Imaging equipment distributor Medlink Imaging and medical equipment manufacturer Aspenstate have developed a compact straight-arm digital radiography (DR) detector, the URS Straight Arm system.
The URS Straight Arm DR detector consists of a rotating arm with an adjustable height, as well as VIVIX 1717V flat-panel detectors and Vxvue acquisition and viewing software by South Korean x-ray device manufacturer Vieworks. Medlink is a Vieworks subsidiary.
A primary aim of the partnership is to provide customers with access to preferred pricing on DR detectors, in light of budget challenges facing urgent care and imaging centers in the U.S., according to the companies.
![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)
