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SOMATOM X.cite eco
with myExam CompanionIntelligent imaging. Excellence empowered.
The number and complexity of radiological procedures are increasing. This calls for new solutions: Intelligent navigation. Patient-friendly design. Personalized imaging. Consistent standards.
SOMATOM® X.cite offers all that. Together with the unique guidance of myExam Companion and myNeedle Companion, the CT scanner enables excellent clinical decisions in diagnostic and interventional procedures. Find out how SOMATOM X.cite empowers excellence in computed tomography – from routine to advanced procedures.
Features & Benefits

Mobile Workflow
Large 82 cm bore
StellarInfinity ٱٴǰ®Low kV imaging and Tin FilterMulti-purpose patient table
myNeedle Companion
SOMATOM X.cite with myExam Companion facilitates scans and workflows
Intelligent navigation for enhanced consistency
With its two digital Companions, SOMATOM X.cite provides unique guidance to support you in your daily work. myExam Companion offers intuitive, interactive guidance through any CT scan. myNeedle Companion helps simplify targeted needle placement even in complex CT interventions. And our Mobile Workflow allows you to spend more time at your patient’s side.
Intelligent cardiac imaging in CT
Find out how SOMATOM X.cite with myExam Companion supports navigating any cardiac CT like a routine exam.
Intelligent neuro imaging in CT
Discover how you can acquire fast and consistent CT results with SOMATOM X.cite with myExam Companion.
Intelligent spectral imaging in CT
Learn how you can easily gain additional functional information in CT imaging with SOMATOM X.cite with myExam Companion.
myNeedle Companion: Simplify CT-guided needle procedures
Easily plan, navigate, and monitor basic in-plane or double-angulated procedures in 2D and 3D. The integrated lasers automatically project the needle entry point and insertion angle.

Mobile Workflow: A whole new way to operate the scanner
Stay close to your patients: Prepare a scan via tablet, start it with the remote control, keep an eye on patients even when they are inside the gantry, and preview the images directly on the tablet.
Customer voices
myExam Companion
02myNeedle Companion
01Mobile Workflow
01
“The Mobile Workflow: More than ever, the patient is in the center of the whole examination” says Carla Susana Ribeiro Pinto, CT radiographer at the Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.1
Find out what Dr. Gorka Bastarrika has to say about personalized medicine with myExam Companion.1
Listen to Anton Haase and get to know the technologist’s point of view on myExam Companion.1
Listen to Dr. Michael Kostrzewa and learn which main benefit myNeedle Companion offers for CT-guided intervention.1

“The Mobile Workflow: More than ever, the patient is in the center of the whole examination” says Carla Susana Ribeiro Pinto, CT radiographer at the Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.1
Find out what Dr. Gorka Bastarrika has to say about personalized medicine with myExam Companion.1
Listen to Anton Haase and get to know the technologist’s point of view on myExam Companion.1
Listen to Dr. Michael Kostrzewa and learn which main benefit myNeedle Companion offers for CT-guided intervention.1

“The Mobile Workflow: More than ever, the patient is in the center of the whole examination” says Carla Susana Ribeiro Pinto, CT radiographer at the Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.1


The Mobile Workflow lets you stay close to your patients

Extra room to help patients feel relaxed

Visual Patient Instruction (VPI) for easy communication

The Mobile Workflow lets you stay close to your patients

Extra room to help patients feel relaxed

Visual Patient Instruction (VPI) for easy communication

The Mobile Workflow lets you stay close to your patients
Patient-friendly design with an 82 cm bore
From enhanced interfaces that improve communication between you and your patient to the large bore and the tablet-based Mobile Workflow: SOMATOM X.cite is designed to transform how patients interact with both you and the CT scanner and how they perceive their care.
Patient-friendly design
Discover how the patient-friendly design of the SOMATOM X.cite CT scanner helps patients relax.
Intuitive color-coded guidance
Help patients hold their breath at the right time. Experience the Visual Patient Instruction (VPI) from a patient’s perspective.
Relaxing Moodlight
Choose between different colors – and create a comfortable environment for you and your patients.
Customer voices
Prof. Christoph Stippich
01Laura Schwarzfaerber
01Francisco Javier Cubo
01Find out what the patient Francisco Javier Cubo thinks about the large bore and the VPI for breath-hold commands.1
Learn about the experiences of Prof. Christoph Stippich, MD, with the large 82 cm bore.1

