Is your current equipment ready for new healthcare trends? Will it allow you to meet all of your patients’ needs? We created Dual Source CT to prepare you for these challenges. Thanks to unrivaled power and precision, Dual Source CT enables you to obtain high-quality results in every situation easily and conveniently. Our revolutionary technology is the right match for even the most challenging and advanced imaging applications. With Dual Source technology, you can now face tomorrow´s healthcare needs with confidence.
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DSCT in cardiac imaging
Dual Source CT provides the right cardiac acquisition, for the right patient, for the right clinical indication.
Heart disease is a growing concern. How do you achieve optimal procedural planning with a diverse patient mix? How do you get high-quality images even when facing the challenge of cardiac motion?
DSCT was designed to answer these challenging questions through industry-leading native temporal resolution and precision.
Watch the video to learn how to acquire high-quality images for even the most challenging and advanced cardiac applications.
Technology ready beyond tomorrow
Dual Source CT offers five key imaging modes. They help you perform imaging procedures beyond the capabilities of single source scanners.
Fast temporal resolution
Dual Source CT can achieve temporal resolutions even below 75 milliseconds because both tubes work together during scans. No matter how demanding the application, you get artifact-free images beyond the physical limitations of single source scanners.
Turbo Flash
Dual Source CT is capable of high-pitch spiral scans, resulting in unparalleled routine acquisition speeds that help you keep patient motion in check.
Dual Energy
Dual Source CT Dual Energy spectral imaging allows you to cover large anatomical volumes at high speeds and low doses. Because you always get the widest spectral separation possible, you can quantify even the subtlest changes such as bone marrow defects. With independent kV and mAs options for each tube, coupled with the dose-reducing Tin Filter and enhanced spectral separation, this is Dual Energy as it is meant to work.
Dual Power
Dual Source CT offers unrivaled imaging power. With the combined output of two extraordinary tubes along with lower kV imaging capabilities, you can keep radiation dose and contrast media levels down.
Adaptive 4D Spiral
Dual Source CT is ideally suited for dynamic imaging. Thanks to precise table movements and two powerful tubes, it lets you achieve extremely wide coverage at exactly the right moment in time while keeping the dose in check all along.
Clinical Use of SOMATOM Force
At the top of our Dual Source CT portfolio, SOMATOM Force enables a new level of adaptability to patients, image quality, and clinical outcomes. Examine patients without having to control their heart rate, with no need for them to hold their breath, and with the lowest possible dose of contrast media. Make clearly quantified therapy evaluations with dose-neutral Dual Energy. See yourself.
CT thorax to follow-up bilateral pneumonia
- Scan time: 0.45 s
- Scan length: 311 mm
- Sn100 kV
- CTDIvol: 0.09 mGy
- DLP: 2.8 mGy cm
Ultra-low-dose scan with Tin Filter and Turbo Flash mode.
Courtesy of Bautou Central Hospital, Bautou, PR China
Emergency case of occult ruptured aneurysm
- Scan time: 16.62 s
- Scan length: 742 mm
- 100/Sn150 kV
- CTDIvol: 8.77 mGy
- DLP: 642.2 mGy cm
Dual Source Dual Energy (DSDE) CT enables fast whole-body imaging at low radiation dose levels, also suitable in emergency cases as shown in this case of an occult ruptured aneurysm. Improved evaluation with contrast enhanced DSDE.
Courtesy of University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
1Requires license syngo.via Cinematic VRT.
Left iliac artery stenosis and right fibular artery occlusion
- Runoff / 4D
- Scan time: 9 s / 47 s
- Scan length: 1,248.8 mm / 634 mm
- 110 kV / 70 kV
- CTDIvol: 2.15 mGy / 28.83 mGy
- DLP: 279 mGy cm / 1,739 mGy cm
Adaptive 4D Spiral scan at half the dose
Courtesy of University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Free-breathing lung scans to assess underlying pathology
- Scan time: 0.2 s
- Scan length: 141 mm
- Sn100 kV
- CTDIvol: 0.15 mGy
- DLP: 3.2 mGy cm
Precise diagnosis enabled by ultra-low-dose CT even without sedation required.
