Photon-counting CT
NAEOTOM Alpha with Quantum Technology, the world’s first photon-counting CT, is nothing less than the total reinvention of computed tomography.
Based on the revolutionary direct signal-conversion of its QuantaMax detector, NAEOTOM Alpha offers high-resolution images at minimal dose, spectral information in every scan, and improved contrast at lower noise.
Benefit from a never-before seen range of clinical options and breakthrough consistency – for potentially scanning previously excluded patients and confident clinical decision making.
Experience a defining moment in computed tomography.
- Impressive details. Unveiled.
- Patient reach. Unlocked.
- Meaningful answers. Uncompromised
- Consistent precision. Unvaried.
- Intuitive operation. Uncomplicated.
From gas to scintillator to photon-counting detector – it has been an amazing journey for all people involved in radiology. See the story and what’s behind the new detector.
Clinical Imaging
Cardiovascular
Oncology
Pulmonology
Neurology
High pitch TAVI planning, 70keV reconstruction
- Spectral maps (e.g. iodine map, monoener-getic images) acquired at pitch of up to 3.2
- No compromises in patients who cannot hold their breath
- Optimize contrast media volume
Coronary stenting follow-up
- High resolution 0.4mm slice thickness
- Full spectral information available, monoenerge-tic reconstruction used to eliminate metal artifacts
- Dual source temporal resolution of as low as 66ms
Liver transplant follow-up
- Full spectral information available (e.g. iodine map and monoenerge-tic images)
- High contrast and high resolution
- 0.6mm slice thickness acquisition
Spectral multi-phasic liver scan
- Full spectral information available (e.g. iodine map and monoenerge-tic images)
- High contrast and high resolution
- 0.6mm slice thickness acquisition
Iodine map of lung at low dose
- CTDIVol of 3.6 mGy
- Full spectral information available (e.g. iodine map)
- Spectral info available without need for breathhold
High resolution lung scan
- High resolution 0.4mm slice thickness
- Full spectral information available (e.g. 100keV reconstruction for ideal contrast)
- 0.25 sec rotation speed
UHR CT of inner ear IAC implant
- Ultra-highspatial resolution(up to 44 lp/cm)depicting detailsof anatomy andsurgical implant
- Low noise leveleven at very thinslices (0.2mm)and sharpkernels (HR84)due toelimination ofelectronic noise
Head/Neck CTA showing restenosis in carotisstent
- Minimizetypical artefactsin shoulder areaand within stents
- Optimizevessel evaluationdue to improvedcontrast-to-noiseration and fullrange of virtualmonoenergeticimages
- Visualize finecerebral vesselsbased on highspatial resolution
NAEOTOM Alpha with Quantum Technology offers a radical new way to generate clinical results.
What our customers are saying
This has the potential to redefine clinical decision making right from the first scan.
A completely new way to make small structures of the heart visible.
This will open up the potential to scan more patients on our CT.
In the future every CT will be a photon-counting CT.
We were impressed how robust and stable the system was running from day one. Today we routinely scan around 60 patients per day–all the while producing excellent clinical results.
Patients with pulmonary vascular disease usually receive scintigraphy prior to CT. This is no longer justified if one CT scan provides high-resolution morphology and a detailed iodine map showing lung perfusion.
