Refurbished Aquilion CTs are now available from Toshiba America Medical Systems under a new program announced Nov. 10.
Refurbished Aquilion CTs are now available from Toshiba America Medical Systems under a new program announced Nov. 10. Small medical facilities and ones looking for ‘work horse’ systems are prime sales prospects, according to the company, which says its refurbished systems are held to the same standards as original equipment but are available at substantially lower prices . As part of the refurbishment process, previously owned Toshiba CT systems are inspected at the company’s newly built Quality Assurance Center in Irvine, CA, where staff in the Toshiba Assurance Refurbishment Program install needed new parts, such as x-ray tubes, and upgrade old software. The systems are then repainted, relabeled, and placed in new packaging. Buyers of the refurbished systems can acquire new service contracts with their purchases. Existing customers can trade in an Aquilion 8-, 16-, 32- or 64-detector row system for credit towards a refurbished one.
Can Polyenergetic Reconstruction Help Resolve Streak Artifacts in Photon Counting CT?
July 22nd 2024New research looking at photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) demonstrated significantly reduced variation and tracheal air density attenuation with polyenergetic reconstruction in contrast to monoenergetic reconstruction on chest CT.
Systematic Review: PET/MRI May be More Advantageous than PET/CT in Cancer Imaging
July 18th 2024While PET/MRI and PET/CT had comparable sensitivity for patient-level regional nodal metastases and lesion-level recurrence, the authors of a systematic review noted that PET/MRI had significantly higher accuracy in breast cancer and colorectal cancer staging.
The Reading Room: Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Cancer Screenings, and COVID-19
November 3rd 2020In this podcast episode, Dr. Shalom Kalnicki, from Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses the disparities minority patients face with cancer screenings and what can be done to increase access during the pandemic.
FDA Clears Enhanced Mobile CT System with High-Resolution Photon-Counting Technology
July 15th 2024Photon-counting CT-optimized features with the OmniTom Elite system include 30 cm field of view scanning, continuous spiral scanning, and an ultra-high-resolution capability of 0.141 mm resolution.