| Mobile C Arms express a technology that is widely | | | | in theatre, endovascular imaging in theatre, and |
| used throughout the country in hospitals. Mobile C | | | | neurological imaging in theatre. |
| Arms, which are also called fluoroscopes or x-ray | | | | While all of this sounds helpful for the medical field, |
| image intensifiers, take x-ray images and use them | | | | it's important to understand the attractiveness of the |
| to produce live feeds that are then projected onto | | | | C Arm to patients. |
| screens. | | | | The popularity of mobile C Arms has a lot to do with |
| Mobile C Arms have been used with growing | | | | the accuracy that the machines display in their |
| frequency in the medical field since they were | | | | readings. Additionally, fixed and mobile C Arms help to |
| released in 1955. | | | | minimize invasiveness during various procedures and |
| Generally speaking, there are two different ways | | | | reduce discomfort. |
| that C Arms can be used. C Arms can be used as | | | | As far as healthcare and finances are concerned, |
| fixed pieces of equipment that are kept in various, | | | | fixed and mobile C Arms help to reduce the costs of |
| dedicated screening rooms. The other way is the | | | | outpatient care in hospitals. |
| more diverse mobile model that is typically used in | | | | The versatility of mobile C Arms is also something |
| theatres for lectures. | | | | that attracts the medical field; these machines can be |
| Fixed C Arms are used in the majority of hospitals | | | | used during spinal, orthopedic and general surgeries as |
| for many different reasons. Some common situations | | | | well as with neurovascular, urology, vascular, and |
| that might require the use of a C Arm are barium | | | | cardiac applications. |
| studies, angiography studies, fertility studies, cardiac | | | | While physicians understandably appreciate the |
| studies, therapeutic studies, and endoscopy studies. | | | | precise and instant information that mobile C Arms |
| Mobile C Arms are smaller than the fixed version so | | | | give, lab technicians find the ease of use particularly |
| that they are easier to move between various | | | | helpful and attractive. |
| locations. As time goes on and the technology | | | | Since the invention of the C Arm in the 1950s the |
| improves, mobile C Arms become more powerful and | | | | technology has continued to grow and improve. The |
| more condensed. | | | | abundant benefits that the mobile C Arm provides to |
| Mobile C Arms are typically used in hospitals for | | | | hospitals around the country speak for themselves: |
| orthopedic imaging in theatre, therapeutic procedures | | | | this technology has greatly improved the medical field. |