• Digital signal transmission facilitated by innovative optical-coupling • Large-aperture, slip-ring gantry and technology extra-wide couch • Generator is inside the gantry to conserve space • Ergonomic operator console • Industry’s largest aperture: 72 cm • High-frequency X-ray generator • Five scan fields of view: 18, 24, 32, 40 and 50 cm • High-heat-capacity X-ray tube • Gantry controls on both sides • Volume image processor • Patient positioning lights • On-line help • Wide range of scan times provides greater flexibility for optimal image • High-capacity hard disk quality (0.32 partial; 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2 and 3 seconds full) • Magneto optical disk storage (MOD) • Gantry tilt range of ±30 degrees during axial and helical acquisitions • Image data transfer link • Slice thickness selections of 16x0.5, 16x1 and 16x2 mm with the • Patient positioning accessories capability of stacking images to the desired slice thickness • Operator manuals and quality assurance phan- Key Features: High-Power Generator: Robust, high-voltage Couch Routine Fast Scanning: Using slip-ring circuits generate 60 kW of power and • 47 cm wide, metal-free couch top technology, Aquilion 16 is able to perform 500 mA, providing support for the 7.5 MHU • Horizontal stroke of 2,190 mm and a 0.32-second partial scans and 0.5-second X-ray tube that makes possible helical scans scanning range of 1,800 mm for tall routine scans to meet the demands of dynamic upto 100 seconds and scans with metal-free patients andhelical examinations. scan range of up to 1,800 mm. • Couch top can be lowered to 30 cm (12 inches) High Image Quality: The Aquilion 16 features Multiple kV Selections: • Manual control of table incrementation 896 channels in 40 rows of solid-state 80, 100, 120 and 135 kV. from both the gantry and console or detectors; specialized, user-selectable, programmed by an exam protocol image-reconstruction algorithms; and a wide Fast Image Reconstruction Time: • Couch top supports up to 450 lbs. while main selection of slice thicknesses. The system Up to 10 images per second. taining accuracy of ±0.25 mm provides outstanding low-contrast resolution of 2 mm at 0.3% and high-contrast resolution SURETechnology: Provides maximum Console of 0.35 mm. productivity and best image quality at the • Consists of hybrid keyboards, mouse, moni lowest possible dose. Real-time helical display, tors and Navibox which provides instantaneous visualization of • Controls the entire system, including power acquired images, allowing the operator to • Image display rapidly assess if additional images are needed. • Scanoscope control SUREStart bolus tracking device, which is • Remote control of couch-top movement included in the standard configuration, • Gantry tilt control provides the ability to monitor contrast media. • Window level and width adjustment • Three preset windows can be stored in the Dose Reduction: Real Exposure Control eXam Plans Superior detector technology provides better • Other mouse-operated, image-processing image quality with lower dose. Real EC functions reduces patient dose up to 40% during helical • High line-rate, 18-inch LCD monitors scans, automatically modifying tube • Displays images in 512x512 or 1024x1024 current based on patient anatomy. • CT number display ranges from –1,536 to +8,191 Easy Operation: Perform easy operations using • 32 programmable voice commands the 18-inch LCD monitor, mouse and hybrid keyboard. Scan automatically by programming procedures with eXam Plan and vocal instructions through VoiceLink™. X-ray Tube Patient Management The Aquilion 16 is equipped with the • Enter individual patient information at the MegaCoolTM X-ray tube. This compact, time of examination highperformance tube was designed • On-line patient appointment file specifically to minimize tube-cooling delays in heavy patient-load conditions using 0.5-second Image Management scan time. Aquilion 16 images can be stored on hard disk, magneto–optical disk or transferred via Other features include: gigabit Ethernet connection using DICOM 3.0 • Dual focal spots standards. • Anode capacity of 7.5 MHU • Dissipation rate of 1,386 kHU per minute ma DICOM 3.0 (Storage SCU) ximum • Allows the CT scanner to export images onto DICOM 3.0 (Print SCU) • Solid-state detector array a network • Allows the CT scanner to send image data • Low-contrast resolution of 2 mm at 0.3% • Consists of software only and utilizes that has been acquired and • 896 detector channels and 40 rows of detec pre-existing Ethernet ports on the CT reconstructed to a film imager for printing via tor elements scanner to connect to a Ethernet in conformance with • 1,800 views per second to produce high-reso coax-Ethernet-based network running DICOM 3.0 standards Image Display lution images TCP-IP communication protocols • Display in multiple formats ranging • The system can be set to automatically trans from 1 to 16 Computer fer images to the network after an • Overlay an inset scanogram for quick • Two 32-bit processors exam is complete reference marking • Capable of simulta neous scanning, • Add, subtract, rotate or filter images retrieving, reconstructing, • Adjust window width and level non-linearly, archiving and filming accommodating up to six built-in without interruption, curves and six user-defined curves true multi-tasking system • Ultra-fast, 217 GB hard disk • 100,000 images on both scan and Image Quality Enhancement display console • 3,600 rotations of raw data Automatic, 2-Pass, Beam-Hardening maximum Correction (BHC): Compensates for the • An erasable magneto optical disk nonuniform, beam-hardening effect of bone for (4.8 GB) holds up to 16,000 more accurate reconstruction. Reduction of images (512x512) streak artifacts in the posterior fossa and elimination of cupping artifact in the mid-brain. Raster Artifact Suppression Protocol (RASP): • Minimum intensity projection Image Manipulation Reduces artifacts caused by nonuniform • Intensity volume rendering • Vari-area allows pre-selection of ROI for attenuation such as in the shoulders and accurate display field of view (DFOV) using pelvis, and may be applied prospectively raw data for immediate viewing or retrospectively. • User-defined, post-processing filters for edge enhancement and smoothing Automatic Patient Motion Correction (APMC): Reduces streak artifacts caused by Annotation movement of high-contrast interfaces such as • Four lines of comments and arrow display air, contrast or metal during scanning. • 36 exam information fields that can be selecti APMC is especially useful for scanning trau- vely masked or shown depending ma, sedated, or uncooperative patients. on site requirements
Reconstruction Algorithms: Grouped by eXam Plan Protocols
anatomical application, more than 20 • 684 eXam Plan protocols that can be adjus algorithms are provided for customized image ted while scanning reconstruction according to the diagnostic • Four preset reconstructions information needed or physician preference. • eXam Plan sets can be stored on optical disks and copied to other Toshiba Helical Scan & Functionality scanners MultiView: Built into protocol for fast, multi-planar reconstruction in batch mode Archiving specifically for multislice data sets. Coronal, Quantitative Analysis • Can be automated with each eXam Plan sagittal and axial are displayed in real-time • Profile display of CT numbers along a selec • Raw data can be stored on and retrieved for immediate viewing. ted line in the axial plane from MOD • Distance measurement and display • Raw data and image data can be protected 3-D Imaging: Provides excellent image quality • CT number display to prevent deletion with surface shaded-renderings and • Histogram display volume-rendered 3-D images. Provides • Circulatory function analysis fits a curve to Filming zooming and panning over the 3-D surface and CT number changes over time for a • Auto filming can be set as part of the performs distance measurements. selected region of interest (ROI) eXam Plan • Functional images based on peak height, • Images are displayed in 512x512 or 1024x1024 Other features include: peak time, appearance time, area under • 3-D surface display curve, mean transit time, second InnerVision • 3-D shaded volume display moment and transit time • Remote diagnostics proactively monitor the • Maximum intensity projection (MIP) • ROIs can be rectangular, circular or irregular system to minimize downtime