VIENNA - Toshiba Medical Systems of Tokyo is using this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) to introduce Activion 16, a new 16-slice scanner targeted at the economy segment in Europe.
Activion 16 is based on the same Quantum detector technology as the company's Aquilion line of multislice scanners, but some specifications differ compared to the more expensive Aquilion line. It scans in 16 x 0.5-mm and 16 x 1 mm-modes, with a 4 x 5-mm mode available for brain perfusion scanning. It has a scan range of up to 1.8 meters.
Activion has a maximum beam width of 2 cm, compared to 3.2 mm on Aquilion 16. The system also comes with a 4-million-heat-unit (MHU) tube, compared to a 7.5-MHU tube available on Aquilion 16.
Activion 16 also cuts costs by using a single workstation for both image acquisition and postprocessing, versus two computers found on Aquilion systems. Activion 16 users can toggle back and forth between acquisition and postprocessing modes.
The first Activion 16 has been installed at Clemens Hospital in Muenster, Germany, with regular commercial shipments scheduled to begin in the summer. The system will be targeted at smaller clinics and hospitals looking for a more economical alternative to Aquilion systems, the company said. Activion 16 will not be introduced in the U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
March 12, 2007
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