Siemens Healthineers unveiled its new mobile unit to support stroke diagnosis at the American Heart Association’s 2025 International Stroke Conference (ISC), being held February 5 to 7 in Los Angeles.
The unit is equipped with a Somatom On.site head CT scanner, which features a new digital platform called Stroke Connect. The system delivers high image quality comparable to stationary scanners to aid in the detection of ischemia or bleeding, according to the firm, and features a telescopic gantry that allows easy positioning of the patient’s head in the scanner while he or she is on the stretcher.
The Stroke Connect digital platform allows hospital physicians to assess clinical patient data remotely. Image courtesy of Siemens.
Stroke Connect allows hospital physicians to assess clinical patient data remotely and in advance of presentation at the hospital, which speeds therapy decisions, Siemens said. Mobile stroke units can reduce time-to-treatment by about 30 minutes compared with conventional pathways, it noted.
The Somatom On.site scanner won the Minnies award for Best New Radiology Device in 2020.
![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)