Courtesy of University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
Inner ear examination to rule-out acoustic neuroma
- Scan time: 3.51 s
- Scan length: 57.2 mm
- 90 kV
- CTDIvol: 8.69 mGy
- DLP: 109.9 mGy cm
Outstanding image details: The very small focal spot enabled by VectronTM X-ray tube technology, in conjunction with UHR mode, made it possible to display very fine bone structures.
Courtesy of Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Aortic dissection in patient with renal insufficiency
- Scan time: 1.07 s
- Scan length: 740 mm
- 80/80 kV
- CTDIvol: 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
Turbo Flash cardiac imaging with RCA irregularities without significant stenosis
- Scan time: 0.17 s
- Scan length: 125 mm
- 70/70 kV
- CTDIvol: 1.77 mGy
- DLP: 29.3 mGy cm
The high temporal resolution (66 ms) combined with the Turbo Flash mode delivers outstanding images even with high and unstable heart rates such as in this case.
Courtesy of Baotou City No. 8 Hospital, Baotou, P.R. China
Dynamic angiography of AAA with endoleak
- Scan time: 36 s
- Scan length: 222 mm
- 70 kV
- CTDIvol: 43.46 mGy
- DLP: 905 mGy cm
Low kV imaging with VectornTM X-ray tube: Dynamic 70 kV scan with only 12 mL of contrast media reveals endoleak in this patient with severe renal insufficiency.
Courtesy of University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
ECG triggered Turbo Flash scan of coronary, carotid and cerebral arteries
- Scan time: 0.61 s
- Scan length: 488.5 mm
- 100/100 kV
- CTDIvol: 4.14 mGy
- DLP: 202.4 mGy cm
Outstanding image quality even with unstable and high heart rates. Turbo Flash mode covers 737 cm/s showing coronary arteries with finest details. Acquisition done with only 40 mL of contrast media agent.
Courtesy of Bautou Central Hospital, Bautou, PR China
Infant after foreign body aspiration
- Scan time: 0.48 s
- Scan length: 334 mm
- Sn100 kV
- CTDIvol: 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, Schweden
Free-breathing thoracic CT with aortic coarctation
- Scan time: 0.28 s
- Scan length: 128 mm
- 70/70 kV
- CTDIvol: 0.72 mGy
- DLP: 13.2 mGy cm
Free-breathing and sedation free CT with Turbo Flash mode. VectronTM X-ray tube enables low kV scan.
Courtesy of University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Heart scan for analysis of cardiac anomaly
- Scan time: 0.61 s
- Scan length: 79 mm
- 70/70 kV
- CTDIvol: 1.16 mGy
- DLP: 9.1 mGy cm
VectronTM X-ray tube enables low kV scans even with high heart rates. StellarInfinity detector reduces image noise and enhances spatial resolution.
Courtesy of Astrid Lindgrens Childrens Hospital, Karolinska University, Stockholm, Schweden
Abdominal CT with suspicious lesions in the liver
- Scan time: 6.85 s
- Scan length: 315 mm
- 80/Sn150 kV
- CTDIvol: 4.58 mGy
- DLP: 130.23 mGy cm
Uncompromised, precise Dual Energy with tissue differentiation.
Courtesy of Peking University Medical College, Beijing, PR China
Dual Energy evaluation of pulmonary embolism and lung perfusion
- Scan time: 4.12 s
- Scan length: 355 mm
- 80/Sn150 kV
- CTDIvol: 7.78 mGy
- DLP: 298.7 mGy cm
Uncompromised and precise Dual Energy tissue differentiation with wide spectral seperation.
Courtesy of University Hospital Calmette, Lille, France
Extended dynamic imaging of peripheral vessels for vascular abnormality evaluation
- Scan time: 47.1 s
- Scan length: 433.2 mm
- 70 kV
- CTDIvol: 23.57 mGy
- DLP: 1,404 mGy cm
Dynamic angiography up to 80 cm Adaptive 4D Spiral. Scan at low kV keeps the dose down.
