In recent years, public attention to children’s growth and development health has kept rising. As a vital tool to assess skeletal maturity and growth potential in minors, bone age testing has seen explosive growth in clinical demand. To address this urgent clinical need, Daqing People’s Hospital has introduced BAD-Q1, the flagship X-ray bone age analyzer developed by Pinyuan Medical. The unit completed installation, commissioning and official clinical launch on November 17, 2025, delivering more accurate, safe and efficient growth evaluation services for children in Daqing and surrounding regions.
The detection rate of abnormal growth and development among Chinese children has climbed year by year. Precocious puberty, growth retardation and other conditions require scientific testing for early detection and intervention, making bone age assessment increasingly clinically valuable. Conventional bone age equipment suffers from multiple drawbacks including relatively high radiation dose, long report waiting time and significant errors from manual reading, failing to meet modern clinical standards of safety, precision and efficiency. As a specialized domestic manufacturer of pediatric bone age testing equipment, Pinyuan Medical developed the BAD-Q1 bone age scanner targeting these industry pain points, which secured the in-depth cooperation with Daqing People’s Hospital.

Centered on core clinical demands, the BAD-Q1 achieves breakthrough upgrades in three critical dimensions: safety, precision and efficiency.
For radiation safety, it adopts a dual-protection design combining high-sensitivity detector modules and a fully enclosed lead-shielded chassis. The surface radiation level per scan is nearly equivalent to natural background radiation, drastically lowering radiation risks for children and supporting regular long-term growth monitoring.

In terms of diagnostic accuracy, the device integrates Pinyuan Medical’s self-developed intelligent reading system embedded with mainstream domestic and international bone age evaluation standards including TW3 and China-05. It automatically identifies subtle developmental features of hand bones, delivering far higher precision than traditional manual interpretation.
Powered by high-definition digital imaging technology, the BAD-Q1 rapidly generates comprehensive reports covering bone age data, growth potential prediction, as well as nutritional and exercise intervention recommendations. It drastically shortens the testing workflow that used to take around two hours on conventional equipment, perfectly suiting the high patient throughput at Daqing People’s Hospital.
Pediatric growth monitoring requires meticulous assessment, and the accuracy of bone age results directly determines the effectiveness of intervention plans. The introduction of BAD-Q1 enables precise growth evaluation for children and plays a crucial role in early screening of precocious puberty, growth retardation and other developmental disorders.

To guarantee smooth deployment and operation of the BAD-Q1, Pinyuan’s after-sales engineering team delivered a comprehensive training program featuring theoretical lectures paired with hands-on practice. The training covered core equipment principles, standard operating procedures, daily maintenance and professional interpretation of test reports, equipping medical staff with solid expertise to ensure stable equipment performance and consistent diagnostic accuracy.
According to the on-site technical supervisor from Pinyuan Medical, the BAD-Q1 is fully engineered to fit both institutional practical conditions and the unique characteristics of pediatric examinations. The scanner requires no dedicated lead-lined room for installation, greatly cutting the hospital’s time and capital costs for site renovation and enabling fast clinical launch. In addition, it features a child-friendly cartoon-style appearance that relieves young patients’ nervousness and anxiety during scanning, significantly improving cooperation and streamlining the whole testing process.

This cooperation between Pinyuan Medical and Daqing People’s Hospital sets a benchmark for the popularization of pediatric medical testing equipment, guided by clinical demand, driven by technological innovation and backed by professional all-round services. For Daqing People’s Hospital, the BAD-Q1 greatly strengthens its capacity in pediatric growth and development specialty, providing convenient, high-precision local diagnostic services for families across the area.