Toshiba America Medical Systems has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing clearance for Aquilion 16, the company’s 16-slice CT scanner. The product utilizes a 40-row quantum detector that is capable of generating 16 simultaneous 0.5-mm slices with each 500-millisecond gantry rotation.
The Tustin, CA-based company said that the technology enables enhanced image-acquisition speed, making possible a complete a CT angiogram that scans from the abdomen to the feet (2-mm slice thickness) in 15 seconds.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersJuly 18, 2002
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