What Detection Technology does

Detection Technology Plc is a Finnish public company (founded 1991, ticker DT on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland) that designs and manufactures X-ray detector subsystems and components for medical imaging, security inspection, and industrial non-destructive testing. The portfolio rests on a-Si-TFT, IGZO-TFT, and CMOS detector technologies and includes the AIDA unified CT detector platform, the X-ACE medical CT series (64 HS, 32 HS, 16 HD, 32) and X-Tile, the Aurora CT security plug-and-play detector, the X-Panel XL extra-large flat panel detector family (X-Panel 43108a FQI, X-Panel 4386a FPI), the X-Scan and X-Cargo line scan detector lines, and detector boards (AVA, Aurora, X-Card, readout electronics). The myDT+ service portfolio wraps these products with post-sale services targeting uptime, lifetime, and sustainability. End markets span computed tomography, dental and surgical imaging, baggage and cargo security scanning, and industrial inspection in food, automotive (battery and components), recycling, mining, and electronics.

The company sells primarily through direct enterprise field sales organized into three regions — Americas, EMEIA, and APAC — with a complementary global distributor network. Customers are OEMs and system integrators that build Detection Technology's detector subsystems into finished imaging equipment. The company reports 500+ end-customer relationships, 8.6 million+ cumulative solutions shipped, and 2 billion+ X-ray inspections performed daily using its detectors, and was named GE HealthCare's Supplier of the Year 2025.

Detection Technology operates from an Espoo, Finland headquarters, with engineering and R&D in Shanghai (operations expanded June 2026 following the 2023 Haobo Imaging acquisition), and a new manufacturing site in Greater Delhi, India opened December 9, 2025 for assembly and testing of X-ray detector components, with planned expansion into flat panel detector production. The largest shareholder is Ahlstrom Capital BV (an A. Ahlström Oy group company). Reported Q4 2025 net sales were EUR 29.7 million, down 6% year-over-year primarily due to adverse currency exchange rates.

Name

Detection Technology

Legal name

Detection Technology Plc

Website

https://deetee.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Detection Technology is a Finnish public company that designs and manufactures X-ray detector subsystems — including CT detectors, flat panel detectors, and line scan detectors — for medical imaging, security inspection, and industrial non-destructive testing OEMs worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

X-ray Imaging Detectors

NAICS

Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing (334517), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

SIC

X-Ray Apparatus & Tubes & Related Irradiation Apparatus (3844), Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)

akta.pro primary industry

Computed Tomography (CT) Systems (HLAHABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Radiation Detection Instruments & Systems (Portal monitors, spectrometers, contamination monitors) (EUAKAIAK), Inspection, Checkweighing & Detection Systems (Vision, Metal, X-ray) (IMALAOAH)

Keywords

• X-ray detector solutions
• Medical CT detectors
• Security inspection imaging
• Flat panel detectors
• Industrial NDT imaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Oulu

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. X-ray Detector Sales: Detection Technology generates revenue through the sale of X-ray detector solutions including flat panel detectors, CT detectors, line scan detectors, and detector boards. The company serves medical, security, and industrial imaging markets with both standard products and modular building blocks.
2. myDT+ Service Portfolio: Post-sale service offerings contributing to performance, time-to-market, uptime, lifetime, total cost savings, and sustainability of X-ray systems. Services contribute to customer experience and retention.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Detection Technology designs and manufactures X-ray detector subsystems — including flat panel detectors, CT detectors, line scan detectors, and detector boards — sold as standard products and modular building blocks to OEMs building medical, security, and industrial X-ray imaging systems. The portfolio spans the AIDA unified CT platform, X-ACE/X-Tile medical detectors, Aurora security CT, X-Panel XL flat panels, and X-Scan/X-Cargo line scan families, with myDT+ post-sale services supporting installed systems.

Product overview

Detection Technology provides X-ray imaging solutions organized into a comprehensive portfolio of detector products and services. The core offering includes AIDA, an all-in-one CT detector system that unifies detector boards, readout electronics, timing, communication, control, and software for rotating, static, and photon-counting CT modalities. Medical CT solutions include the X-ACE series (64 HS, 32 HS, 16 HD, 32) and X-Tile modular detector. Security imaging is served by Aurora CT and line scan detectors (AVA, Aurora). Industrial applications use the X-Panel XL extra-large flat panel series (including X-Panel 43108a FQI and X-Panel 4386a FPI), X-Scan line cameras (T02, T01, C, D, F, H, M, P, U), X-Cargo, and detector boards (X-Card, Readout Electronics). The company also acquired Haobo Imaging to integrate TFT flat panel detector technologies. Applications span medical (CT, dental, surgical), security (baggage, cargo, people scanning), and industrial (food, automotive, recycling, mining) X-ray imaging. The myDT+ service portfolio provides post-sale support and optimization services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AIDA: All-in-one CT detector system that is a unified detector platform conducting all CT modalities—rotating, static, and photon-counting—with scalability, speed, and simplicity.
• X-Panel XL Series
• X-ACE
• X-Cargo
• X-Scan
• AVA
• Aurora
• myDT+