“With the advanced tablet functionalities, I can now stay even longer at the patient’s side – and that makes them much more calm and relaxed, which also assists our scanning process.”1
Laura Schwarzfaerber,
Radiology Technologist
Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Find out what the patient Francisco Javier Cubo thinks about the large bore and the VPI for breath-hold commands.1
Learn about the experiences of Prof. Christoph Stippich, MD, with the large 82 cm bore.1

“With the advanced tablet functionalities, I can now stay even longer at the patient’s side – and that makes them much more calm and relaxed, which also assists our scanning process.”1
Laura Schwarzfaerber,
Radiology Technologist
Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Find out what the patient Francisco Javier Cubo thinks about the large bore and the VPI for breath-hold commands.1

Drive standardization across modalities
Consistent standards across your institution
myExam Companion, myNeedle Companion, and Shui® – the design system of Siemens Healthineers – provide you with common interfaces across multiple modalities. Combined with our digital solutions, they can help you redefine and standardize protocols across your institution, optimizing clinical workflow, staffing schedules, results, and productivity.

Automated guidance
myExam Companion helps optimize scan parameters individually for every patient – and supports consistent image quality across your fleet.
Universally available across your modalities
myNeedle Companion brings a universal workflow and user interface to selected CT and angiography systems from Siemens Healthineers.

One user interface across modalities
Clinical Use
Personalized imaging for improved diagnostic confidence
SOMATOM X.cite generates the comprehensive information that can help you diagnose with precision and confidence – no matter the patient or procedure. The power stems from its outstanding imaging chain, which includes the Vectron® X-ray tube. The user guidance comes from myExam Companion, which tailors acquisition to the individual patient.

TwinBeam Dual Energy
AuSn120 kV
CTDIvol: 8.06 mGy
DLP: 547 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 18 s
Scan length: 689 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
Pitch: 0.3
- Rich quantitative information with no dose penalty thanks to TwinBeam Dual Energy
- Go beyond HU and quantify iodine uptake in one phase
- Reduce metal artifacts with iMAR (iterative Metal Artifact Reduction), a proven high-end iterative algorithm
Courtesy of University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Adaptive Cardio Spiral
120 kV
CTDIvol:13.8 mGy
DLP: 302.2 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 10 s
Scan length: 219 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
HR: approx. 50 bpm
- Robust cardiac imaging with myExam Companion
- Enhanced delineation of soft and hard plaque thanks to ADMIRE iterative reconstruction
- Cinematic VRT
- 0.8 mm MPRs used for reconstructions
- Curved MPR of LAD
Courtesy of University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

70 kV
CTDIvol: 6 mGy
DLP:91 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 8 s
Scan length: 150 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
HR:< 60 bpm
- Low-kV imaging even for adults thanks to the large power reserves of the Vectron® X-ray tube
- Low-kV imaging helps reduce radiation and contrast media dose
- Cinematic VRTs
- Curved MPRs of the main coronaries
- MIP view of RCA and LAD
Courtesy of Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Calcium Scoring
90 kV
CTDIvol: 2.23 mGy
DLP: 31 mGy*cm
Adaptive Cardio Spiral
120 kV
CTDIvol: 35.5 mGy
DLP:572 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 7 s
Scan length:165 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
HR: approx. 63 bpm
- Retrospective acquisition with Cardio BestPhase for optimal phase reconstruction
- Cinematic VRTs
- Automated curved MPR for the main coronaries and Calcium Scoring thanks to Recon&GO
Courtesy of Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

