks after it was put into operation.”


*In consideration of the patient, exposure position photographs were selected after the fact to approximate the digital images. There may be differences in patient age and sex, as well as the side of the body of the imaged extremity.