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CT-guided interventional procedures on SOMATOM go.platform

CT-guided interventional procedures on the SOMATOM go.platform
Enhancing speed, precision, and flexibility

Biopsies for a differential diagnosis of cancer, pain management therapies for patients suffering from back pain, or drainage placements. These are just some procedures that are commonly performed under CT guidance,^1,2,3 especially when the access path requires cross-sectional image guidance.⁴ Whether you’re using an advanced or basic CT scanner, it is your goal to optimally handle CT-guided interventional procedures. For this, you need a comprehensive and modular solution that reliably supports you, simplifies workflows, and maximizes safety.

Features & Benefits

Safeguard your workflow with operational efficiency

CT-guided interventions are critical. Efficiency and a streamlined workflow matter during these minimally invasive procedures. Discover our interventional portfolio for the SOMATOM go.platform.

In-room control

myNeedle Companion offers dedicated in-room control that allow you to work as you prefer and help reduce miscommunication – thus, boosting workflow efficiency.

The patient-side system control includes:

In-room tablet⁵ with touch user interface provides direct and intuitive software access – to easily zoom, pan, change window settings, and adjust scan parameters
i-joystick enables freely moving the patient table to any position or to return it to a dedicated position – for instance, the last scan position or the position of the currently selected axial image
Footswitch enables triggering radiation for easy scanning

Powerful technology for consistent results

Powerful technologies support accuracy and safety to prevent complications during targeted needle placement. Learn more about our solutions.

Reduce dose during CT image-guided surgery with HandCARE

HandCARE™ is only available with i-Fluoro

CT-guided procedures with dose modulation

Dose matters in CT-guided interventions for both patient and operator. HandCARE™ enables real-time dose modulation during CT-guided intervention procedures and prevents direct radiation exposure to the clinician’s hand – by switching off the X-ray exposure for a 100° angle between three possible user positions:

10 o’clock
12 o’clock
2 o’clock

Courtesy of RNS Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany

Planning & visual guidance with
myNeedle Guide 3D

myNeedle Guide 3D⁶ simplifies workflows for both routine and complex CT-guided interventions. You can easily plan multiple needle pathways in different cross sections. Both, path planning and visually guided insertion of multiple needles are supported within the workflow. Integrated Image Fusion allows fusing of 3D images from different modalities or contrast-enhanced prior CT studies to accurately plan needle paths around critical anatomy.

Lower dose for CT-guided interventional procedures with FAST i-Sequence

Courtesy of RNS Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany

Monitoring needle progression with
i-scan modes

Three powerful i-scan modes provide high flexibility when monitoring the needle progression:

1: FAST i-Sequence
A dose-conscious step-and-shoot mode that enables quick scan repetitions for dynamic monitoring of targeted needle placement, acquires three slices per scan, or enables 3D guidance by covering 100% of the detector width⁶.

Flexible volume coverage in CT-guided interventional procedures with i-Spiral mode

cVRT reconstructed on syngo.via for illustration purposes
Courtesy of Hospital Sao Joao, Porto, Portugal

Monitoring needle progression with
i-scan modes

Three powerful i-scan modes provide high flexibility when monitoring the needle progression:

2: i-Spiral mode
Offering flexible volume coverage for 3D guidance, the i-Spiral mode⁶ makes you independent of the detector width – thus enabling full organ coverage if necessary.

Courtesy of Hospital Sao Joao, Porto, Portugal

Monitoring needle progression with
i-scan modes

Three powerful i-scan modes provide high flexibility when monitoring the needle progression:

3: i-Fluoro
This mode has been designed for fast and precise needle placement, even in most complex and moving anatomies. It also continuously delivers real-time imaging with up to 10 frames/s to support you in hitting the target in one path.

HandCARE™ is only available with i-Fluoro

CT-guided procedures with dose modulation

10 o’clock
12 o’clock
2 o’clock

Courtesy of RNS Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany

Planning & visual guidance with
myNeedle Guide 3D

Courtesy of RNS Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany

Monitoring needle progression with
i-scan modes

cVRT reconstructed on syngo.via for illustration purposes
Courtesy of Hospital Sao Joao, Porto, Portugal

Monitoring needle progression with
i-scan modes

Courtesy of Hospital Sao Joao, Porto, Portugal

Monitoring needle progression with
i-scan modes

HandCARE™ is only available with i-Fluoro

CT-guided procedures with dose modulation

10 o’clock
12 o’clock
2 o’clock

Secure your investment with modular solutions

Whether in small or midsize hospitals or independent imaging centers: Biopsies, drainages, and pain therapy have become routine procedures.⁷ Thus, offering them has become essential in order to stay competitive.

myNeedle Companion on the SOMATOM go platform for CT image-guided surgery

myNeedle Companion is universally available on the SOMATOM go.platform. It is a flexible and modular solution. Depending on your procedure mix, you can choose between these options that to best support your procedure mix:

2D guidance with myNeedle Guide 2D to support in-plane procedure.
3D guidance with myNeedle Guide 3D⁶ to support in-plane as well as double-angulated procedures.
Both can be enhanced with i-Fluoro for real-time imaging where needed.

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