Reach more cardiovascular patients with photon-counting CT
Coronary artery disease kills more people each year than any other disease 鈥 and the numbers are rising. Non-invasive cardiovascular diagnostic procedures save time and reduce risks, delivering quick results that help stage disease and guide treatment decisions.
The NAEOTOM庐 Alpha class with Quantum Technology, our new photon-counting CT systems, are delivering highly detailed images at 0.4 or 0.2 mm slice thickness. This visualizes previously undetectable details in the heart without dose penalty. In addition, spectral information is automatically available in every scan with a direct conversion process that turns individual X-ray photons into an electrical signal to create the image.
Quantum Technology enables better diagnostic evaluation of coronary vessels in CT. According to a study, "invasive coronary angiography could have been avoided in 37 of 68 (54%) participants, signifying a potential benefit" of Quantum HD Cardiac.1
Unstoppable in cardiovascular applications
B谩lint Szilveszter, MD, PhD, talks about the value of the high spatial resolution and quantitative plaque assessment in photon-counting CT and how they enable higher diagnostic certainty for the evaluation of coronary artery disease (CAD) at Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary.