Our unparalleled 0 MHU STRATON X-ray tube has caused a paradigm shift in CT imaging. The tube’s direct anode cooling eliminates the need for heat storage, permitting a compact design and the fastest CT gantry rotation for all applications. In cardiac imaging, where the ability to freeze motion is critical, Biograph™ 40 and 64 provide you with super-fast rotation time, making noninvasive cardiac diagnosis routinely available. To increase temporal resolution, the proprietary STRATON X-ray tube enables a fast gantry rotation time of 0.33 s, resulting in motionand artifact-free imaging of the heart.

The CARE Dose4D feature utilizes an advanced computing technique that provides real-time dose modulation of the X-ray tube current according to the precise shape of the patient’s body during both spiral and sequential scanning.

It reduces the patient dose for low attenuation views, while the dose is kept at a nominally higher mA for high attenuation angles. From the initial topogram, a base mA setting is determined. During the scan, a detector element measures the attenuation through the patient and transfers that information to the output generator of the X-ray tube to keep the mA at a level which provides the accepted image quality.

CARE Dose4D provides these economical and clinical benefits:

• Up to 66 percent dose reduction while maintaining the same image quality as compared to clinical protocols not employing CARE Dose4D
• Enhancement of the image quality and reduction of artifacts for scanning of asymmetric body regions, such as the shoulders or scans of the patient with arms alongside the body
• Lower power consumption and reduced heat load
• Longer spiral ranges and more flexibility for multiphase examinations, especially for obese patients
• Low dose examinations for pediatric patients

A patented solution for multislice CT scanning, SureView provides exceptional image quality at any pitch setting. To acquire a scan, you simply select the scan volume (range), mAs, scan time, and slice width. All other parameters, such as pitch, are automatically calculated by the scanner, ensuring high quality imaging at any scanning speed. For spiral scanning, SureView yields a remarkably low image noise level. To produce the same noise level as sequential CT images, our spiral scan protocols are created with lower mAs and therefore, can reduce doses by up to 20 percent. Specify the slice thickness according to your clinical needs, and SureView automatically provides the best image quality with reliable, excellent performance.