Toshiba America Medical Systems

A new 16-slice CT scanner optimized for cardiac imaging will be a featured product in Toshiba’s booth. The new system, called Aquilion 16 CFX, was introduced in August and features 0.4-second scanning and Toshiba’s new cardiac function analysis software, SureCardio.

Technical specifications include a 7.5-MHU MegaCool x-ray tube, 40-row Quantum detector, and slice acquisitions of 16 x 0.5 mm, 16 x 1 mm, and 16 x 2 mm. Clinical applications include cardiac scoring, cardiac angiography, advanced cardiac analysis, CT fluoroscopy, and high-resolution lung scanning. Toshiba will highlight the system’s ability to conduct isotropic imaging in both the small and large fields of view.

Also making its RSNA debut is Aquilion 8, an eight-slice version of Toshiba’s flagship Aquilion line. The scanner is upgradable to a 16-slice configuration, has a 7.5-MHU MegaCool tube, and 0.4-second gantry rotation available as an option. Aquilion 8 employs a 40-row Quantum detector with 32 mm of total detector coverage per rotation, and slice acquisition modes ranging from 8 x 0.5 mm to 8 x 4 mm.

The scanner also uses a helical cone-beam reconstruction technique that allows for image reconstruction of up to six images per second. Flat-panel displays are standard on the scanner, according to Toshiba.

Other new additions to the Aquilion line are Aquilion Super 4 and Aquilion Super 4 FX, four-slice scanners with 0.4-second gantry rotations. The models feature 7.5-MHU MegaCool tubes, 34-row Quantum detectors, and multislice acquisition modes ranging from 4 x 0.5 mm to 4 x 8 mm.

The Super 4 version has 0.4-second scanning as an option, while 0.4-second imaging comes standard on the Super 4 FX model. Both of the Super 4 models feature a patient couch with a 1.8-meter scan range, compared to a 1.4-m scan range on Toshiba’s previous four-slice Aquilion model.