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X-ray Buyer's Guides and Field Notes
Buyer's guides for a first system, then field notes on the failures and upgrades we actually see.
Buyer's Guide
Portable x-ray, stationary rooms, and how to spend the first equipment budget.
Field Notes
2026-09-08
Opal-RAD “No Licenses” and “No DB”: What That Screen Actually Means
The workstation still boots. The viewer will not. Here is the difference between a recoverable license or database error and a box that should move to Symmetry-Sync or FDX Console.
Opal-RAD · PACS · repair
2026-09-07
X-ray Tube Replacement: Toshiba, Canon, and the Room Around Them
A tube is not a light bulb. Housing, stator, collimator clearance, and generator calibration decide whether the next insert lasts.
repair · tube · Colorado
2026-09-06
Collimare and Ralco Light-Field Repair
When the light field is gone, techs guess. Alignment, lamp, and shutter service on the collimators we actually see in Colorado rooms.
repair · collimator · Ralco
2026-09-04
20/20 Imaging and iRay Panel Repair vs Replacement
Dropped cassette, dead radio, no handshake — when we repair a 20/20 or iRay detector and when the honest quote is a cesium replacement in the same tray.
20/20 Imaging · iRay · DR
2026-09-03
Portable X-ray Repair in Denver — and the Units We Sell
Source-Ray, AMRAD Dragon, FDR Go Plus, FDR AQRO. When a portable dies in a clinic, a barn, or a hallway, geography is a dispatch problem.
portable · Denver · repair
2026-09-02
Veterinary X-ray Repair in Colorado: InnoVet, VetSmart, and Opal-RAD
Companion-animal volume breaks tables, panels, and software in ways a human clinic does not. Here is what we actually fix.
veterinary · InnoVet · Colorado
2026-09-01
CR to DR Upgrade: What Actually Changes in the Room
You keep the generator and the stand. You change the detector, the software, and the workflow. Here is how we decide 10×12 vs 14×17 vs 17×17 vs 17×48.
digital upgrade · DR · glassless
2026-08-20
Chiropractic Digital X-ray in Colorado: New Room or Upgrade What You Have
Upright spine work has different geometry than a hospital table. DDR, 17×48 full-spine, and a cassette-sized digital upgrade are three different jobs.
chiropractic · Colorado · DDR
2026-08-12
Opal-RAD vs Symmetry-Sync: Use the Right Viewer
Opal-RAD is now the veterinary product. If a human clinic is hunting 'Opal RAD no licenses' we can recover the box — then we talk about the correct PACS.
Opal-RAD · Symmetry-Sync · PACS
2026-07-28
Glassless DR Panels: Why the Keyword Showed Up
Glass-free construction is showing up on Fujifilm D-EVO III, 20/20 glassless 14×17 mobiles, and other current cesium detectors. Here is what it changes in the field.
glassless · DR · Fujifilm
2026-09-05
X-ray Equipment Repair in Denver and the Colorado Front Range
Tubes, collimators, generators, and DR panels — from Aurora to Fort Collins, with 24/7 emergency dispatch on request.
repair · Denver · Colorado
2026-08-28
Podiatry Digital X-ray: Why These Rooms Use a 10×12 Detector
Weight-bearing foot and ankle work needs a low-profile base and a cassette-sized 10×12 cesium panel. Here is the honest upgrade-versus-new-room split.
podiatry · Momentum DR · Rayence