Hitachi SCENARIA CT Gets Clearance in U.S.

Hitachi Medical has received FDA regulatory approval for the company’s SCENARIA 64 slice CT scanner. The unit features a 75cm bore, a lateral shifting table, and a number of radiation dose reducing technologies.
From the product page:

• Dose reduction achieved by lateral table movement, bow-tie filter, Automatic Exposure Control (Intelli EC) and Interactive Processing (Intelli IP)
• 16cm lateral table movement for dose reduction and increased patient comfort
• Automatic patient positioning (head/body mode)
• Breath demo light for patient preparation
• Touch vision panel system, allowing scan guidance in 10 languages as well as paediatric assistance
• Straight forward patient registration and easy system handling
• Preventive examination supported by fatPointer or riskPointer
• Integrated image viewing station
• Coronary analysis and calcium scoring

Press release: Hitachi Scenaria 64-Slice CT Scanner…
Product page: SCENARIA…