Konica Minolta Universal DR Detector

Konica Minolta Universal DR Highlights & Benefits

Konica Minolta Universal DR combines a wireless flat panel detector with ULTRA DR software to support general radiography in new X-ray systems and compatible retrofit rooms. Its Cesium Iodide (CsI) scintillator converts incoming X-rays into light that the detector captures to create the digital image.

Key Benefits

• • Available in 14×17 and 17×17 wireless detector sizes
  • Wireless Cesium Iodide (CsI) detector technology
  • Automatic Exposure Detection (AED)
  • Designed for new X-ray systems and compatible DR retrofit rooms
  • ULTRA DR software for image acquisition, processing, and workflow

Automatic Exposure Detection allows the detector to recognize when an X-ray exposure occurs without requiring adjustments or a dedicated connection to compatible X-ray equipment. This helps simplify installation when transitioning an existing room to direct digital radiography.

14×17 & 17×17 Universal DR Detector Sizes

Universal DR is available in two wireless cassette formats, allowing facilities to select the detector size that best matches their equipment, examination mix, and positioning requirements. Both sizes are part of the same Konica Minolta DR system and use wireless CsI detector technology.

14×17 Wireless Detector for Flexible Positioning

The 14×17 Universal DR detector uses a rectangular cassette format suited to general radiography workflows where detector orientation and positioning vary by examination.

Its narrower format can be useful with compatible trays, tables, wall stands, and positioning setups designed around a 14×17 cassette.

17×17 Wireless Detector for Full-Square Imaging Coverage

The 17×17 Universal DR detector provides a square imaging format for broader coverage in either orientation. Because its dimensions are the same horizontally and vertically, the detector can simplify positioning across compatible general radiography systems.

Both detector sizes use the same Universal DR and ULTRA DR workflow, allowing facilities to choose the format that best fits their equipment and clinical positioning needs without adopting a separate software platform.

Universal DR for New X-Ray Systems & DR Retrofit Projects

Universal DR supports facilities implementing a new digital radiography system as well as those converting compatible existing X-ray equipment from film or computed radiography to DR. Konica Minolta positions Universal DR for both new systems and retrofit rooms.

Convert Compatible Film or CR Rooms to DR

Universal DR provides a direct path from film-screen or computed radiography (CR), which uses reusable imaging plates and a separate reader, to direct digital image acquisition.

The wireless detector eliminates the intermediate CR plate-reading step while allowing compatible X-ray equipment to remain in service.

Automatic Exposure Detection Simplifies Retrofit Integration

Automatic Exposure Detection (AED) allows the detector to recognize an incoming X-ray exposure without requiring adjustments or connections to compatible X-ray equipment. This helps simplify installation and operational readiness when upgrading film or CR rooms to digital radiography.

Support New Digital Radiography Installations

Universal DR can also be installed as part of a new X-ray system. The choice of 14×17 or 17×17 wireless detector formats allows facilities to match the detector to their equipment and routine positioning requirements while using the same ULTRA DR software workflow.

Clinical Environments & Applications for Universal DR

Konica Minolta Universal DR supports routine general radiography across facilities that need a new wireless DR workflow or an upgrade to compatible existing X-ray equipment.

Common Imaging Environments

• • Hospitals and health systems
  • Diagnostic imaging centers
  • Orthopedic practices
  • Urgent care centers
  • Outpatient medical facilities
  • Primary care and specialty practices with X-ray services

General Radiography Applications

• • Chest imaging
  • Abdominal imaging
  • Pelvis imaging
  • Spine imaging
  • Upper and lower extremity imaging
  • Musculoskeletal radiography
  • Routine general diagnostic X-ray examinations
  • Pediatric radiography using supported ULTRA DR pediatric functions

The 14×17 and 17×17 detector options allow facilities to select a format that fits the positioning and anatomical coverage needs of their routine examination mix.

ULTRA DR Software for Universal DR

Konica Minolta ULTRA DR Software works with the Universal DR wireless detector to manage image acquisition, processing, and routine radiography workflow through a simplified interface. Konica Minolta designed the software specifically to improve technologist workflow while managing examinations from a single screen.

Manage Image Acquisition From One Screen

ULTRA keeps patient studies, image acquisition, and workflow controls together in one primary interface. Technologists can manage exams and move between studies without repeatedly switching between separate acquisition and editing screens.

Connect Universal DR to RIS/PACS Workflows

ULTRA supports DICOM, the medical imaging communication standard used to exchange images and examination information. It can also connect with a Radiology Information System (RIS) for radiology workflow management and a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) for image storage and distribution.

Supported workflow functions include:

• • DICOM Modality Worklist for receiving scheduled exam information
  • DICOM Store for transferring completed images
  • Procedure code mapping
  • Automatic masking and image zoom
  • Study filtering, history, annotations, and foldering
  • Grid suppression for reducing visible grid artifacts in supported workflows

Positioning Guides & Technique Settings

ULTRA includes a positioning guide, reject-analysis reporting, and six default technique settings for each examination based on patient size, with three adult and three pediatric settings.

Reject analysis helps imaging teams review rejected images and identify patterns that may contribute to repeat exposures.

ULTRA Software Support for Pediatric Radiography

ULTRA includes pediatric imaging functions designed to support dose-aware radiography workflows. Patient date of birth entered through the worklist can trigger age-related procedure and technique changes within the acquisition interface.

The software also provides three default pediatric technique settings for each examination alongside three adult settings, giving technologists patient-size and age-related starting points within the acquisition workflow.

Optional System Monitoring with AeroRemote Insights

AeroRemote Insights is available as an optional cloud-based monitoring and analytics service for Universal DR systems. It provides visibility into procedure volumes, productivity, system health, and other operational information used to manage digital radiography assets.

Learn more about Konica Minolta AeroRemote Insights and how it supports system health, utilization, and performance monitoring across compatible Konica Minolta DR systems. MXR’s AeroRemote Insights page confirms support for Ultra-based control platforms.

Wireless DR Designed Around Everyday General Radiography

The Konica Minolta Universal DR Detector provides a straightforward wireless path to digital radiography with a choice of 14×17 or 17×17 detector sizes. Automatic Exposure Detection supports compatible retrofit integration, while ULTRA DR software brings image acquisition, workflow management, connectivity, and pediatric imaging functions together within one DR system.

Konica Minolta Universal DR Specifications

Detector & System Specifications

• • Product type: Wireless digital flat panel detector system
  • Available detector sizes: 14×17 in. and 17×17 in.
  • Scintillator: Cesium Iodide (CsI)
  • Automatic Exposure Detection (AED): Supported
  • Detector communication: Wireless
  • Acquisition software: Konica Minolta ULTRA DR Software
  • Primary application: General radiography
  • Installation: New X-ray systems and compatible DR retrofit rooms
  • DICOM connectivity: Supported through ULTRA
  • RIS/PACS connectivity: Supported through ULTRA

14×17 Universal DR Configuration

• • Wireless flat panel detector
  • 14×17 in. cassette format
  • CsI detector technology
  • Automatic Exposure Detection
  • Compatible with the Universal DR and ULTRA DR workflow

17×17 Universal DR Configuration

• • Wireless flat panel detector
  • 17×17 in. cassette format
  • CsI detector technology
  • Automatic Exposure Detection
  • Full-square detector format
  • Compatible with the Universal DR and ULTRA DR workflow