SOMATOM Definition Edge“Exceeding expectations“ VS. “Accepting the average“ – Second best is not an option.

Confronted with increasingly complex clinical requirements and rising numbers of patients, medical institutions are expected to perform at the limits of capacity every day. The new SOMATOM Definition Edge helps you not only meet, but exceed these expectations by improving your institution’s process efficiency and patient outcome in all clinical capabilities – from contrast media-efficient TAVI planning to precise therapy response management, from low dose therapy control to optimized emergency care workflow.

  • Exceeding expectations in:
  • Cardiology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Oncology

Uso Clínico


Introducing a rotation speed of 0.28 s, and a temporal resolution of 142 ms to clinical CT routine, the new SOMATOM Definition Edge provides excellent image quality in cardiac imaging even for higher heart rates of more than 80 bpm.

CT Scanner - SOMATOM Definition Edge - Clinical Case

Collimation: 128 x 0.6 mm

Tube settings: 100 kV, eff. 98 mAs

Scan time: 3.7 s

DLP: 179 mGy cm

Scan length: 137 mm

CTDIvol: 11.39 mGy

Rotation time: 0.28 s

Eff. dose: 2.5 mSv

Heart rate: 81 bpm

 


With an acquisition speed of up to 23 cm/s (pitch 1.7), the new SOMATOM Definition Edge boosts contrast media efficiency and substantially shortens scan times, especially in pre-procedural TAVI/TAVR planning.

CT Scanner - SOMATOM Definition Flash - Clinical Case

Collimation: 128 x 0.6 mm

Tube settings: 100 kV, 70 eff. mAs

Pitch: 1.7

DLP: 172 mGy cm

Scan time: 2.5 s

CTDIvol: 2.77 mGy

Scan length: 580 mm

Eff. dose: 2.49 mSv

Rotation time: 0.28 s

Heart rate: 77 bpm


Routinely high rotation speed, combined with Edge technology and 0.5 mm slices, delivers additional diagnostic information for more precise plaque differentiation.

CT Scanner - SOMATOM Definition Flash - Clinical Case

Collimation: 128 x 0.6 mm

Tube settings: 80 kV, 75 eff. mAs

Flash scan mode

DLP: 72.65 mGy cm

Scan time: 6.0 s

CTDIvol: 4.38 mGy

Scan length: 146 mm

Eff. dose: 1.0 mSv

Rotation time: 0.28 s

Heart rate 67 bpm


The Adaptive 4D Spiral puts perfusion scanning on a new level. Being able to evaluate perfusion deficits in a very short time, and to effortlessly acquire scan range beyond detector coverage, greatly improves stroke assessment and workflow.

CT Scanner - SOMATOM Definition Flash - Clinical Case

VPCT

CTA

Collimation: 32 x 1.2 mm

Collimation: 128 x 0.6 mm

Scan time: 44.0 s

Scan time: 6.0 s

Scan length: 90 mm

Scan length: 370 mm

Rotation time: 0.5 s

Rotation time: 0.5 s

Tube settings: 80 kV, 200 eff. mAs

Tube settings: 120 kV, 211 eff. mAs

DLP: 2.8 mGy cm

DLP: 724 mGy cm

CTDIvol: 237.49 mGy

CTDIvol: 18.47 mGy

Eff. dose: 5.88 mSv

Eff. dose: 3.04 mSv


The SOMATOM Definition Edge provides outstanding tube and generator power and faster scan speeds (up to 23 cm/s) to guarantee optimal image quality even in challenging cases, for example obese patients.

CT Scanner - SOMATOM Definition Edge - Clinical Case

Collimation: 128 x 0.6 mm

Tube settings: 120 kV, 130 eff. mAs

Pitch: 1.7

DLP: 260 mGy cm

Scan time: 1.1 s

CTDIvol: 8.83 mGy

Scan length: 252 mm

Eff. dose: 3.64 mSv

Rotation time: 0.28 s

 


In challenging cases, such as this 9 months old baby with suspected bronchia stenosis, the SOMATOM Definition Edge’s faster pitch (of 1.7) and higher rotation time (of 0.28s) allow for acquiring diagnostic information with free breathing at an ultra low dose of DLP 2 mGy cm.

