FTG -Model DC-Air™ -Wireless Dental X-Ray Sensor

• Detector : Single Crystal Direct Conversion Silicon / CMOS
• Pixel Physical Size : 26μm
• Recommended Exposure Parameters : 70kV, 6-8ma, 120-320ms
• Active Area : 35.1mm x 24.7mm
• Pixel resolution : 12 bits
• Number of Pixels : 1,249,920
• MTF : >70% @ 5lp/mm, >40% @ 10lp/mm
• Sensor Mode of Operation : Global Shutter
• Triggering : Automatic on X-ray Start
• Storage RAM : 4 MB
• Images in RAM : 1 Image
• Range : up to 3m
• Images per Charge Cycle : 150+
• Sensor Battery Type : Lithium-Ion
• Sensor Battery Capacity : 19mAH

From “Fragile Sandwich” to “Internally Homogenous”— the Magic of Silicon

Direct conversion refers to the ability of a radiographic imager to convert x-ray signal to electronic input used to produce the image. Conventional digital sensors must first convert high energy x-ray photons to lower energy photons on the visible light spectrum before the detector inside can provide electronic input.

To accomplish the conversion to light, conventional sensors use a layer of material called a scintillator. Converted light photons are then filtered through an optical fiber plate (essentially a layer of glass). This conversion process not only causes distortion in the resulting image, but the components involved are extremely fragile and make the sensor prone to breaking from even a short drop off the counter or out of the hand.

DC-Air™ replaces the scintillator and optical plate layers with a direct silicon (Si) semiconductor substrate which is homogenous in nature to the sensor’s CMOS integrated circuit. This revolutionary technology is what gives DC-Air™ its distinctly accurate image quality and superior durability vs. other “top” sensors.