COVID-19 Assessment
100 kV
Scan time: 2 s
Scan length: 311 mm
Pitch: 1.2
Rotation time: 0.3 s
CTDIvol: 5.15 mGy
DLP: 156 mGy*cm
- High scan speed makes the exam easier for patients who cannot cope well with long breath-hold times
- Cinematic VRT slabs
- 1 mm MPRs in different orientations
Courtesy of Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

70 kV
CTDIvol:2.03 mGy
DLP:52 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 1.08 s
Scan length: 220 mm
- 11-year-old patient
- Optimize dose distribution and special modulation curves through CARE Dose4D
- 1 mm MPRs
Courtesy of Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Sn140 kV
CTDIvol:0.24 mGy
DLP: 8 mGy*cm
Scan length: 325 mm
Exposure time: 3.1 s
- Follow-up of a solitary pulmonary micronodule
- Exceptionally low dose levels, comparable to conventional X-ray, with Tin Filter
- 22 mm MIPs
- 1 mm axial MPR
Courtesy of University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

AuSn120 kV
CTDIvol: 5.52 mGy
DLP: 188 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 9.8 s
Scan length: 356 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
Pitch: 0.3
- Automatic generation of iodine maps and Monoenergetic reconstructions
- Monoenergetic reconstruction at 40 keV for enhanced iodine contrast, axial MPR 3 mm and MIP 50 mm
Courtesy of Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Sn100 kV
CTDIvol: 0.43 mGy
DLP:4 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 5.7 s
Scan length: 109 mm
- 2 mm MPRs coronal and axial
- Sinusitis patient, preoperative study
- Exceptionally low dose levels, comparable to conventional X-ray, with Tin Filter
Courtesy of University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Tin Filter
Sn130 kV
CTDIvol:25.48 mGy
DLP: 22 mGy*cm
Exposure time:6 s
Rotation time: 1 s
Pitch: 0.85
- Improved spatial resolution thanks to the combination of:
- 0.6 x 0.7 (IEC) flying focal spot unique with the Vectron® X-ray tube
- Increased detector density of the StellarInfinity detector with 840 channels per row
- 0.6 mm MPR bilateral, axial and coronal reconstruction
Courtesy of University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

120 kV
CTDIvol: 40.07 mGy
DLP: 732 mGy*cm
Perfusion
70 kV
CTDIvol: 158.11 mGy
DLP:1,887 mGy*cm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
- Entire supratentorial brain coverage with Flex 4D Spiral
- Low-dose techniques such as 70 kV available thanks to the large power reserves of the Vectron® X- ray tube
- Assess perfusion results including penumbra quantification with Auto-Stroke directly at the scanner console
Courtesy of University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Carotid CTA
90 kV
CTDIvol: 7.07 mGy
DLP: 282 mGy*cm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
Scan length: 40 cm
- The high power reserves of the Vectron® X-ray tube allow low-kV imaging with optimal image quality even in high-attenuation areas like the shoulders
- Low-kV imaging helps reduce radiation and contrast media dose
- Bone-removed MIP automatically reconstructed with Recon&GO
- Curved MPR of left internal carotid, 1 mm
Courtesy of University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Spectral CT examination
TwinSpiral
80 kV / Sn150
CTDIvol: 37 mGy
DLP:659 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 35 s
Scan length: 186 mm
- TwinSpiral supports assessing the presence of iodine deposits, not present in the virtual noncontrast
- Coronal MPR of a follow-up examination demonstrating that the hyperdense areas were correctly associated to iodine deposits after intervention
Courtesy of University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

90 kV / Sn150 kV
CTDIvol:16.65 mGy
DLP: 417 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 12 s
Pitch: 0.6 (each)
Rotation time: 0.5 s (each)
- TwinSpiral Dual Energy helps distinguish blood bruises within the bone marrow
- By filtering out the high energies with Tin Filter, TwinSpiral Dual Energy provides optimal spectral separation in bone marrow and no dose penalty
Courtesy of University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Arterial
100 kV
CTDIvol: 27.7 mGy
DLP: 1,450 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 15.71 s
Scan length: 533 mm
Rotation time: 0.5 s
- The large power reserves of the Vectron® X-ray tube and the 82 cm bore make imaging possible for the most challenging cases
- HD field of view extends reconstructions up to 82 cm
- Cinematic VRT
- 8 mm MIP
Courtesy of University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

