Siemens Healthcare has installed its Somatom Definition AS (Adaptive Scanner) 20-slice configuration CT system at the Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI).
The Somatom Definition AS adapts to most patients, adapts for complete dose protection, adapts for new dimensions and adapts to the user's space.
It features a 20-slice configuration, a 31in (78cm) gantry bore, optional 660lb (300kg) patient-weight capacity and high scan-speed, designed for high patient-throughput.
The Adaptive 4D spiral mode allows the Definition AS 20 to offer functional imaging with perfusion capabilities of the brain and other organs and an extended coverage up to 7cm.
The Somatom Definition AS 20 can be tailored to meet a hospital's workflow and clinical needs.
In addition to its large bore and high-capacity patient table, the technology couples components in a dynamic manner, such as a large-volume coverage area with a 200cm scan range and up to 330m/sec rotation time.
These features allow even the most clinically challenging patients (for example trauma patients) to be imaged rapidly, from head to toe, without difficulty.
The Definition AS is also available in 40-slice, 64-slice and 128-slice AS+ configurations.
It can be field upgraded to other configurations with minimal downtime.
This allows the technology to grow with the institution's needs while minimising downtime and loss of revenue.
The Somatom Definition AS has a 194-square-foot footprint.
It features Adaptive Dose Shield technology, which eliminates unnecessary over-radiation.
Siemens' Adaptive Dose Shield dynamically blocks the unnecessary dose before and after the spiral scan, ensuring that the only dose applied to the patient is dose that is clinically relevant.
Care Dose 4D, Siemens' real-time dose modulation, guarantees an unparalleled combination of maximum image-quality at minimum dose for every patient in every spiral scan.
Siemens' ultra fast ceramic (UFC) detector provides short afterglow times and improves dose efficiency by 30 per cent compared with previous generations of CT detectors.