Products and services

• AIDA CT Detector System Unified CT detector platform supporting rotating, static, and photon-counting modalities with integrated detector boards, readout electronics, timing, communication, control, and software, designed for medical CT system manufacturers.
• X-ACE 64 HS Medical CT Detector High-speed medical CT detector with low noise, stable performance, and a scalable design for fast integration by CT system manufacturers.
• X-ACE 32 HS Medical CT Detector Off-the-shelf 32-slice CT detector optimized for high-speed and low-dose medical imaging applications.
• X-ACE 16 HD Medical CT Detector Plug-and-play 16-slice high-definition detector subsystem for value-tier medical CT imaging.
• X-ACE 32 Medical CT Detector The industry's first standard 32-slice detector solution targeted at mainstream medical CT imaging systems.
• X-Tile CT Detector Module Scalable off-the-shelf tileable detector module meeting the highest-tier volumetric medical CT system requirements.
• Aurora CT Security Detector Subsystem Plug-and-play detector subsystem designed to speed up time-to-market for security CT systems used in baggage, cargo, and people screening.
• X-Panel XL Series Flat Panel Detectors Record-breaking extra-large flat panel detector family of single-glass TFT panels for industrial inspection, including the X-Panel 43108a FQI (43x108 cm, 10+ fps) and X-Panel 4386a FPI (up to 90 fps via dual-side readout).
• X-Cargo Multirow Detector Series Multirow line detector series built for rapid and razor-sharp cargo inspection in security and logistics applications.
• X-Scan Linear Detector Arrays Family of X-ray line cameras and linear detector arrays (X-Scan C, D, F, H, M, P, T01, T02, U) covering cargo and vehicle screening, NDT, quality inspection, sorting, dual-energy material separation, and TDI imaging.
• AVA Line-Scan Detector Series Off-the-shelf line-scan detector series providing versatility, cost efficiency, and superior imaging performance for security and industrial imaging applications.
• Aurora X-ray Detector Series Digital X-ray detector boards delivering simplified integration for end-to-end X-ray imaging subsystems.
• X-Card Detector Cards High-performance linear array detector cards (0.2 to 2.5 mm) integrating preamplifier ASICs for building X-ray imaging subsystems.
• Readout Electronics High-performance readout electronics designed to make building reliable X-ray imaging subsystems easier for system integrators.
• Photon-Counting Detectors X-ray detectors utilizing photon-counting technology for advanced imaging applications, including integration within the AIDA CT platform.
• myDT+ Service Portfolio Post-sale service portfolio supporting performance, time-to-market, uptime, lifetime, total cost savings, and sustainability of customer X-ray systems.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Shanghai Haobo Imaging Technology Co., Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2023Acquisition completed July 2023 for EUR 12 million, acquiring 90% of shares with plans for full ownership. Haobo Imaging provides TFT flat panel detector technologies, enabling Detection Technology to expand into the flat panel detector market and target over 40% of the EUR 3.1 billion digital X-ray detector market. Integration continues under Detection Technology's Medical Business Unit, expected to be earnings positive by 2025.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Teledyne Technologies (Imaging): Teledyne's imaging group produces CCDs, CMOS sensors, and X-ray detector components used across medical, scientific, and industrial markets via Teledyne DALSA and related units. A broader incumbent with adjacent detector technology.
• Thales (Security X-ray): Thales produces cargo, baggage, and people screening systems for airports, ports, and critical infrastructure. Overlaps with DT's security X-ray detector customer base, but Thales is a system integrator, not a detector subsystem vendor.
• Smiths Detection: Smiths Detection produces security screening systems (baggage, cargo, people) using X-ray and CT imaging. Comparable end-market exposure to DT's security business unit, although Smiths is an end-system OEM rather than a detector subsystem supplier.
• Canon (Medical / Industrial Imaging): Canon operates a medical imaging business (including acquired Toshiba Medical) and produces CMOS X-ray sensors for industrial inspection. Broad incumbent with overlapping detector technology and medical CT end-product exposure.

Emerging players

• Kromek Group: Kromek produces cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) radiation detection modules for security, medical, and nuclear markets. Adjacent detector technology with overlap in security and NDT end-uses.
• YXLON International (Comet Group): YXLON produces industrial X-ray inspection systems (CT, radiography) for automotive, aerospace, and electronics NDT. Indirectly comparable as a buyer of DT-class detector subsystems and a competitor for integrated industrial inspection solutions.

Direct peers

• Varex Imaging: Varex is the leading independent manufacturer of X-ray imaging components - tubes, flat panel detectors, and subsystems - serving medical, industrial, and security OEMs. Most direct competitor to DT's medical CT detector and industrial flat panel detector lines.
• iRay Technology: Chinese X-ray detector manufacturer specializing in flat panel detectors for medical, industrial, and security markets. Comparable product breadth and overlaps with DT in TFT/IGZO detector categories.
• Hamamatsu Photonics: Hamamatsu produces X-ray detectors, flat panel sensors, and photon-counting modules used in medical, security, and NDT imaging. Comparable to DT's detector portfolio and competes directly in CT and flat panel detector sockets.
• Analogic Corporation (private since 2024): Analogic designs and manufactures imaging subsystems including CT detectors and signal processing for medical and security OEMs. Closely aligned with DT's medical CT detector product positioning; now private following an ALT5 Sigma-led take-private.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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