SOMATOM Drive

SOMATOM DriveDrive precision for all – with a Dual Source CT scanner

Regardless of the type of patient: Your medical imaging institution has to provide state-of-the-art CT imaging. At all times, you have to be able to aid your patients, to cope with your environment, and to meet your business needs – while driving precision each step of the way.

Drive precision with our Dual Source CT scanner SOMATOM Drive
SOMATOM Drive

Improve your clinical workflow and patient outcomes with the SOMATOM Drive and its Dual Source technology, which boosts your performance, empowers your routines, and expands your capabilities. This CT scanner has been designed to be an exceptional member of your radiological team – for all your patients, business needs, and specific environment.

Features & Benefits

SOMATOM Drive


    SOMATOM Drive supports you in simplifying routines – to optimize performance and accelerate workflows. See how you can easily standardize your quality of care with our single-operator concept.

    Introduce automated workflows

    Safeguard correct and consistent patient positioning
    FAST Integrated Workflow is a combination of unique solutions – such as the FAST 3D Camera, Touch Panels, and Advanced Applications – allowing:

    • highly accurate patient positioning
    • consistent image quality and dose
    • improved workflow speed
    • staff to stay close to their patients

    Automation drives precision in challenging environments
    Support precise patient positioning regardless of who is performing the scan, with full and semi-automated FAST and CARE features.

    Automation drives precision in overburdened environments
    Advance reading capabilities with reduction of metal artifacts (iMAR) and automatically aligned and labeled spinal images (FAST Spine).


    Our CT scanner is versatile and future ready: The Dual Source technology in SOMATOM Drive may advance new clinical fields and introduce new technologies into clinical practice.

    Driven by future technologies

    Be ready for new business opportunities
    Boost the reputation of your clinical institution with both patients and referrers with Dual Energy, dynamic imaging, and full organ perfusion.

    Clinical Use

    Technical Details

    View the technical data for our SOMATOM Drive CT scanner.

    Scanner type

    Dual Source

    Detectors

    StellarInfinity

    Max. scan speed

    458 mm/s

    In-plane temp.-res.

    75 ms

    Rotational coverage

    131 mm/rot

    kV steps

    70 – 140 kV @ 10 kV Steps

    mA @ 70 kV, 80 kV

    650 mA, 750 mA

    Spatial resolution

    0.30 mm

    Table load

    up to 307 kg / 676 lbs1

    Gantry opening

    78 cm

    Generator power

    200 kW (2 x 100 kW)

    Slice acquisition

    2 x 128

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