Nov 26 2012
Hospitals will now be able to diagnose diseases faster and safer with Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s newest and most advanced CT system yet, the AquilionTM ONE ViSION Edition. The system offers a low dose exam with the largest bore, widest coverage and thinnest slices.
Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition is equipped with a gantry rotation of 0.275 seconds, a 100 kw generator and 320 detector rows (640 unique slices) covering 16 cm in a single rotation, with the industry's thinnest slices, 500 microns (0.5 mm). The system can accommodate more patients with its 78 cm bore and fast rotation, including bariatric and patients with high heart rates.
Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition also includes Toshiba's third-generation iterative dose reconstruction software, AIDR 3D, which incorporates significant system enhancements by reducing radiation dose compared with conventional scanning.
"Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition reduces risk and maximizes returns," said Satrajit Misra, senior director, CT Business Unit, Toshiba. "It is capable of imaging the entire brain and heart in a single rotation with 500-micron accuracy, and can capture both anatomical and functional data."
Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition has been installed at Fujita Health University in Japan; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.; Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands; Monash Medical Centre Clayton, Southern Health in Australia; Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital in Hong Kong; and Iwate Medical University in Japan. Future installations include University Health Network—Toronto General Hospital in Canada and Rigshospitalet in Denmark.
Toshiba launched Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago, Nov. 25 - 30, 2012 (Booth #3438, South Hall).
Source: Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.
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