Konica Minolta Medical Imaging subsidiary Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas released its new KDR advanced U-arm (AU) system at RSNA 2016 in Chicago.
The digital radiography (DR) unit includes preprogrammed positioning capability and floor-mounted installation in a small footprint.
Anatomy selections can be preprogrammed into the system using the company's Ultra software so that only minor adjustments are required once the patient enters the room. Multiple images may be preprogrammed as well. The floor-mounted system fits 8-ft ceilings with a stand that lowers to less than 1 ft from the floor.
KDR AU features a 17 x 17-inch cesium detector, and the stand performs automatic stitching and uses a three-knob collimator.
![Representative example of a 16-year-old male patient with underlying X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. (A, B) Paired anteroposterior (AP) chest radiograph and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) report shows lumbar spine (L1 through L4) areal bone mineral density (BMD). The DXA report was reformatted for anonymization and improved readability. The patient had low BMD (Z score ≤ −2.0). (C) Model (chest radiography [CXR]–BMD) output shows the predicted raw BMD and Z score in comparison with the DXA reference standard, together with interpretability analyses using Shapley additive explanations (SHAP) and gradient-weighted class activation maps. The patient was classified as having low BMD, consistent with the reference standard. AM = age-matched, DEXA = dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, RM2 = room 2, SNUH = Seoul National University Hospital, YA = young adult.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/ai-children-bone-density.0snnf2EJjr.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