Courtesy of University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Volume perfusion of liver lesion for work-up
- Scan time: 28.5 s
- Scan length: 294 mm
- 70kV
- CTDIvol: 48.17 mGy
- DLP: 1,015.7 mGy cm
Adaptive 4D Spiral scan at half the dose with low kV.
Courtesy of Peking University Medical College, Beijing, PR China
Dynamic myocardial stress perfusion to look for effect of stenosis
- Scan time: 33.41 s
- Scan length: 104.3 mm
- 70 kV
- CTDIvol: 43.08 mGy
- DLP: 455 mGy cm
66 ms temporal resolution for systolic scanning potential. Low kV imaging to keep dose as low as possible in 4D imaging.
Courtesy of Peking University Medical College, Beijing, PR China
DE bypass cardiac CT scan for analysis of coronary stenosis and bypasses patency
- Scan time: 10.9 s
- Scan length: 208.4 mm
- 90/Sn150 kV
- CTDIvol: 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, USA
Dual Energy thorax and abdomen incl. spine for post trauma evaluation
- Scan time: 12.08 s
- Scan length: 555 mm
- 100/Sn150 kV
- CTDIvol: 5.28 mGy
- DLP: 276.5 mGy cm
Widest spectral separation enables uncompromised Dual Energy spectral imaging of syngo.CT DE Bone Marrow.
Courtesy of University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
CT thorax to follow-up bilateral pneumonia
- Scan time: 0.45 s
- Scan length: 311 mm
- Sn100 kV
- CTDIvol: 0.09 mGy
- DLP: 2.8 mGy cm
Ultra-low-dose scan with Tin Filter and Turbo Flash mode.
Courtesy of Bautou Central Hospital, Bautou, PR China
Emergency case of occult ruptured aneurysm
- Scan time: 16.62 s
- Scan length: 742 mm
- 100/Sn150 kV
- CTDIvol: 8.77 mGy
- DLP: 642.2 mGy cm
Dual Source Dual Energy (DSDE) CT enables fast whole-body imaging at low radiation dose levels, also suitable in emergency cases as shown in this case of an occult ruptured aneurysm. Improved evaluation with contrast enhanced DSDE.
Courtesy of University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
1Requires license syngo.via Cinematic VRT.
Left iliac artery stenosis and right fibular artery occlusion
- Runoff / 4D
- Scan time: 9 s / 47 s
- Scan length: 1,248.8 mm / 634 mm
- 110 kV / 70 kV
- CTDIvol: 2.15 mGy / 28.83 mGy
- DLP: 279 mGy cm / 1,739 mGy cm
Adaptive 4D Spiral scan at half the dose
Courtesy of University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Free-breathing lung scans to assess underlying pathology
- Scan time: 0.2 s
- Scan length: 141 mm
- Sn100 kV
- CTDIvol: 0.15 mGy
- DLP: 3.2 mGy cm
Precise diagnosis enabled by ultra-low-dose CT even without sedation required.
Courtesy of University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
Inner ear examination to rule-out acoustic neuroma
- Scan time: 3.51 s
- Scan length: 57.2 mm
- 90 kV
- CTDIvol: 8.69 mGy
- DLP: 109.9 mGy cm
Outstanding image details: The very small focal spot enabled by VectronTM X-ray tube technology, in conjunction with UHR mode, made it possible to display very fine bone structures.
Courtesy of Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Aortic dissection in patient with renal insufficiency
- Scan time: 1.07 s
- Scan length: 740 mm
- 80/80 kV
- CTDIvol: 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
Turbo Flash cardiac imaging with RCA irregularities without significant stenosis
- Scan time: 0.17 s
- Scan length: 125 mm
- 70/70 kV
- CTDIvol: 1.77 mGy
- DLP: 29.3 mGy cm
The high temporal resolution (66 ms) combined with the Turbo Flash mode delivers outstanding images even with high and unstable heart rates such as in this case.
Courtesy of Baotou City No. 8 Hospital, Baotou, P.R. China
Dynamic angiography of AAA with endoleak
- Scan time: 36 s
- Scan length: 222 mm
- 70 kV
- CTDIvol: 43.46 mGy
- DLP: 905 mGy cm
Low kV imaging with VectornTM X-ray tube: Dynamic 70 kV scan with only 12 mL of contrast media reveals endoleak in this patient with severe renal insufficiency.
