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Mobile imaging is harder than it should be

Mobile units — mammography, CT, MR, ultrasound — operate in conditions that fixed facilities never face. The result is a set of problems that compound at every stop.

  • Images take time to travel — Large studies, especially mammography studies including digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), move slowly over cellular or bandwidth-limited connections. When the schedule is full, waiting isn't an option.
  • Studies get stuck — Transfers fail mid-stream. Techs resend manually. Exams arrive late — or not at all.
  • Every stop is a reconfiguration — Different PACS, different worklists, different IT policies. Your team spends time on setup instead of patients.
  • Walk-in patients create risk — Studies without a matching worklist entry can be sent to the wrong facility if patient data isn't verified before routing.
  • Worklists go down — When the connection to the hospital worklist drops, techs enter patient information manually — increasing the chance of errors.
  • IT teams push back — Hospitals are reluctant to let third-party equipment connect to their network without guarantees about data routing and security.

    • Flux Box handles it

    A compact, pre-configured appliance running DICOM Capacitor. It acts as the intelligence layer between the modality on the trailer and hospital systems on the ground.

    • Imaging never stops — Studies cache locally during acquisition while Flux Box keeps worklists and delivery moving in the background.
    • Send in real time when you can — Over wireless, Flux Box delivers immediately whenever the link supports it. If conditions change, it retries automatically without manual resends.
    • One box, every facility — Routing, worklist, and PACS configuration adapt automatically per site. No reconfiguration between stops.
    • PHI never crosses sites — Cached data is strictly isolated between hospital profiles. Studies from one facility cannot reach another.
  • Walk-ins don't go to the wrong place — Studies without a matching worklist entry are held for manual review. Nothing leaves the box until you're certain it's going to the right facility.
  • Worklists stay available — Flux Box caches the worklist locally, keeps it available in the field, and syncs changes when connected.
  • IT stays in control — Every destination, route, and rule is configurable. Full visibility into queue status, errors, and delivery activity from a browser on the local network.
  • Anonymization built in — Configurable de-identification for research, teaching, or privacy workflows.

    • How it works

    Flux Box operates entirely in the background. No buttons to press, no settings to change — from the moment the truck pulls up to a new site.

    1. The truck connects to the hospital network — Flux Box detects the new connection immediately. Event-driven, not polling, so the response is instantaneous.
    2. The network is identified — Flux Box tests connectivity against known site profiles using non-destructive probing. Existing traffic is never interrupted. No input required from the technologist or IT staff.
    3. The correct site profile activates — DICOM destinations, worklist server, routing rules, header transformations, and compression settings for that specific facility load automatically.
    4. The scanner is already configured — The modality always points to the same local Flux Box addresses. Nothing changes on the scanner between sites. Technologists work with a consistent, familiar setup at every stop.
    5. Studies are cached, routed, and delivered — Capacitor writes each study to local encrypted storage the moment it arrives. Delivery proceeds to the correct destination when connectivity allows, with automatic retries and resume-on-failure. Images never go to the wrong facility.

    Simple by design

    Flux Box reduces mobile imaging to three operations:

    01
    Cache
    Acquire with local worklists, even offline.
    02
    Route
    Match the right site automatically.
    03
    Deliver
    Send immediately when connected, or defer by policy.

    Built for your networking team

    No truck rolls. No dispatching engineers to reconfigure scanners at every stop. Flux Box gives your IT and networking team a single control plane for every mobile unit in the fleet.

    Manage from anywhere

    • Remote configuration — Change destinations, routing rules, and worklist sources without touching the scanner or sending a technician on-site.
    • Deployable profiles — Build and manage site configurations centrally. Push a profile to any unit in the fleet.
    • Instant changes, zero downtime — Update communication settings on the fly. The scanner never stops, never restarts, never knows.
    • Secure updates, remote or offline — Push signed software and configuration packages to any unit remotely over the network, or deliver via USB with Zipline. Cryptographically signed. No physical access to the device required.

    Full visibility

    • Detailed communication logs — Every DICOM association, transfer, retry, and error is recorded and accessible remotely.
    • Source and destination inventory — One place to see every modality and PACS node the unit has communicated with.
    • Remote monitoring — Watch delivery queues, connection status, and error rates across your fleet from a single dashboard.
    • Communication triage — Identify and resolve delivery issues before they become support tickets.

    Flexible delivery

    • Real-time transfers — Use available wireless bandwidth immediately so studies start moving as soon as they are acquired.
    • Scheduled transfers — Optionally defer delivery to off-peak hours to reduce daytime cellular usage and avoid bandwidth contention.
    • Network-aware routing — Flux Box detects when the unit docks at a pedestal or campus link and switches to high-bandwidth delivery automatically.
    • Secured local storage — Studies are encrypted at rest on the device. Data is protected even if the hardware is lost or stolen.

    Advanced processing

    • Off-device compression — Offload JPEG 2000 compression to Flux Box so the modality doesn't have to. Reduces scanner load and speeds up acquisition.
    • Format conversion — Convert between proprietary and standard DICOM formats in transit — no changes needed on the modality or PACS.
    • Data normalization — Harmonize DICOM headers, correct tags, and standardize patient data before it reaches the destination.
    • Study replay — Re-send any cached study on demand, to any destination, without re-scanning the patient.

    You stay in control

    A common concern with appliance-based solutions is loss of visibility into how the system behaves. Flux Box is fully configurable and fully inspectable — your team has direct, transparent control at every step.

    What you can configure

    • DICOM destinations — IP, port, and AE title per site
    • Routing rules and logic
    • Worklist sources and query behavior
    • Per-site transfer behavior and scheduling
    • Compression and anonymization policies
    • Walk-in approval and study hold behavior

    What you can inspect

    • Live queue status and study routing activity
    • Transmission errors and retry history
    • Per-site system behavior and active profile state
    • Worklist cache state
    • Approval status for walk-in and unscheduled studies

    Trusted in community health programs

    Flux Box supports mobile mammography programs that bring screening directly to underserved communities — where reliable imaging matters most.

    Penn Medicine

    Supported free 3D mammography screenings during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, ensuring every study was delivered despite operating on temporary infrastructure.

    A health system in North Carolina

    Powers an annual mobile mammography program, returning year after year with consistent, reliable operation.

    A cancer center in Southern California

    Enables a mobile mammography unit to operate in the field with cached worklists and automatic delivery — even when disconnected from the hospital network.

    Best-fit use cases

    • Mobile mammography, including digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT)
    • Multi-site mobile programs serving multiple facilities
    • Rural and outreach imaging with limited connectivity
    • Enterprise fleets requiring standardized configurations

    See it in action

    Flux Box is a compact, pre-configured appliance ready for deployment. Schedule a demo to see how it fits your mobile imaging program.

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