Carestream Health has taken an order for its DRX-Evolution Plus digital radiography (DR) system from Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, NC.
The deal includes two Carestream DRX Plus detectors for the facility's main radiology room and a Carestream DRX-Excel Plus radiography/fluoroscopy (R/F) system for its offsite imaging center.
DRX-Evolution Plus is designed for use by spine and joint surgeons, pediatric specialists, and other physicians to help with the diagnosis and treatment of advanced spine and extremity procedures, as well as other orthopedic conditions. The DRX-Excel Plus performs chest, extremity, and spine exams and also fluoroscopy studies.
![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)
