X-ray Machine Types: A Comprehensive Classification

A. Stationary

1. Non-portable (heavy weight)

- Table top

- Floor -mounted

- Ceiling suspended

- C –arm (surgical )

-Fluoroscopy

2. Portable (low weight)

- Mobile

- Dental

B. Mobile

1. Floor mounted type, with floor or table bucky-mounted

2. Ceiling suspended type, with overhead or hanging tube stand.

3. Mobile type

C. C arm x-ray machine: C arm x-ray systems usually have a fixed X-ray tube and X-ray detector which are coupled together so that they rotate around the patient. This ensures that the X-ray beam is always aligned. C arm systems include:

- Surgical C-arm

- Cardiac catheterisation lab

- Interventional radiology

- Urology

- Gastroenterology

- Endoscopy

- Anaesthesiology