The Dual Source CT Difference

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• Scan time: 0.45 s
• Scan length: 311 mm
• Sn100 kV
• CTDI_vol: 0.09 mGy
• DLP: 2.8 mGy cm

• Scan time: 16.62 s
• Scan length: 742 mm
• 100 / Sn150 kV
• CTDI_vol: 8.77 mGy
• DLP: 642.2 mGy cm

Dual Source Dual Energy (DSDE) CT enables fast whole-body imaging at low radiation dose levels. It's also appropriate for emergency cases, as shown in this case of an occult ruptured aneurysm. Improved evaluations with contrast-enhanced DSDE.

_{Courtesy of University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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• Runoff / 4D
• Scan time: 9 s / 47 s
• Scan length: 1,248.8 mm / 634 mm
• 110 kV / 70 kV
• CTDI_vol: 2.15 mGy / 28.83 mGy
• DLP: 279 mGy cm / 1,739 mGy cm

• Scan time: 0.2 s
• Scan length: 141 mm
• Sn100 kV
• CTDI_vol: 0.15 mGy
• DLP: 3.2 mGy cm

• Scan time: 3.51 s
• Scan length: 57.2 mm
• 90 kV
• CTDI_vol: 8.69 mGy
• DLP: 109.9 mGy cm

• Scan time: 1.07 s
• Scan length: 740 mm
• 80/80 kV
• CTDI_vol: 2.09 mGy
• DLP: 154.6 mGy cm

High-Power scanning with Turbo Flash mode. Low kV scanning to support reduction of contrast media.

_{Courtesy of University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany} 

• Scan time: 0.17 s
• Scan length: 125 mm
• 70/70 kV
• CTDI_vol: 1.77 mGy
• DLP: 29.3 mGy cm

• Scan time: 36 s
• Scan length: 222 mm
• 70 kV
• CTDI_vol: 43.46 mGy
• DLP: 905 mGy cm

• Scan time: 0.61 s
• Scan length: 488.5 mm
• 100/100 kV
• CTDI_vol: 4.14 mGy
• DLP: 202.4 mGy cm

• Scan time: 0.48 s
• Scan length: 334 mm
• Sn100 kV
• CTDI_vol: 0.02 mGy
• DLP: 0.7 mGy cm

Spectral shaped Sn100 kV scans for very low dose in foreign body aspiration imaging.

_{Courtesy of Astrid Lindgrens Childrens Hospital, Karolinska University, Stockholm, Sweden}

• Scan time: 0.28 s
• Scan length: 128 mm
• 70/70 kV
• CTDI_vol: 0.72 mGy
• DLP: 13.2 mGy cm

• Scan time: 0.61 s
• Scan length: 79 mm
• 70/70 kV
• CTDI_vol: 1.16 mGy
• DLP: 9.1 mGy cm

Vectron^TM X-ray tube enables low kV scans even with high heart rates. Stellar^Infinity detector reduces image noise and enhances spatial resolution.

_{Courtesy of Astrid Lindgrens Childrens Hospital, Karolinska University, Stockholm, Sweden}

• Scan time: 6.85 s
• Scan length: 315 mm
• 80/Sn150 kV
• CTDI_vol: 4.58 mGy
• DLP: 130.23 mGy cm

• Scan time: 4.12 s
• Scan length: 355 mm
• 80/Sn150 kV
• CTDI_vol: 7.78 mGy
• DLP: 298.7 mGy cm

• Scan time: 47.1 s
• Scan length: 433.2 mm
• 70 kV
• CTDI_vol: 23.57 mGy
• DLP: 1,404 mGy cm

Dynamic angiography up to 80 cm Adaptive 4D Spiral. Scan at low kV keeps the dose low.

