The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Siemens Healthcare's Somatom Scope, a 16-slice CT scanner.
Somatom Scope includes eCockpit technology that extends the scanner's operational lifetime by minimizing wear and tear on its components, according to Siemens. The device offers users the same image quality, dose reduction, and workflow benefits associated with the company's Somatom family of CT scanners, but at a lower price point.
Somatom Scope boasts Siemens' Fully Assisting Scanner Technology (FAST) and Combined Applications to Reduce Exposure (CARE) applications, and it only requires 130.2 sq ft of space. It is available in two configurations: Scope and Scope Power. Scope Power consists of a stronger x-ray tube, a higher-performance generator, and a faster rotation speed for higher-volume settings, according to the firm.
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)