Digital X-Ray :
Digital X-ray is a form of x-ray where digital x-ray sensors are used instead of traditional photographic film. Digital x-ray is more time efficient through avoiding chemical processing and the ability to digitally transfer and enhance images.

A small dose of ionizing radiation is exposed to a part of the body in order to produce pictures of the inside of the body.

A bone x-ray makes images of any bone in the body, including hand, wrist, arm, foot, ankle, knee, leg, spine, chest and skull. X-ray can be used to diagnose broken bones or joint dislocation, demonstrate proper alignment and stabilization of bony fragments following treatment of a fracture, and guide orthopedic surgery, such as spine repair/fusion, joint replacement and fracture reduction.

X-ray can also be used to look for injury, infection, arthritis, abnormal bone growths, bony changes seen in metabolic conditions, assist in the detection and diagnosis of bone cancer, and locate foreign objects in the soft tissues around or in bones.

How long will the exam take?

The actual scan, in which the X-Ray machine acquires X-ray images of your body, takes only a few seconds where you may need to hold still. However, the rest of the process takes longer as the images are processed on the computer.