Toshiba adds two new offerings to CT portfolio

Toshiba America Medical Systems has introduced two multi-detector CT systems, the Aquilion Premium edition and the Aquilion CX edition.

The Tustin, Calif.-based company said its Aquilion Premium rounds out its CT portfolio to include a product with 160-detector rows and coverage up to 8 cm in a single rotation. The system is also field-upgradeable to an Aquilion One. Also, the Aquilion Premium comes standard with the 72-kW generator, a 660-lb patient weight couch and features like iStation display and 8-cm dynamic scanning capability.

The Aquilion CX is a 64-detector row CT system featuring faster reconstruction standards with up to 28 images per second, Toshiba Quantum Advantage detector technology and a patient couch that can accommodate up to 660 lbs, Toshiba said. The firm said Aquilion CX is positioned as a workhorse CT system, featuring a 72- kW generator for mA scanning flexibility, coneXact software for extremities and IACs, SURE
Exposure, including QDS and Boost3D and double the console storage capacity.

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