Konica Minolta KDR Flex Overhead X-Ray

Konica Minolta KDR Flex Overhead X-Ray Highlights & Benefits

The KDR Flex combines a ceiling-suspended X-ray tube, elevating radiographic table, upright wall stand, high-frequency generator, and digital detector workflow. Manual, semi-automated, and fully automated operation allows facilities to match the level of positioning assistance to the exam while retaining direct manual control when needed.

Key Benefits

• • Manual, semi-automated, and fully automated positioning
  • Auto-centering, auto-positioning, and auto-tracking
  • More than 16 ft (5 m) of ceiling-suspended tube travel
  • 12-inch tube-mounted touchscreen with image preview
  • Touch-sensitive Zero Effort handle for manual positioning
  • Elevating table and upright wall stand
  • Konica Minolta AeroDR flat panel detector integration
  • Optional automated image stitching
  • Optional Dynamic Digital Radiography (DDR)

KDR Flex Manual, Semi-Automated & Fully Automated Positioning

The KDR Flex can adapt the amount of positioning assistance to the exam. Technologists can position the system manually, use automated assistance for selected movements, or take advantage of fully automated positioning where appropriate.

Auto-Centering & Tracking Coordinate Tube and Detector Movement

Auto-centering moves the X-ray tube into alignment with the detector at the table or wall stand. Auto-tracking allows system components to move together so the tube and detector stay aligned as their positions change.

The system also helps maintain the selected source-to-image distance (SID), meaning the distance between the X-ray tube and detector. This reduces separate tube and detector repositioning between views.

Zero Effort Handle Keeps Manual Positioning Intuitive

The tube-head handle uses touch-sensitive sensors that release movement when the technologist takes hold of it. Konica Minolta’s Zero Effort design allows the overhead tube to follow the operator’s hand without requiring a separate release control for each movement.

Ceiling-Suspended Tube Travel Covers More Than 16 Feet

The ceiling suspension provides more than 16 ft (5 m) of travel for positioning across the radiography room. The tube support also provides 360° tube rotation and up to 270° tube angulation for table, upright, seated, wheelchair, gurney, and other off-table exams.

A reinforced ceiling suspension helps limit vibration and maintain positioning stability.

Elevating Table & Wall Stand Expand Patient Positioning

The radiographic table lowers to 19.6 in (500 mm), helping reduce transfer height for patients. The floating tabletop moves lengthwise and side-to-side using foot controls, while the upright wall stand supports automated vertical tracking and positioning for standing and seated exams.

KDR Flex Positioning & Workflow Preview

See how the KDR Flex combines ceiling-suspended tube movement, selectable automation, table and wall stand imaging, and tube-side controls within a complete radiography room.

Konica Minolta KDR Flex Clinical Environments & Applications

The KDR Flex supports conventional radiography in dedicated X-ray rooms that need flexible table, upright, and off-table positioning. Its ceiling-suspended tube, elevating table, wall stand, and selectable automation support a broad range of patients and exams.

Clinical Environments for the KDR Flex

The KDR Flex can be well suited for:

• • Hospitals and health systems
  • Diagnostic imaging centers
  • Outpatient radiology departments
  • Orthopedic and musculoskeletal practices
  • Multi-specialty practices with dedicated X-ray rooms

KDR Flex Radiographic Applications

The system supports applications including:

• • Chest and abdominal radiography
  • Pelvic and spine imaging
  • Extremity and orthopedic exams
  • Standing, seated, and table-based radiography
  • Wheelchair, gurney, and other off-table exams
  • Full-spine and long-bone studies with optional automated stitching

The ceiling-suspended tube is particularly useful when the X-ray source needs to be brought to the patient rather than relying on conventional table or wall-stand positioning alone.

Optional DDR Adds Motion Imaging to the KDR Flex

The KDR Flex can be configured with Konica Minolta Dynamic Digital Radiography (DDR), which captures a rapid sequence of X-ray images so clinicians can review anatomy during movement while the room continues to perform conventional static radiography.