Courtesy of University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

• Scan time: 28.5 s
• Scan length: 294 mm
• 70kV
• CTDI_vol: 48.17 mGy
• DLP: 1,015.7 mGy cm

• Scan time: 33.41 s
• Scan length: 104.3 mm
• 70 kV
• CTDI_vol: 43.08 mGy
• DLP: 455 mGy cm

• Scan time: 10.9 s
• Scan length: 208.4 mm
• 90/Sn150 kV
• CTDI_vol: 10.99 mGy
• DLP: 230.9 mGy cm

Cardiac CT scans exceeding 16 cm with 66 ms temporal resolution, low dose, and Dual Energy information.

_{Courtesy of MUSC Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA}

• Scan time: 12.08 s
• Scan length: 555 mm
• 100/Sn150 kV
• CTDI_vol: 5.28 mGy
• DLP: 276.5 mGy cm

• Scan time: 0.45 s
• Scan length: 311 mm
• Sn100 kV
• CTDI_vol: 0.09 mGy
• DLP: 2.8 mGy cm

Combined with high-power 70 & 80 and 10 kV steps, the wide bore and a table capable of supporting heavy weights enable high CT image quality in larger patients.

^{Courtesy of Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 
The Netherlands}

22-month-old child, 8 kg (18 lbs), free breathing, no sedation, patient rolling at time of scan

70 kV CARE Child protocols can be performed with super-fast scan modes for a lower dose in highly sensitive patients - even with the patient motion seen in this case.

^{Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria}

22-month-old child, 8 kg (18 lbs), free breathing, no sedation, patient rolling at time of scan

70 kV CARE Child protocols can be performed with superfast scan modes for lower dose in highly sensitive patients - even with the patient motion seen in this case.

^{Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria}

22-month-old child, 8 kg (18 lbs), free breathing, no sedation, patient rolling at time of scan

70 kV CARE Child protocols can be performed with superfast scan modes for lower dose in highly sensitive patients - even with the patient motion seen in this case.

^{Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria}

22-month-old child, 8 kg (18 lbs), free breathing, no sedation, patient rolling at time of scan
70 kV CARE Child protocols can be performed with superfast scan modes for lower dose in highly sensitive patients - even with the patient motion seen in this case.

^{Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria}

98 kg (216 lbs) patient. Reveals no carotid dissection

High-Power 70 & 80 drives low-dose, low-kV imaging, and precision for your patients.

^{Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria}

98 kg (216 lbs) patient. Reveals no carotid dissection

High-Power 70 & 80 drives low-dose, low-kV imaging, and precision for your patients.

^{Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria}

Runoff. 76-year-old male. Claudication, right popliteal artery occlusion

Low-kV imaging: 80 kV enables < 50 mL contrast media in a patient with renal impairment.

^{Courtesy of Fakultni Nemocnice Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic}

Runoff. 76-year-old male. Claudication, right popliteal artery occlusion

Low-kV imaging: 80 kV enables < 50 mL contrast media in a patient with renal impairment.

^{Courtesy of Fakultni Nemocnice Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic}

Runoff. 76-year-old male. Claudication, right popliteal artery occlusion

Low-kV imaging: 80 kV enables < 50 mL contrast media in a patient with renal impairment.

^{Courtesy of Fakultni Nemocnice Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic}

Cardiac CTA, 50-64 bpm. Unstable HR. Coronary arteries normal. EF study

High-power 90 kV scans for precise patient dose. EF studies at below 2 mSv.

^{Courtesy of Medscan Barangaroo, Sydney, Australia}

Cardiac CTA, 50-64 bpm. Unstable HR. Coronary arteries normal. EF study

High-power 90 kV scans for precise patient dose. EF studies at below 2 mSv.

^{Courtesy of Medscan Barangaroo, Sydney, Australia}

Ankle examination with Tin Filter (Sn100 kV) after sporting accident

Scans with Tin Filter reduce extremity CT dose to X-ray levels.

^{Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria}

Ankle examination with Tin Filter (Sn100 kV) after sporting accident

Scans with Tin Filter reduce extremity CT dose to X-ray levels.

^{Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria}

Combined with high-power 70 & 80 and 10 kV steps, the wide bore and a table capable of supporting heavy weights enable high CT image quality in larger patients.

^{Courtesy of Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 
The Netherlands}