Advanced Imaging of Montana in Missoula has become the first U.S. healthcare facility to install Siemens Healthineers' Somatom Pro.Pulse dual-source CT scanner, according to the firm.
The scanner combines dual-source CT technology with embedded AI and user assistance features to deliver workflow efficiencies. Somatom Pro.Pulse’s AI-powered intelligent user interface, myExam Companion, combines patient data and collects scan-relevant information such as heart rate or breath-hold capabilities to develop a patient-specific scan protocol. The optional Fully Assisting Scanner Technologies (FAST) 3D camera automatically performs patient positioning.
Somatom Pro.Pulse also has an air-cooled gantry, requires 31% less space for installation than the company’s previous dual-source systems, and consumes 20% less power than traditional water-cooled dual-source CT scanners, Siemens said.
![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)
