SOMATOM X.cite
with myExam Companion
Intelligent 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

FAST 3D CameramyExam CompanionVectron® X-ray tubeVPI and Patient Observation CameraGO technologies

Mobile Workflow

Large 82 cm bore

Stellar^Infinity detector®Low kV imaging and Tin Filter

Multi-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.

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Mobile Workflow with SOMATOM X.cite CT scanner

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

Find out what Dr. Gorka Bastarrika has to say about personalized medicine with myExam Companion.¹

ct scan machine moodlight — Extra room to help patients feel relaxed

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

Learn about the experiences of Prof. Christoph Stippich, MD, with the large 82 cm bore.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.

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Universally available across your modalities

myNeedle Companion brings a universal workflow and user interface to selected CT and angiography systems from Siemens Healthineers.

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One user interface across modalities

Shui is our new, consistent user interface with standardized buttons across all our modalities and software solutions.

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
CTDI_vol: 8.06 mGy
DLP: 547 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 18 s
Scan length: 689 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
Pitch: 0.3

Full body assessment with spectral CT

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
CTDI_vol: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

Multiple bypass assessment

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}

Adaptive Cardio Spiral

70 kV
CTDI_vol: 6 mGy
DLP: 91 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 8 s
Scan length: 150 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
HR: < 60 bpm

Low-kV coronary CTA

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
CTDI_vol: 2.23 mGy
DLP: 31 mGy*cm

Adaptive Cardio Spiral

120 kV
CTDI_vol: 35.5 mGy
DLP: 572 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 7 s
Scan length: 165 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
HR: approx. 63 bpm

Robust cardiac imaging for irregular HR

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}

A Dual Energy CT scan showing the extension of perfusion deficiencies caused by an embolism in the lung

TwinBeam Dual Energy

AuSn120 kV
CTDI_vol: 5.52 mGy
DLP: 188 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 9.8 s
Scan length: 356 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
Pitch: 0.3

Spectral CT for assessment of pulmonary embolism

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}

Tin Filter

Sn130 kV
CTDI_vol:25.48 mGy
DLP: 22 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 6 s
Rotation time: 1 s
Pitch: 0.85

High-resolution inner ear with no dose penalties

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}

Native head

120 kV
CTDI_vol: 40.07 mGy
DLP: 732 mGy*cm

Perfusion

70 kV
CTDI_vol: 158.11 mGy
DLP: 1,887 mGy*cm
Rotation time: 0.3 s

4D imaging beyond the detector width

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
CTDI_vol: 7.07 mGy
DLP: 282 mGy*cm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
Scan length: 40 cm

Supra-aortic CTA for clot assessment

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
CTDI_vol: 37 mGy
DLP: 659 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 35 s
Scan length: 186 mm

Rule-out of acute bleeding after mechanical thrombectomy

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}

A SOMATOM X.cite Dual Energy CT scan of the knee, distinguishing blood bruises within bone marrow

TwinSpiral Dual Energy

90 kV / Sn150 kV
CTDI_vol:16.65 mGy
DLP: 417 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 12 s
Pitch: 0.6 (each)
Rotation time: 0.5 s (each)

Spectral assessment of bone marrow

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}

TwinBeam Dual Energy

AuSn120 kV
CTDI_vol: 8.06 mGy
DLP: 547 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 18 s
Scan length: 689 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
Pitch: 0.3

Full body assessment with spectral CT

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
CTDI_vol: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

Multiple bypass assessment

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}

Adaptive Cardio Spiral

70 kV
CTDI_vol: 6 mGy
DLP: 91 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 8 s
Scan length: 150 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
HR: < 60 bpm

Low-kV coronary CTA

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
CTDI_vol: 2.23 mGy
DLP: 31 mGy*cm

Adaptive Cardio Spiral

120 kV
CTDI_vol: 35.5 mGy
DLP: 572 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 7 s
Scan length: 165 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
HR: approx. 63 bpm

Robust cardiac imaging for irregular HR

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}

TwinBeam Dual Energy

AuSn120 kV
CTDI_vol: 5.52 mGy
DLP: 188 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 9.8 s
Scan length: 356 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
Pitch: 0.3

Spectral CT for assessment of pulmonary embolism

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}

Tin Filter

Sn130 kV
CTDI_vol:25.48 mGy
DLP: 22 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 6 s
Rotation time: 1 s
Pitch: 0.85

High-resolution inner ear with no dose penalties

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}

Native head

120 kV
CTDI_vol: 40.07 mGy
DLP: 732 mGy*cm

Perfusion

70 kV
CTDI_vol: 158.11 mGy
DLP: 1,887 mGy*cm
Rotation time: 0.3 s

4D imaging beyond the detector width

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
CTDI_vol: 7.07 mGy
DLP: 282 mGy*cm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
Scan length: 40 cm

Supra-aortic CTA for clot assessment

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
CTDI_vol: 37 mGy
DLP: 659 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 35 s
Scan length: 186 mm

Rule-out of acute bleeding after mechanical thrombectomy

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}

TwinSpiral Dual Energy

90 kV / Sn150 kV
CTDI_vol:16.65 mGy
DLP: 417 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 12 s
Pitch: 0.6 (each)
Rotation time: 0.5 s (each)

Spectral assessment of bone marrow

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}

TwinBeam Dual Energy

AuSn120 kV
CTDI_vol: 8.06 mGy
DLP: 547 mGy*cm
Exposure time: 18 s
Scan length: 689 mm
Rotation time: 0.3 s
Pitch: 0.3

Full body assessment with spectral CT

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 Details

X-ray tube	Vectron^® X-ray tube
Detector	Stellar^Infinity 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	340 kg / 750 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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Services & Support

Education & Training

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.

Tested and validated for DICOM Images from CT scanners of Siemens Healthineers, GE Healthcare, and Philips Healthcare.

SOMATOM X.cite
with myExam Companion
Intelligent imaging. Excellence empowered.

Features & Benefits