Toshiba released its new flagship CT scanner, the Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition, at the RSNA in Chicago last week. 
You think 64-slice is state of the art?
This baby does 640 slice reconstruction – sporting “a gantry rotation of 0.275 seconds, a 100 kw generator and 320 detector rows (640 unique slices) covering 16 cm in a single rotation, with the industry’s thinnest slices, 500 microns (0.5 mm),” according to the company.
- Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition is a Dynamic Volume CT scanner with the Industry’s largest detector
- 0.5 mm Quantum Detector, 320 rows with 640-slice reconstruction
- 16 cm z-axis coverage expands functional and anatomical capabilities
- 78 cm bore accommodates bariatric patients and interventional procedure
- 0.275 sec rotation
- 100 kW generator
Press release: TOSHIBA LAUNCHES PREMIER CT SYSTEM TO ACCURATELY IMAGE MORE PATIENTS FASTER AND SAFER