United Imaging has inked a collaboration with Sea Box in its efforts to make CT scanners available in portable structures so that they can be rapidly deployed.
Sea Box specializes in modular containers. The partnership will not only allow United Imaging to install portable scanners where needed but also enable the company to make available systems that require shorter breath holds -- an important factor in the assessment of diseases such as COVID-19, which often causes breathing difficulties, the company said.
The portable containers feature a CT control room with a separate entrance, which better protects the technologist. They can be easily cleaned and include minimum efficiency reporting value (MERV) 14 air filtration, according to United Imaging.
![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)
