One-Stop Diagnosis in Acute Care

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Single source CT: insufficient power for high speed scan of obese patients

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Dual Source CT: Full image quality at full speed with 160 kW

The difference one-stop diagnosis makes in acute care?
Fast results when every second counts.

In acute care, it is vital that you achieve a confident diagnosis for every patient as fast as possible. When utilizing several diagnostic modalities, however, diagnoses in acute care can be very time consuming and expensive.

SOMATOM Definition is the first CT scanner offering a solution for acute care without compromise, simplifying and speeding up your workflow. Combining a total of 160 kW power, Dual Source CT turns scanning obese patients into easy daily routine. Moreover, it lets you examine uncooperative patients, patients short of breath or with high heart rates – quickly and without restriction.

Using a single source CT scanner, obtaining a perfect image is challenging when scanning patients in critical condition. SOMATOM Definition makes a difference by enabling you to easily master complex acute care examinations in one go.

How It Works

Scanning obese patients with single source CT usually results in a trade-off between speed and image quality. Dual Source CT overcomes this limitation of insufficient power because it utilizes a second X-ray source. In other words, it accumulates the power of the two independent sources resulting in an unprecedented 160 kW, providing sufficient X-ray power reserves for high quality imaging of patients whether tall or small, thin or large – at maximum volume coverage speed and fastest rotation time.

And because scan speeds can be increased, the higher power is used to improve quality, while dose remains the same as in single source CT. In combination of the large bore and the long scan range of the SOMATOM Definition, positioning of critical patients becomes an easy routine.