CT Scanner - SOMATOM Definition Edge - Clinical Case

Collimation: 128 x 0.6 mm

Tube settings: 100 kV, 4 eff. mAs

Scan time: 0.6 s

DLP: 2 mGy cm

Scan length: 133 mm

CTDIvol: 0.14 mGy

Rotation time: 0.28 s

Eff. dose: 0.17 mSv


iMAR2,3 technology applies iterative corrections to reduce metal artifacts effectively. Even in challenging cases, such as two hip prostheses, the pelvic anatomical structures can be clearly visualized.

CT Scanner - SOMATOM Definition Edge - Clinical Case

Collimation: 128 x 0.6 mm

Tube settings: 100 kV, 372 eff. mAs

Scan time: 9.5 s

DLP: 682.4 mGy cm

Scan length: 448.5 mm

CTDIvol: 14.7 mGy

Rotation time: 0.5 s

Eff. dose: 10.2 mSv


CT angiography acquired with TwinBeam Dual Energy, using automatic bone removal, converts a large dataset into three dimensional visualizations very conveniently and easily.

CT Scanner - SOMATOM Definition Edge - Clinical Case

Collimation: 64 x 0.6 mm

Tube settings: AuSn120 kV, 301 eff. mAs

Scan time: 44 s

DLP: 1,007.8 mGy cm

Scan length: 1,534 mm

CTDIvol: 6.44 mGy

Rotation time: 0.33 s

Eff. dose: 8 mSv


ADMIRE4, the latest generation of iterative reconstruction, greatly enhances image quality while reducing radiation dose. In this pediatric cerebral examination, great grey-white matter differentiation was achieved using a radiation dose of CTDIvol 21.1 mGy in combination with ADMIRE.

CT Scanner - SOMATOM Definition Edge - Clinical Case

Collimation: 128 x 0.6 mm

Tube settings: 120 kV, 146 eff. mAs

Scan time: 5.7 s

DLP: 329.9 mGy cm

Scan length: 140 mm

CTDIvol: 21.1 mGy

Rotation time: 1 s

Eff. dose: 1.3 mSv


FAST Spine helps streamline workflows when reconstructing spine datasets. In challenging cases, such as this 13 years old boy with scoliosis, the benefits of reduced door-to-image time boost diagnostic accuracy and confidence – and make a huge difference in patient management.

CT Scanner - SOMATOM Definition Edge - Clinical Case

Collimation: 128 x 0.6 mm

Tube settings: 100 kV, 52 eff. mAs

Scan time: 18 s

DLP: 96 mGy cm

Scan length: 541 mm

CTDIvol: 1.64 mGy

Rotation time: 1.0 s

Eff. dose: 1.44 mSv


The Stellar Detector technology, in combination with high-end iterative reconstruction algorithms, such as SAFIRE1 and ADMIRE, facilitates ruling out pulmonary disease at an early stage, using ultra low doses.

CT Scanner - SOMATOM Definition Edge - Clinical Case

Collimation: 128 x 0.6 mm

Tube settings: 100 kV, 10 eff. mAs

Scan time: 1.9 s

DLP: 15 mGy cm

Scan length: 300 mm

CTDIvol: 0.39 mGy

Rotation time: 0.28 s

Eff. dose: 0.21 mSv


Metal artifacts can impact the visualization of the surrounding tissues, as shown in this case – a small tumor, adjacent to a tibial metal fixation, therefore needs to be corrected properly. With iMAR2,3, Siemens presents an exclusive iterative metal artifact reduction technique that enhances diagnostic confidence and provides clear guidance for biopsy.

CT Scanner - SOMATOM Definition Edge - Clinical Case

Collimation: 128 x 0.6 mm

Tube settings: 120 kV, 157 eff. mAs

Scan time: 4.4 s

DLP: 173.3 mGy cm

Scan length: 147 mm

CTDIvol: 10.61 mGy

Rotation time: 0.5 s

Eff. dose: 2.6 mSv


A follow-up scan of a liver metastasis after microwave ablation treatment acquired by TwinBeam Dual Energy2 shows a hypodense lesion in the liver and in the right kidney. The image contrast is greatly increased by monoenergetic imaging. And both lesions show no significant enhancement in the fused VNC/ iodine image. Therefore, residual tumor tissue can be confidently excluded and a kidney cyst can be diagnosed.

CT Scanner - SOMATOM Definition Edge - Clinical Case

Collimation: 64 x 0.6 mm

Tube settings: AuSn120 kV, 410 eff. mAs

Scan time: 19.6 s

DLP: 528.1 mGy cm

Scan length: 634 mm

CTDIvol: 8.8 mGy

Rotation time: 0.28 s

Eff. dose: 8.7 mSv

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