TwinBeam Dual Energy
AuSn120 kV
CTDIvol: 8.06 mGy
DLP: 547 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 18 s
Scan length: 689 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
Pitch: 0.3
- Rich quantitative information with no dose penalty thanks to TwinBeam Dual Energy
- Go beyond HU and quantify iodine uptake in one phase
- Reduce metal artifacts with iMAR (iterative Metal Artifact Reduction), a proven high-end iterative algorithm
Courtesy of University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Adaptive Cardio Spiral
120 kV
CTDIvol:13.8 mGy
DLP: 302.2 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 10 s
Scan length: 219 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
HR: approx. 50 bpm
- Robust cardiac imaging with myExam Companion
- Enhanced delineation of soft and hard plaque thanks to ADMIRE iterative reconstruction
- Cinematic VRT
- 0.8 mm MPRs used for reconstructions
- Curved MPR of LAD
Courtesy of University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

70 kV
CTDIvol: 6 mGy
DLP:91 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 8 s
Scan length: 150 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
HR:< 60 bpm
- Low-kV imaging even for adults thanks to the large power reserves of the Vectron® X-ray tube
- Low-kV imaging helps reduce radiation and contrast media dose
- Cinematic VRTs
- Curved MPRs of the main coronaries
- MIP view of RCA and LAD
Courtesy of Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Calcium Scoring
90 kV
CTDIvol: 2.23 mGy
DLP: 31 mGy*cm
Adaptive Cardio Spiral
120 kV
CTDIvol: 35.5 mGy
DLP:572 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 7 s
Scan length:165 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
HR: approx. 63 bpm
- Retrospective acquisition with Cardio BestPhase for optimal phase reconstruction
- Cinematic VRTs
- Automated curved MPR for the main coronaries and Calcium Scoring thanks to Recon&GO
Courtesy of Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

COVID-19 Assessment
100 kV
Scan time: 2 s
Scan length: 311 mm
Pitch: 1.2
Rotation time: 0.3 s
CTDIvol: 5.15 mGy
DLP: 156 mGy*cm
- High scan speed makes the exam easier for patients who cannot cope well with long breath-hold times
- Cinematic VRT slabs
- 1 mm MPRs in different orientations
Courtesy of Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

70 kV
CTDIvol:2.03 mGy
DLP:52 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 1.08 s
Scan length: 220 mm
- 11-year-old patient
- Optimize dose distribution and special modulation curves through CARE Dose4D
- 1 mm MPRs
Courtesy of Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Sn140 kV
CTDIvol:0.24 mGy
DLP: 8 mGy*cm
Scan length: 325 mm
Exposure time: 3.1 s
- Follow-up of a solitary pulmonary micronodule
- Exceptionally low dose levels, comparable to conventional X-ray, with Tin Filter
- 22 mm MIPs
- 1 mm axial MPR
Courtesy of University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

AuSn120 kV
CTDIvol: 5.52 mGy
DLP: 188 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 9.8 s
Scan length: 356 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
Pitch: 0.3
- Automatic generation of iodine maps and Monoenergetic reconstructions
- Monoenergetic reconstruction at 40 keV for enhanced iodine contrast, axial MPR 3 mm and MIP 50 mm
Courtesy of Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Sn100 kV
CTDIvol: 0.43 mGy
DLP:4 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 5.7 s
Scan length: 109 mm
- 2 mm MPRs coronal and axial
- Sinusitis patient, preoperative study
- Exceptionally low dose levels, comparable to conventional X-ray, with Tin Filter
Courtesy of University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Tin Filter
Sn130 kV
CTDIvol:25.48 mGy
DLP: 22 mGy*cm
Exposure time:6 s
Rotation time: 1 s
Pitch: 0.85
- Improved spatial resolution thanks to the combination of:
- 0.6 x 0.7 (IEC) flying focal spot unique with the Vectron® X-ray tube
- Increased detector density of the StellarInfinity detector with 840 channels per row
- 0.6 mm MPR bilateral, axial and coronal reconstruction
Courtesy of University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

