HOLOGIC Discovery C Bone Densitometer

Specifications
Size 650 lbs.

Weight 6.3ft x 3.5ft

Active Scan Area 128 CdWO4 Element Solid state Detectors • AP and Decubitus Lateral Instant
Vertebral Assessment HD with Image Pro

Calibration Internal Reference System for Pixel by Pixel Data Calibration (No daily
calibration required)

Computer Intel Pentium based PC with Dual Core 2.7 GHz • 2 GB RAM • 160 GB hard
Hardware drive, • DVD RAM Drive • High Resolution 17" Flat Panel Monitor • Windows XPâ
software platform • QDR for Windows XPâ Professional operating system •
Network Ready

Detector 96cm x 51cm scan window

Technology

Frequency (Hz) 50/60 Hz

Optional Decubitus Lateral BMD Acquisition Technique with Baseline Compensation for
improved precision • Prosthetic Hip Analysis to exclude metal implants from the
hip • Hip Structural Analysis • General Region of Interest to set up to seven
user definable analysis regions • Small Animal

Power Supply Energy switching technique using 140/100kV Peak Energies

Voltage

Reference Data (n>8000 acquired on Hologic equipment) • Default NHANES III standardized
database (Established on Hologic equipment) • Age, Sex and Ethnic matched
reference data • The Bone and Mineral Density in Childhood Study (BMDCS)
Reference Database, Caucasian, sex and age matched

Scanner table Controls on scan table for User Convenience, Motorized Table and Rotating C-
arm (A/SL models only)

Scanning Cross Hair Style Laser for Patient Positioning

Method

Table Compact Design fits in 2.3m x 3.0 room (2.6m x 3.3m with total body)
Dimensions

X-ray Oil Cooled High Capacity X-ray Tube

characteristics

Clinical Applications 
• Express BMD 10 Second Spine and Hip acquisition 
• Express Exam Productivity Tools 
• Better than 1.0 % in vivo precision 
• L1-L4 Standard Spine Analysis 
• Five Region Proximal Femur Analysis (Total Femur, Femoral Neck, Inter-Trochanteric,Trochanteric,
Wards Triangle) 
• AcuView automated Dual Femur 
• Instant Vertebral Assessment High Definition (IVA HD) with Image Pro 
• 15 second single energy acquisition with decubitus or supine patient positioning 
• 1.8 Line Pair per mm Resolution 
• Visual, Quantitative and Semi-quantitative analysis of vertebral bodies: 
• MXApro, computer-aided fracture assessment tool 
• Quantitative Morphometry with 6 point vertebral height measurements 
• Forearm analysis with automated analysis of Ultra Distal, 33% Shaft, Mid-Shaft and Total ROI for
Ulna, Radius and Global measurements 
• Tech Tips Onscreen help graphically displays proper patient positioning 
• Automatic Low BMD Spine and Hip Analysis 
• Scoliotic Spine Analysis 
• Pediatric Spine, Hip, and Whole Body (W and A models only) Analysis 
• Infant Spine analysis down to age zero 
• ISCD Compliant Standardized BMD Reporting 
• Single/Dual Energy Image Display 
• Context Sensitive Help Software 
• Serial Scan Comparison 
• Software and Hardware upgrades available to protect from obsolescence 

Warranty/Training 

Service and Support 

• Toll Free Customer Support Hotline for Applications Questions 
• 7:00a.m.-8:00p.m. EST Access Monday through Friday 
• Hologic Discovery Online Marketers Toolbox 
• Osteoporosis Reference Library 

Applications Training 
• Two days (12 hours) of comprehensive Applications training by a certified Radiologic Technologist. 
• 12 ECE Credits Awarded for Completion of Course Material. 

Quality Assurance 
• Automated daily procedure 
• Multiple system checks with automatic pass/fail results 
• Anthropomorphic Spine Phantom for Daily Quality Control assures long term stability 
• Automatic trending graph of QA variables 
• Optional print of QA graph 

Radiation Dose 
• Skin entrance dose for a typical AP Spine or Femur Scan is 0.04mGy 
• Skin entrance dose for typical AP or Lateral Instant Vertebral Assessment High Definition image is
0.025Gy 
• Scatter dose less than 10mGy/h at 1 meter 

- Phantoms 
- Operators Manual 
- Positioners 
- New Table Pad