50 Years of CT Scanners: What’s New?

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50 Years of CT Scanners Whats New?
By Vikki Harmonay
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2021 marked the 50th anniversary of computed
tomographyand new CT options keep entering the
playing field. New CT Scanners In May of 2021,
Siemens introduced its latest CT offering the
Somatom X.ceed, its fastest, single-source CT
Scanner. Its designed to simplify procedures
where time and precision are critical, like
cardiac and emergency imaging and CT-guided
interventions. It comes with fan 82-centimeter
bore, a 120 kW X-ray tube and user-friendly iPad
tablet operation
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The scanner features myExam Companion, which
provides high spatial and high speed resolution
to guide users through diagnostic procedures.
This enables the system to use its fast rotation
time of 0.25 seconds per rotation and power to
their full potential. This is key for emergency,
cardiac and spectral imaging. myNeedle Companion
is also included. Its the first universal
solution with a harmonized user interface that
allows users to plan and guide percutaneous
needle procedures across modalities, which
includes angiography and CT.
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MyNeedle Lasert is also included. It is a fully
integrated option that projects the needle entry
point and insertion angel directly onto the
patients body. This includes advanced
double-angulated procedures with multiple needle
paths. Another entry in the CT Scanner market is
Spectral CT 7500, a spectral detector-based CT
Scanner from Philips. This intelligent system
produces high spectral images for every patient
on every scan, which improves disease
characterization and reduces rescans and
follow-ups. It does this at the same dose levels
as conventional CT scans.
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You get a shorter scan time, more confident
diagnoses and more effective, personalized
treatment plans. It reduces time for diagnosis by
34, repeat scans by 25 and follow-up scans by
30. It helps offset the need for unnecessary,
suboptimal and repeat imaging, which is projected
to save up to 12 billion a year. The solution
enables the technologist to perform spectral
chest and head scans in less than one second.
Full body spectral scans can be accomplished in
less than two seconds. The higher sensitivity
allows it to more accurately detect malignant
findings and improves readings of incidental
findings as well.
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New patient populations can be served, including
pediatric, bariatric and challenging cardiac
scans with irregular and high heart rates. In
2021, Canon Medical Systems entered
photo-counting CT (PCCT) partnerships with
National Cancer Center Japan and EAST Hospital in
Kashiwa for further research. PCCT is the
advanced diagnostic imaging technique thats
designed to identify material components by
measuring X-ray photons at different energy
levels.
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This enables it to enhance image quality and
resolution while reducing dose exposer compared
to conventional CT. They hope their PCCT system
will bring new clinical benefits to patients
around the globe. These benefits are based on the
identification of multiple material components,
lower exposure doses and higher resolution
images. Canons higher contrast-to-noise ratio
enhances image resolution and quality, reduces
dose exposure and corrects artifacts. It also
creates access to quantitative imaging
capabilities with more numerical data on tumors
and signs of cancer, for more personalized care.
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Lastly, Siemens introduced the Siemens
photon-counting scanner called NAEOTOM Alpha, its
first significant advancement in CT in 10 years.
Rather than using detectors to measure total
energy contained in many X-rays at one time, the
photon-counting detector measures each individual
X-ray that passes through a patients body. It
allows the scanner to collect more detailed
information about the patient. Images can then be
formed that reflect the most useful information
to help clinicians make better decisions around
diagnosis and treatment, as well as in planning
radiation therapy.
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Talk to An Expert
New technology is always exciting. However,
oftentimes medical imaging clinics and practices
can serve their patients with existing
technology. If youre in the market for medical
imaging equipment, its wise to consider using
used or refurbished medical imaging equipment
that can deliver the performance you need, at a
much lower price point. They still offer robust
service warranties, for your peace of mind. Talk
to an expert at Atlantis Worldwide now! Contact
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