As the first Siemens Biograph mCTs are coming online in clinics around the world, doctors on three continents spoke with Medical Solutions about the impact this revolutionary new system – which is breaking down barriers between radiology and nuclear medicine – could have on their practices and the lives of their patients.

By Ron French

Ask radiologists and cardiologists about the new SOMATOM Definition Flash computed tomography scanner, and first they will extol its clinical virtues: superb image quality; amazing speed; unprecedented dose protections. But what is becoming equally clear at medical centers around the globe is that it makes perfect business sense as well.

By Catherine Carrington

The advent of automated image acquisition in ultrasound has the potential to change the role of this modality forever. Siemens' ACUSON S2000 Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS) is one of the first representatives of automated ultrasound systems developed to improve clinical workflow and take the operator dependence and variability out of ultrasound. Medical Solutions talked to Frank Stöblen, MD, one of the early adopters of this new technique.

By Andrea Röder