Siemens Healthineers has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Somatom go.All and Somatom go.Top CT scanners.
The 64-slice Somatom go.All features Stellar detector technology, a 0.33-sec rotation time, and a 75-kW generator. Somatom go.Top is a 128-slice scanner that offers an acquisition speed of up to 175 mm/sec to image trauma patients, according to the company.
Both devices have the company's new Athlon x-ray tube, designed to optimize dose based on the individual patient, Siemens said. Users can also adjust the tube voltage in 10-kV increments and inject patients with contrast through a flexible gantry-mounted injector arm.
In addition, Somatom go.Top has TwinBeam dual-energy imaging, which allows the same body region to be examined at the same time at two different energy levels.
![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)
