12/09/2025
📣【SONTU Portable DR: Bringing Screening to Seniors and Students】
Tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the critical public-health challenges worldwide, ranking as the second leading cause of death among notifiable infectious diseases in China, with about 800,000 new cases every year. TB is highly contagious in crowded places such as schools and nursing homes. Early detection and standardized treatment can dramatically improve cure rates and cut off transmission.
📣In this September, SONTU portable DR is serving as a mobile screening station in a tuberculosis screening program targeting "the elderly and children" at a disease control center in Yunnan Province providing essential medical imaging services for local seniors and students.
💪SONTU in Action: Portable DR's deployment in Yunnan
📍Rapid screening in nursing homes
In a nursing home in Yunnan Province, the SONTU portable DR system started its task to provide seniors with rapid health detection. The lightweight and compact device allows for on-site mobility, capturing high-definition chest X-rays in seconds. This enables medical staff to assess potential pulmonary tuberculosis lesions quickly. With an 8KW output and self-developed sensitive flat panel detector, even subtle lesions are clearly detected, ensuring timely diagnostic and treatment.
📍A “green channel” for campus screening
2.SONTU portable DR system has also built a green channel for efficient tuberculosis prevention in Yunnan’s campuses. The system was deployed to conduct large-scale health screenings, offering students a fast, safe, and accurate chest imaging solution. Teachers and students no longer need to endure long queues—with rapid imaging in seconds and high-definition image, the screening time is significantly shortened. By using this portable DR system, it not only ensure early detection and intervention for students, but also reinforce a health defense line for campus.
✨Core Advantages of the SONTU Portable DR System
✔️High Power & High-kV Radiography – 8 kW output with adjustable 100–120 kV for adult PA chest films (and up to 110–120 kV for larger patients) to ensure image pe*******on, lower radiation dose, and fewer motion artifacts
✔️Flexible Mobility – Lightweight and compact for diverse settings such as rural outreach, campuses, and mobile clinics
✔️Instant High-Definition Imaging – Diagnostic-grade images in seconds to speed up screening
✔️Diagnostic-Level Resolution – Clear imaging of even subtle lung lesions for confident diagnosis
✔️Rugged Reliability – Stable, durable performance in challenging environments
National Strategy: “End the TB Epidemic”
China has been strengthening grassroots screening and early intervention under the national strategy to “End the TB Epidemic.” Free TB checks, standardized diagnosis and treatment, and patient-management policies aim to detect hidden cases and block transmission pathways—especially protecting high-risk groups such as the elderly and children.
Chest X-ray imaging is a key diagnostic tool in TB control. It can reveal early and mild lesions, define their scope, location, morphology and density, and determine activity or cavity formation—making it an indispensable step in screening and diagnosis.
In the battle against tuberculosis, SONTU is turning innovation into action. Our portable DR systems are now the frontline warriors in the fight to Tuberculosis, bringing hospital-grade diagnostics directly to where they're needed most.
At SONTU, we believe “Excellence in Medical Technology Protects Every Life.” By empowering frontline healthcare with innovation, SONTU portable DR makes TB screening no longer limited by environment or resources—helping every breath be safer.
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