Hologic Horizon Wi
Family: Hologic Horizon · Modality: Bone Densitometry / DXA
Hologic's wireless-detector entry-tier Horizon configuration — value sibling to the Horizon W, Horizon A, and Horizon Ci. Targets primary-care, women's-health offices, and outpatient screening programs that need DXA without the advanced-body-composition or vertebral-fracture-assessment licensing of the higher tiers. Predecessor predecessor is the Discovery / QDR platform.
Distinctive technology
- Pencil-beam fan / pencil-beam geometry depending on configuration.
- APEX software platform — Hologic's analysis software inherited across the Horizon line.
- Standard hip + spine BMD reporting.
- License-tier upgrades to body-composition / VFA / atypical-femur assessment available on configured units.
Variants in family
- Horizon A — flagship.
- Horizon W — wide-bore.
- Horizon Ci — mid-tier.
- Horizon Wi (this card) — entry / value.
- Discovery / QDR (predecessor)
Refurb posture
- Strong refurb supply — DXA installed base turns over slowly, but Wi-class units appear in primary-care office-closure inventory.
- APEX software-version match to PACS / archive is a refurb due-diligence item.
- Site lead-shielding requirements are minimal (DXA is low-dose).