120 kV
CTDIvol: 40.07 mGy
DLP: 732 mGy*cm
Perfusion
70 kV
CTDIvol: 158.11 mGy
DLP:1,887 mGy*cm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
- Entire supratentorial brain coverage with Flex 4D Spiral
- Low-dose techniques such as 70 kV available thanks to the large power reserves of the Vectron® X- ray tube
- Assess perfusion results including penumbra quantification with Auto-Stroke directly at the scanner console
Courtesy of University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Carotid CTA
90 kV
CTDIvol: 7.07 mGy
DLP: 282 mGy*cm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
Scan length: 40 cm
- The high power reserves of the Vectron® X-ray tube allow low-kV imaging with optimal image quality even in high-attenuation areas like the shoulders
- Low-kV imaging helps reduce radiation and contrast media dose
- Bone-removed MIP automatically reconstructed with Recon&GO
- Curved MPR of left internal carotid, 1 mm
Courtesy of University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Spectral CT examination
TwinSpiral
80 kV / Sn150
CTDIvol: 37 mGy
DLP:659 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 35 s
Scan length: 186 mm
- TwinSpiral supports assessing the presence of iodine deposits, not present in the virtual noncontrast
- Coronal MPR of a follow-up examination demonstrating that the hyperdense areas were correctly associated to iodine deposits after intervention
Courtesy of University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

90 kV / Sn150 kV
CTDIvol:16.65 mGy
DLP: 417 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 12 s
Pitch: 0.6 (each)
Rotation time: 0.5 s (each)
- TwinSpiral Dual Energy helps distinguish blood bruises within the bone marrow
- By filtering out the high energies with Tin Filter, TwinSpiral Dual Energy provides optimal spectral separation in bone marrow and no dose penalty
Courtesy of University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Arterial
100 kV
CTDIvol: 27.7 mGy
DLP: 1,450 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 15.71 s
Scan length: 533 mm
Rotation time: 0.5 s
- The large power reserves of the Vectron® X-ray tube and the 82 cm bore make imaging possible for the most challenging cases
- HD field of view extends reconstructions up to 82 cm
- Cinematic VRT
- 8 mm MIP
Courtesy of University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

TwinBeam Dual Energy
AuSn120 kV
CTDIvol: 8.06 mGy
DLP: 547 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 18 s
Scan length: 689 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
Pitch: 0.3
- Rich quantitative information with no dose penalty thanks to TwinBeam Dual Energy
- Go beyond HU and quantify iodine uptake in one phase
- Reduce metal artifacts with iMAR (iterative Metal Artifact Reduction), a proven high-end iterative algorithm
Courtesy of University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany















Technical Specifications
X-ray tube | Vectron® X-ray tube |
Detector | StellarInfinity detector® |
Number of acquired slices | 128 |
Spatial resolution | 0.30 mm |
Rotation time | 0.3 s* |
In-plane temporal resolution | 150 ms* |
Generator power | 105 kW |
Max. scan speed | up to 21.7 cm/s |
Max. mA (70, 80, 90 kV) | 1,200 mA |
Gantry opening | 82 cm |
Gantry cooling | Water/Air |
Table load | 307 kg / 676 lbs* |
Installation space | One room concept < 17 m2 / 183 ft2 (Subject to local regulations. Safety distances must be checked according to country-specific requirements.) |
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The statements by Siemens Healthineers’ customers described herein are based on results that were achieved in the customer’s unique setting. Since there is no “typical” hospital and many variables exist (e.g., hospital size, case mix, level of IT adoption) there can be no guarantee that other customers will achieve the same results.
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