syngo DynaCT SMART reduces metal artifacts and allows the physician to e.g. detect bleedings close to metallic implants.
“By using syngo DynaCT SMART in stent-coil cases, I’m more confident to exclude in-stent stenosis and residual aneurysm filling.”
Demetrius Lopes, MD
Center for Neuroendovascular Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA
syngo DynaCT SMART is enabled by PURE®.
Metal objects in the body, such as surgical clips or coils like those used in aneurysm therapy, cause massive radiation artifacts to occur in CT or CT-like imaging as delivered with syngo DynaCT. This makes it impossible to analyze the areas around such metal objects for diagnostic purposes. Thus, directly after implantation, important information that would help to determine whether complications such as hemorrhages have arisen in the vicinity of the metal object is withheld from the physician. In the worst case, the patient will leave the hospital only to return when complications actually do emerge.
The new algorithm called syngo DynaCT SMART reduces those streak artifacts caused by metal from the image and visualizes the regions in close vicinity of the metal in a diagnosable manner. The improved information content of the images reduces the probability of erroneous decisions and therefore the hospital readmission rate.
Reduce Metal Artifacts to See the Unseen
syngo DynaCT SMART (Streak Metal Artifact Reduction Technique) is a new application that can reduce disruptive image artifacts caused by metal masses such as coils or clips.
Professor Martin Skalej, MD, Magdeburg, Germany, about a major step forward in the life of a Neuroradiologist
PURE®
Please note: Additional technical prerequisites may apply. Upon receiving your request, your local Siemens representative will clarify whether your system meets the requirements.
The statements by Siemens' customers described herein are based on results that were achieved in the customer's unique setting. Since there is no "typical" hospital and many variables exist (e.g., hospital size, case mix, level of IT adoption) there can be no guarantee that other customers will achieve the same results.
