Siemens Healthineers has completed the first U.S. installations of its Somatom go.Up CT scanner; the scanner was installed at two outpatient facilities of the Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI).
The scanners were installed at St. Luke's Hospital's CDI unit in Chesterfield, MO, and at St. Luke's CDI facility in Frontenac, MO.
Features of the go.Up scanner include a wide detector that provides up to 64 slices of coverage and a workflow that enables users to control routine examinations using only a tablet computer. This allows a new, mobile workflow in which staff members no longer need to move between the scanner and control room, Siemens said.
![Axial images from unenhanced calcium score cardiac CT (left) and curved planar reformation images from CT angiography (right) show that higher long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with greater coronary artery calcium and more obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Top row: Images in a 68-year-old male patient with higher 10-year mean ambient air pollution exposure (7.9 μg/m3 for particulate matter measuring ≤2.5 μm in diameter [PM2.5] and 17.4 parts per billion [ppb] for NO2) with extensive CAD (coronary artery calcium score [CACS] >1,000 and obstructive CAD [≥70% diameter stenosis]). Bottom row: Images in a 57-year-old female patient with lower 10-year mean ambient air pollution exposure (6.3 μg/m3 for PM2.5 and 4.6 ppb for NO2) with no CAD (CACS = 0 and no obstructive stenosis).](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/06/hanneman.r6SMLzkezo.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