Courtesy of University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
ECG triggered Turbo Flash scan of coronary, carotid and cerebral arteries
- Scan time: 0.61 s
- Scan length: 488.5 mm
- 100/100 kV
- CTDIvol: 4.14 mGy
- DLP: 202.4 mGy cm
Outstanding image quality even with unstable and high heart rates. Turbo Flash mode covers 737 cm/s showing coronary arteries with finest details. Acquisition done with only 40 mL of contrast media agent.
Courtesy of Bautou Central Hospital, Bautou, PR China
Infant after foreign body aspiration
- Scan time: 0.48 s
- Scan length: 334 mm
- Sn100 kV
- CTDIvol: 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, Schweden
Free-breathing thoracic CT with aortic coarctation
- Scan time: 0.28 s
- Scan length: 128 mm
- 70/70 kV
- CTDIvol: 0.72 mGy
- DLP: 13.2 mGy cm
Free-breathing and sedation free CT with Turbo Flash mode. VectronTM X-ray tube enables low kV scan.
Courtesy of University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Heart scan for analysis of cardiac anomaly
- Scan time: 0.61 s
- Scan length: 79 mm
- 70/70 kV
- CTDIvol: 1.16 mGy
- DLP: 9.1 mGy cm
VectronTM X-ray tube enables low kV scans even with high heart rates. StellarInfinity detector reduces image noise and enhances spatial resolution.
Courtesy of Astrid Lindgrens Childrens Hospital, Karolinska University, Stockholm, Schweden
Abdominal CT with suspicious lesions in the liver
- Scan time: 6.85 s
- Scan length: 315 mm
- 80/Sn150 kV
- CTDIvol: 4.58 mGy
- DLP: 130.23 mGy cm
Uncompromised, precise Dual Energy with tissue differentiation.
Courtesy of Peking University Medical College, Beijing, PR China
Dual Energy evaluation of pulmonary embolism and lung perfusion
- Scan time: 4.12 s
- Scan length: 355 mm
- 80/Sn150 kV
- CTDIvol: 7.78 mGy
- DLP: 298.7 mGy cm
Uncompromised and precise Dual Energy tissue differentiation with wide spectral seperation.
Courtesy of University Hospital Calmette, Lille, France
Extended dynamic imaging of peripheral vessels for vascular abnormality evaluation
- Scan time: 47.1 s
- Scan length: 433.2 mm
- 70 kV
- CTDIvol: 23.57 mGy
- DLP: 1,404 mGy cm
Dynamic angiography up to 80 cm Adaptive 4D Spiral. Scan at low kV keeps the dose down.
Courtesy of University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Volume perfusion of liver lesion for work-up
- Scan time: 28.5 s
- Scan length: 294 mm
- 70kV
- CTDIvol: 48.17 mGy
- DLP: 1,015.7 mGy cm
Adaptive 4D Spiral scan at half the dose with low kV.
Courtesy of Peking University Medical College, Beijing, PR China
Dynamic myocardial stress perfusion to look for effect of stenosis
- Scan time: 33.41 s
- Scan length: 104.3 mm
- 70 kV
- CTDIvol: 43.08 mGy
- DLP: 455 mGy cm
66 ms temporal resolution for systolic scanning potential. Low kV imaging to keep dose as low as possible in 4D imaging.
Courtesy of Peking University Medical College, Beijing, PR China
DE bypass cardiac CT scan for analysis of coronary stenosis and bypasses patency
- Scan time: 10.9 s
- Scan length: 208.4 mm
- 90/Sn150 kV
- CTDIvol: 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, USA
Dual Energy thorax and abdomen incl. spine for post trauma evaluation
- Scan time: 12.08 s
- Scan length: 555 mm
- 100/Sn150 kV
- CTDIvol: 5.28 mGy
- DLP: 276.5 mGy cm
Widest spectral separation enables uncompromised Dual Energy spectral imaging of syngo.CT DE Bone Marrow.
