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SOMATOM On.siteBringing critical care imaging to your patient

       

 

Our revolutionary mobile head CT scanner SOMATOM On.site provides access to high-end image quality, right at your patient’s bedside. This will fundamentally change the way you can serve ICU patients suffering from acute and critical head conditions enabling you to transform care delivery at your hospital.

  • Maximize quality of care
  • Optimize staff deployment and care delivery
  • Achieve high-end image quality at the point of care

 

Features & Benefits

Staff move an ICU patient bed along a hospital hallway

Why bring the patient to the scanner ...

Providing CT scans of the head for critically ill patients, e.g. from Intensive Care Units (ICU) is crucial but often challenging.

  • Patient transports from the ICU to the radiology department are associated with complex logistical hurdles that can require up to five staff members.1
  • Inhouse patient transports bear an increased risk of complications for patients: >71% of ICU patients experience adverse events during transport specifically to the CT suite.2
  • Scanning of ICU patients at the radiology department impacts CT availability for other patients by blocking off more than double the time of conventional exams.3

SOMATOM On.site will fundamentally change the way you care for your ICU patients suffering from acute and critical head conditions.

... when you could bring the scanner to the patient

Experience mobile head CT scanning with SOMATOM image quality right at the patient’s bedside:

  • Eliminating transport to the radiology department can prevent related complications and allow your staff to concentrate on what matters most: providing optimal care for every patient in the ICU department.
  • You can get images to diagnose and treat sudden changes in patients’ condition faster, potentially reducing the length and cost of hospital stays.
  • Offering mobile CT imaging directly in the ICU allows the radiology department to maintain an optimized schedule and utilize their staff more efficiently.

Transform care delivery with SOMATOM On.site

Maximize quality of care

  • SOMATOM On.site permits CT imaging of the head directly on the ICU ward, so patients do not encounter any transport-associated risks.
  • Performing high-quality scans at the patient's bedside helps staff to react more promptly supporting quicker diagnosictics and treatment decision-making.

Optimize staff deployment and care delivery

  • ICU physicians and nurses can spend more time within the ICU department.
  • This may result in reduced stress for staff, uninterrupted attention for all ICU patients, and improved bed capacity utilization in the ward.



Achieve high end image quality at the point of care

  • Even cross-trained staff can achieve reproducible head scans right at the patient’s bedside.
  • Mobile CT imaging reduces the number of ICU patient scans in the radiology department, potentially resulting in more streamlined utilization of stationary systems and staff, along with more predictable appointment schedules.
SOMATOM On.site

    Clinical Use

    Brain window
    Courtesy of Siemens Healthineers

    Ensuring high-end imaging results at your patient’s bedside: Thanks to the latest advances in digital healthcare, myExam Companion contributes with built-in expertise. And, thanks to workflow guidance provided by GO technologies, the system is so easy to use that it enables greater consistency across your entire team to acquire optimal images.

    Technical Specifications

    Scanner type

    Mobile head CT scanner

    Detectors

    Stellar detector

    Iterative Reconstruction

    SAFIRE

    Metal artifact reduction

    iMAR

    kV steps

    80, 120 kV

    Spatial resolution

    0.75 mm

    Gantry opening

    35 cm

    Slice acquisition

    32

    1
    Masaryk, TJ., Kolonick R, Painter T, Weinreb DB. The economic and clinical benefits of portable head/neck CT imaging in the intensive care unit. Radiol Manage [Internet]. 2008 Mar-Apr [cited 2019 Aug 15]:30(2):50-54. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18431942
    2
    PwC Turkey [Internet]. Istanbul, Turkey: PricewaterhouseCoopers. Anticipating unique disruptions: PwC's 21st CEO Survey: key findings from the healthcare industry; 2018 [cited 2019 Aug 6]. Available from: https://www.pwc.com.tr/en/yayinlar/arastirmalar/ceo-survey/21-ceo-arastirmasi/saglik-sektoru-sonuclari.html
    3
    Murphy M. Research brief: eliminating wasteful work in hospitals improves margin, quality and culture [Internet]. Washington, DC: Murphy Leadership Institute; 2003 Aug [cited 2019 Aug 15]. 11 p. Available from: https://www.cs.odu.edu/~cpi/old/cpi-s2004/statag/murphy-wastefulwork.pdf
    The product is pending 510(k) clearance, and is not yet commercially available in the United States or other countries.
    This product does not yet fulfill all the essential requirements according to the European Medical Device Directive (93/42/EEC) and its national implementations neither all applicable General Safety and Performance Requirements according to the European Medical Device Regulation 2017/745. It is not yet commercially available in the European Union.