Toshiba Medical Systems plans to offer its AIDR (adaptive iterative dose reduction) 3D software free of charge to all of its customers in Europe who use its Aquillion One, Premium, and Prime CT scanners.
Toshiba will begin installation in January 2012 and hopes to complete the upgrade initiative by April 2012.
Key features of AIDR 3D include full integration in scan protocols for improved workflow, dose reduction in clinical settings by up to 75%, noise reduction, improved spatial resolution, and minimally reduced image processing reconstruction times. Reconstruction performed with AIDR 3D permits substantial dose reduction when compared with CT scans performed with traditional filtered back projection techniques, according to Toshiba.
The AIDR 3D algorithm is designed to work in both the raw data and reconstruction domains and optimizes image quality for each particular body region, according to the company.
AIDR 3D (right) was applied to low-dose kidney perfusion protocol: 100 kV, 25 mAs. Image courtesy of Toshiba Medical Systems.
