I would guess that it is a "backwards compatible" cartridge that can fit into the Bucky unit of any conventional X-ray machine and it would also allow for use with portable X-ray machines.
graywolf wrote: > Hey Tom, > > I just had a chest Xray today at the new (only a couple of months old) > imaging center here in Boone. The Xray was done digitally. Apparently > the holder is actually a sensing device. The Xray is made and the holder > taken into the back room and plugged into the computer. So you probably > were right in your post about this awhile back. I do wonder why the > sensor is not wired permanently to the computer. The tech had no idea, > she is just a button pusher. > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com > > "You might as well accept people as they are, > you are not going to be able to change them anyway." -- David S. Nature and wildlife photography http://www.sheppardphotos.com