Varex Imaging announced that it plans to purchase Direct Conversion, a Stockholm-based manufacturer of linear-array digital detectors, for 75 million euros ($85.3 million U.S.).
In 2018, Direct Conversion had revenue of 16 million euros ($18.2 million), with double-digit annual growth rates forecasted over the next five years, Varex said. Direct Conversion also has more than 40 million euros ($45 million) in multiyear supply agreements in the works for photon-counting detectors.
The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of this year, according to Varex.
![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)
