Shimadzu Exhibits at the RSNA 2025 (Radiological Society of North America)

Shimadzu Corporation and its U.S. group company, Shimadzu Medical Systems USA, exhibited at the technical exhibition of the 111th Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2025), held at McCormick Place in Chicago, from November 30 to December 4, 2025. This article describes Shimadzu’s booth at RSNA 2025 and Shimadzu’s long-standing dedication to radiology.

 

Overview of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

RSNA is the world’s largest academic conference in the field of radiology, with over 50,000 members from about 160 countries.

The theme of RSNA 2025 was “Imaging the Individual.” During the conference, physicians, radiological technologists, researchers, medical equipment manufacturers, and others gathered from around the world.

The area referred to as “Technical Exhibits” featured medical imaging technologies and related products from 763 companies over 4 days. In the exhibition hall, technologies for AI-assisted diagnosis, linking to the cloud, and data analysis platforms, particularly attracted attention.

The conference featured over 1,000 sessions, including online broadcasts, and many Shimadzu Group employees attended as society members. 

The Shimadzu Booth

The Shimadzu booth mainly exhibited radiography and angiography systems that allowed visitors to experience systems used to support day-to-day radiological workflows in healthcare and instruments developed based on the concept of patient-friendly diagnosis.

RADspeed Pro SR5 Version Radiography System
The RADspeed Pro SR5 is a radiography system that features a collimator (the component that adjusts the X-ray exposure range) with a built-in camera at the end of the X-ray emitter unit. Consequently, how the patient appears and is positioned can be displayed on the system monitor, enabling operators to perform radiography operations while constantly checking the patient’s status. The exhibited demo unit allowed visitors to experience how the system can increase the operator’s ability to focus more closely on patient care.

MobileDaRt Evolution MX9 Version Mobile X-Ray System
Three MobileDaRt Evolution MX9 series mobile X-ray systems, which are typically used in wards or emergency rooms, were exhibited for the first time at RSNA 2025.

The booth staff demonstrated the systems using a manikin, highlighting the function for measuring and displaying the distance from the X-ray tube to the detector in real time, and the tube alignment function for emitting X-rays at the correct angle and position. One visitor commented that “It is easy to understand when the X-ray tube is adjusted to the correct angle, because a laser marker is illuminated when the tube is properly aligned with the bed where the patient is lying.”

Trinias series with SCORE Opera Angiography System 
For this system, the SMART Voice function for voice-activated operability was introduced. The function was demonstrated by actually using voice commands to change the C-arm position while the operator’s hands are occupied. It attracted significant positive attention as a system that could help increase the efficiency of examination operations.

Shimadzu’s Historical Involvement with Radiology

Genzo Shimadzu Jr., Shimadzu Corporation’s first president, successfully produced an X-ray photograph in 1896, in collaboration with Professor Hanichi Muraoka from The Third Higher School (predecessor to Kyoto University), when X-rays had just been discovered by German physicist Dr. Roentgen the previous year. That marks the beginning of Shimadzu’s history with X-rays.

By 1909, Shimadzu had delivered the first medical X-ray system made in Japan. As the Japanese pioneer of medical X-ray systems, Shimadzu was a key driver of the industry during that early period.

In 1921, Shimadzu conducted the first X-ray training classes  to widely disseminate correct knowledge and technology about X-rays. Furthermore, in 1927, to help healthcare providers train personnel, Shimadzu established the Shimadzu X-Ray Technology Training Center (currently the Kyoto College of Medical Science) for training radiological technologists.

To this day, Shimadzu has been consistently contributing to healthcare based on that history, by developing and supplying not only X-ray imaging products but also other radiography systems.