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SOMATOM Definition Edge

Exceeding expectations VS. Accepting the average

Second best is not an option.

Improve your institution’s process efficiency and patient outcome by exceeding expectations in all clinical capabilities – from contrast media-efficient TAVI planning to precise therapy response management, and optimized emergency care workflow.

Cardiology

What do you expect from a new CT scanner to improve your institution’s clinical capabilities in Cardiology?

Expand your institution’s clinical capabilities by improving contrast media efficiency in low kV TAVI planning, introducing absolutely precise plaque differentiation, and reliable, high-speed triple rule-out scanning.

Clinical Cases

Myocardial bridge in the LAD

Courtesy of Radiologie LMU Grosshadern,
Munich, Germany

Myocardial bridge in the LAD

Higher temporal and spatial resolution result in excellent image quality at lower dose, even with arrhythmia at 59 – 104 bpm.

Collimation: 128 x 0.6 mm
Scan time: 5.0 s
Scan length: 156 mm
Rotation time: 0.28 s
Tube settings: 80 kV, 129 eff. mAs
CTDIvol: 8.55 mGy
DLP: 149 mGycm
Eff. Dose: 2.08 mSv
HR: 59 – 104 bpm

What do you expect from a new CT scanner to improve your institution’s clinical capabilities in Emergency Medicine?

You will be able to optimize process efficiency with solutions that let you not only improve emergency workflow but also substantially reduce door-to-image time, from pediatric to obese patients.

Clinical Cases

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w/o iMAR*/**, w/o ADMIRE***
with iMAR*/**, with ADMIRE***

Courtesy of Luzerner Kantonsspital,
Luzern, Switzerland

Metal artifact reduction with iMAR and ADMIRE 

Removes or mitigates artifacts

w/o iMAR*/**, w/o ADMIRE***
with iMAR*/**, with ADMIRE***
w/o iMAR*/**
with iMAR*/**
w/o iMAR*/**
with iMAR*/**
w/o iMAR*/**, w/o ADMIRE***
with iMAR*/**, w/o ADMIRE***
Comparison between previous scanner and SOMATOM Definition Edge
SOMATOM Definition Edge Inner Ear imaging
lateral ankle joint fracture
TwinBeam Dual Energy* – Bone removal
Rule out of oesophagus stenosis due to asperation in 9m old baby
comprehensive stroke assessment
FAST Spine for automated spine reconstruction
Obese patients in emergency medicine
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What do you expect from a new CT scanner to improve your institution’s clinical capabilities in Oncology?

Optimize your patient outcome by introducing early tumor identification, fast, easy and reliable therapy response assessment, and improved, low dose therapy control.

Clinical Cases

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w/o Admire***
with Admire***

Courtesy of Luzerner Kantonsspital,
Luzern, Switzerland

ADMIRE* - Pediatric Cerebrum

Collimation: 128 x 0.6 mm
Scan time: 5.7 s
Scan length: 140 mm
Rotation time: 1 s
Tube settings: 120 kV, 146 eff. mAs
CTDIvol: 21.1 mGy
DLP: 329.9 mGycm
Eff. Dose: 1.3 mSv

w/o Admire***
with Admire***
kidney cyst
heptic lesions
Intervention of Hepatic metastasis
interstitial lung disease
stellar detector and interative reconstruction
hypodense lesion on liver
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TwinBeam Dual Energy

Expand your clinical capabilities and improve patient outcome with TwinBeam Dual Energy*.
TwinBeam Dual Energy* combines latest dose reduction techniques with crisp image quality for the characterization, quantification, and differentiation of material – rich diagnostic possibilities for virtually all patients and a wide range of clinical questions.

  • Simultaneous acquisition of high and low energy spectra
  • Enables high contrast dynamic applications
  • All dose reduction technologies applicable, such as CARE Dose4D, ADMIRE*, SAFIRE*, etc.

Clinical Cases

Differential diagnosis of multiple hepatic lesionsv

Courtesy of Universitätsspital Basel,
Basel, Switzerland

Differential diagnosis of multiple hepatic lesions

TwinBeam Dual Energy acquires* body imaging at two different energy levels in a single scan. The characters of the multiple hepatic lesions can be clearly differentiated using Liver VNC.

Collimation: 64 x 0.6 mm
Scan length: 650 mm
Rotation time: 0.33 s
Tube settings: AuSn 120 kV, 355 mAs
CTDIvol: 7.6 mGy
DLP: 508 mGycm
Eff. Dose: 7.6 mSv

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    Technology

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    TwinBeam Dual Energy

    Stellar detector

    ADMIRE

    Adaptive Dose Shield

    SAFIRE

    CARE kV

    iMAR