Courtesy of University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
CT thorax to follow-up bilateral pneumonia
- Scan time: 0.45 s
- Scan length: 311 mm
- Sn100 kV
- CTDIvol: 0.09 mGy
- DLP: 2.8 mGy cm
Ultra-low-dose scan with Tin Filter and Turbo Flash mode.
Courtesy of Bautou Central Hospital, Bautou, PR China
Clinical Use of SOMATOM Drive
SOMATOM Drive, our second Dual Source CT scanner, provides reliable diagnostic results across all clinical disciplines and helps you achieve a new quality of patient care. See for yourself how you can individualized treatment for every patient.
64-year-old obese patient, acute abdominal pain. Free fluid and abdominal lesions
Courtesy of Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Low-dose thorax for evaluation of pneumonia
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
Low-dose thorax for evaluation of pneumonia
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
Low-dose thorax for evaluation of pneumonia
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
Low-dose thorax for evaluation of pneumonia
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
80 kV head-to-pelvis CTA
High Power 70 & 80 drives low-dose, low-kV imaging, and precision for all.
Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria
80 kV head-to-pelvis CTA
High Power 70 & 80 drives low-dose, low-kV imaging, and precision for all.
Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria
Vascular CTA
Low-kV imaging for all: 80 kV enables < 50 mL contrast media in a patient with renal impairment.
Courtesy of Fakultni Nemocnice Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic
Vascular CTA
Low-kV imaging for all: 80 kV enables < 50 mL contrast media in a patient with renal impairment.
Courtesy of Fakultni Nemocnice Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic
Vascular CTA
Low-kV imaging for all: 80 kV enables < 50 mL contrast media in a patient with renal impairment.
Courtesy of Fakultni Nemocnice Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic
70-year-old male, 94 kg (207 lbs)
High Power 90 kV scans for precise patient dose. EF studies at below 2 mSv.
Courtesy of Medscan Barangaroo, Sydney, Australia
70-year-old male, 94 kg (207 lbs)
High Power 90 kV scans for precise patient dose. EF studies at below 2 mSv.
Courtesy of Medscan Barangaroo, Sydney, Australia
Extremity CT at X-ray dose levels
Scans with Tin Filter reduce extremity CT dose to X-ray levels.
Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria
Extremity CT at X-ray dose levels
Scans with Tin Filter reduce extremity CT dose to X-ray levels.
Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria
64-year-old obese patient, acute abdominal pain. Free fluid and abdominal lesions
Courtesy of Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Low-dose thorax for evaluation of pneumonia
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
Low-dose thorax for evaluation of pneumonia
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
Low-dose thorax for evaluation of pneumonia
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
Low-dose thorax for evaluation of pneumonia
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
80 kV head-to-pelvis CTA
High Power 70 & 80 drives low-dose, low-kV imaging, and precision for all.
Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria
80 kV head-to-pelvis CTA
High Power 70 & 80 drives low-dose, low-kV imaging, and precision for all.
Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria
Vascular CTA
Low-kV imaging for all: 80 kV enables < 50 mL contrast media in a patient with renal impairment.
Courtesy of Fakultni Nemocnice Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic
Vascular CTA
Low-kV imaging for all: 80 kV enables < 50 mL contrast media in a patient with renal impairment.
Courtesy of Fakultni Nemocnice Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic
Vascular CTA
Low-kV imaging for all: 80 kV enables < 50 mL contrast media in a patient with renal impairment.
Courtesy of Fakultni Nemocnice Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic
70-year-old male, 94 kg (207 lbs)
High Power 90 kV scans for precise patient dose. EF studies at below 2 mSv.
Courtesy of Medscan Barangaroo, Sydney, Australia
70-year-old male, 94 kg (207 lbs)
High Power 90 kV scans for precise patient dose. EF studies at below 2 mSv.
Courtesy of Medscan Barangaroo, Sydney, Australia
Extremity CT at X-ray dose levels
Scans with Tin Filter reduce extremity CT dose to X-ray levels.
Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria
Extremity CT at X-ray dose levels
Scans with Tin Filter reduce extremity CT dose to X-ray levels.
Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria
64-year-old obese patient, acute abdominal pain. Free fluid and abdominal lesions
Courtesy of Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands