Radiation and Robotic

INNOVATION IN SAFETY

With each passing day, the role of new technologies applied to the protection and safety of people and the environment increases dramatically.
In the world of radiation protection, there are countless possibilities offered by wireless systems, IOT technology, remote information management, augmented reality applications and artificial intelligence resources.
Radiation and Robotic explores these areas, identifying and developing solutions that can simplify human work and provide unprecedented solutions in medicine, industry, and all jobs that require radiation safety.

K-RAD

All radiological installations, whether they are traditional radiology, CT, Nuclear Medicine or simple radiological apparatus for dental use, must report the risk from radiation sources. The rooms in which the radiation sources are installed are classified by a qualified radioprotection expert, who delimits the hazardous areas.

The traditional system uses a small light box, which flashes during the X-ray emission.

Radiation and Robotic has created K-RAD, an advanced technology device that revolutionizes safety signs.

K-RAD, the ultimate key to enter in controlled areas

K-RAD offers:

Continuous warning on the danger sources
LCD – Touch-Screen resistive panel to enter commands
Virtual switches for external circuits
Real time information on the risk condition
Automatic door closing under risk
Buzzer alarm
Ethernet port (optional)
F32-bit microcontroller technology
Standard dimensions for embedding box E503

The technology of these devices dates back to the 1950s and has not undergone any substantial updating. Furthermore, the circuit is subject to frequent failures and when the lamp fails and is not replaced, it becomes useless.

K-RAD is customized for

X-Ray, CT facilites

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Radioterapy Centers

Nuclear Medicine, PET Centers

Cyclotrons

Research Labs

Chemical Labs

Laser Power Labs

MW anf RF Plants

Factories...

... and many more

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REMOTE ALERT

To warn about the risk due to radiation sources, suitable signs and light signals have always been used. New technologies allow to dramatically improve this information, which can be communicated in real time even at unlimited distances from the point where the source is located.

In operating rooms, where mobile radiological devices are used and where no wiring is possible, the ERMES system can communicate the risk condition and store staff exposure times.

A tablet normally displays training images on radiation safety, while when radiation is emitted it warns of the emission. No physical connection is required with the radiation source, but wireless and IOT technologies are used for security purposes

INTEGRATED VISION

To minimize the radiation dose absorbed by patient and staff members, many techniques can be used: protective clothing, use of new generation appliances, pulsed X-scopy techniques and many others.

However, an effective way is simply to reduce exposure times and this objective can be achieved if the operator focuses his attention on the radiological image just as he continues to perform his surgical task.

The solution is display radiological images in high resolution on a tiny screen connected to the surgeon's glasses, without having to move the gaze towards the traditional monitor

SEARCHING SOURCES

In many cases, searching, finding, identifying and assessing the risk of a radioactive source can be a problem and can result in undue exposure of people to radiation.

Today, a machine can perform many of these jobs, without exposing the worker to ionizing radiation.

In general, in hostile environment for humans, a robot can often perform a large number of dangerous activities.

The Radiation and Robotic solution provides robots equipped with high sensitivity detectors on board, remote vision camera and remote control systems, including gyroscopic commands to move the detectors directly connected to the operator's head.

NDT ALERT

Non-destructive tests (NDT) represent an extraordinary exceptional test method for assessing the integrity and properties of materials or components, without this causing any damage to the tested object. In this field, industrial radiography plays a dominant role. However, the radiation sources used must have high energies, in relation to the very nature of the materials under investigation.

For this reason, they represent a high risk for operators and people who may accidentally find themselves in the work area, even at relatively large distances from the source.

During the tests, it is therefore mandatory to carry out rigorous checks and follow precise safety procedures, to avoid undue exposure of people to the radiation emitted during the tests.

An innovative aid is offered by NDT Alert, a system that uses wireless technologies to inform about the presence of radiation sources and the actual emission, when it is in operation.

How does it work?

NDT Alert is composed of a MASTER device, which is placed near the radiation source.

One or more SLAVE indicators are connected to it wirelessly, positioning them around the source, at the safety distance previously established by the expert in radiation protection. In this way a sort of "virtual" fence is created, which delimits the security perimeter.

In stand-by conditions, the SLAVES remain on hold, making a yellow signal light flash. When the MASTER detects the radiation field resulting from the activation of the X-ray source or the escape of the radioactive source from its protective location, a radio signal is immediately emitted. This signal, detected by the SLAVES, activates in real time a visual (flashing red light) and audible (two-tone message) alarm.