Musculoskeletal & Respiratory Motion Imaging

DDR can support applications involving joint movement, spinal motion, weight-bearing movement when clinically appropriate, and respiratory motion. This makes it a valuable option for facilities looking to extend the KDR Flex beyond individual static exposures.

Learn more about Konica Minolta Dynamic Digital Radiography.

Konica Minolta KDR Flex Tube-Side Controls & Exam Workflow

The KDR Flex combines automated movement with controls positioned near the patient, helping technologists manage positioning and image review without unnecessary movement around the room.

12-Inch Touchscreen & Tube-Side Image Preview

A 12-inch high-resolution touchscreen is integrated into the tube head. Technologists can access system controls and preview acquired images while remaining near the patient.

Foot Controls & Auto-Tracking Support Patient Setup

Foot controls allow table adjustments while the technologist remains focused on positioning the patient. Vertical and horizontal auto-tracking can coordinate the detector with the overhead tube during supported workflows.

AeroDR Detectors & KDR Flex Imaging Options

The KDR Flex integrates with Konica Minolta AeroDR flat panel detector technology and can be configured with detector and imaging options based on the facility’s exam mix.

AeroDR Detector Options

The KDR Flex supports AeroDR flat panel detectors in multiple sizes. High-definition configurations are available down to a 100 µm (0.1 mm) pixel size for applications where finer image detail is beneficial.

Manual or Automatic X-Ray Field Collimation

The KDR Flex supports manual or automatic collimation. Collimation controls the size of the X-ray field so the beam can be limited to the anatomy being examined.

Optional Automated Image Stitching

Optional stitching coordinates multiple exposures and combines them into one extended image. It can be used at the table or wall stand for supported long-format exams such as full-spine and long-bone imaging.

Konica Minolta KDR Flex Specifications

Overhead Tube Suspension

• • Longitudinal rail options: 12.8 ft, 15.1 ft, 16.7 ft, or 20.0 ft (3.9 m, 4.6 m, 5.1 m, or 6.1 m)
  • Transverse rail options: 8.2 ft, 9.8 ft, or 11.5 ft (2.5 m, 3.0 m, or 3.5 m)
  • Movement: Manual and motorized movement in all axes
  • Operating configurations: Manual, semi-automated, and fully automated
  • Automatic functions: Auto-centering, auto-positioning, and auto-tracking
  • X-ray tube rotation: 360°
  • X-ray tube angulation: Up to 270°
  • Tube-mounted touchscreen control console
  • Touch-sensitive capacitive steering handle
  • Manual or automatic collimation
  • Optional automated stitching
  • Optional Dynamic Digital Radiography (DDR)

Elevating Radiographic Table

• • Table type: Floating tabletop
  • Table movement: Longitudinal and transverse
  • Controls: Foot-operated positioning controls
  • Lowest table position: 19.6 in (500 mm)
  • Maximum patient weight: 771.6 lb (350 kg)
  • Vertical detector auto-tracking
  • Horizontal detector auto-tracking
  • Detector auto-positioning

Upright Wall Stand

• • Vertical detector auto-tracking
  • Detector auto-positioning
  • Patient hand supports
  • Automatic movement control box
  • Vertical movement footswitch

Digital Imaging & Controls

• • High-frequency X-ray generator
  • Konica Minolta AeroDR flat panel detector integration
  • Supported detector sizes: 10 × 12 in (approximately 25 × 30 cm), 14 × 17 in (approximately 35 × 43 cm), and 17 × 17 in (approximately 43 × 43 cm)
  • High-definition detector configurations available down to 100 µm (0.1 mm) pixel size
  • 12-inch tube-mounted touchscreen
  • Tube-side image preview
  • Optional stitching at the table and wall stand
  • Optional DDR dynamic imaging

Specifications and available detector, automation, stitching, and DDR configurations can vary by installation. MXR can help determine the appropriate KDR Flex configuration based on room layout, patient population, clinical applications, and imaging workflow.