SOMATOM DriveDrive precision for all – with a Dual Source CT scanner

80 kV

Scan time: 0.20 s

Scan length: 96.9 mm

CTDIvol: 1.42 mGy

DLP: 13.75 mGy*cm

Eff. dose: 0.19 mSv

HR: 60 bpm

• Coronary artery disease assessment with multiple calcified plaques
• High Power and 10 kV Steps enable precise patient dose selection
• Turbo Flash mode for low- dose, low-motion imaging

_{Courtesy of Amakusa Medical Center, Kumamoto, Japan}

80 kV

Scan time: 0.21 s

Scan length: 101.8 mm

CTDIvol: 1.47 mGy

DLP: 14.9 mGy*cm

Eff. dose: 0.2 mSv

HR: 61 bpm

• Coronary artery scan for assessment of CAD
• High Power and 10 kV Steps enable precise patient dose selection
• Turbo Flash mode for low-dose, low-motion imaging

_{Courtesy of Amakusa Medical Center, Kumamoto, Japan}

120 kV

Scan time: 0.73 s

Scan length: 322.5 mm

CTDIvol: 5.43 mGy

DLP: 175.1 mGy*cm

Eff. dose: 2.45 mSv

HR: <65 bpm

• Long-range coronary bypass follow-up scan
• Precise patient dose even with full functional study incl. valves & LIMA bypass graft at below 7 mSv
• Long-range cardiac imaging without compromising image quality

_{Courtesy of Amakusa Medical Center, Kumamoto, Japan}

100 kV

Scan length: 143 mm

CTDIvol: 50.55 mGy

DLP: 721.0 mGy*cm

Eff. dose: 10 mSv

HR: 50 (49-53)

5 min delay (Dual Energy)

100/Sn140 kV

Scan length: 131 mm

CTDIvol: 52.57 mGy

DLP: 689.5 mGy*cm

Eff. dose: 9.6 mSv

HR: 60 (58-61)

• Post-stent follow-up with delayed enhancement visualizing myocardial scar
• Dual Energy with high temporal resolution for precise myocardial spectral imaging
• High-resolution stent imaging due to StellarInfinity detector

_{Courtesy of Amakusa Medical Center, Kumamoto, Japan}

80 kV

Scan time: 0.54 s

Scan length: 282 mm

CTDIvol: 0.97 mGy

DLP: 27.4 mGy*cm

Eff. dose: 0.41 mSv

HR: 50 bpm

• Gated heart and aorta scan for work-up of ascending aortic aneurysm
• Turbo Flash mode with ECG gating
• Scan range beyond detector width in one heartbeat

_{Courtesy of Northwestern Memorial, Chicago IL, USA}

110 kV

Scan time: 0.57 s

Scan length: 263 mm

CTDIvol: 3.87 mGy

DLP: 101.7 mGy*cm

Eff. dose: 1.42 mSv

HR: 61 bpm

• Gated heart and aorta scan for coarctation assessment
• Turbo Flash mode with ECG gating
• Scan range beyond detector width in one heartbeat
• 10 kV Steps for precise dose selection

_{Courtesy of Northwestern Memorial, Chicago IL, USA}

80/Sn140 kV

Scan time: 24.2 s

Scan length: 160 mm

CTDIvol: 39.17 mGy

DLP: 626.7 mGy*cm

Eff. dose: 1.3 mSv

• CT brain for assessment of cerebral bleeding
• Clinically routine brain imaging with Dual Energy
• Enabled by wide spectral separation and dose-neutral DSDE

_{Courtesy of Amakusa Medical Center, Kumamoto, Japan}

Sn100 kV

Scan time: 12 s

Scan length: 105.6 mm

CTDIvol: 1.65 mGy

DLP: 20.9 mGy*cm

Eff. dose: 0.04 mSv

• Spectral-shaped (Sn100 kV) sinusitis examination
• Tin-filtered scans reducing sinus CT dose to X-ray levels

_{Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria}

80 kV

Scan time: 8.47 s

Scan length: 585.2 mm

CTDIvol: 3.63 mGy

DLP: 315 mGy*cm

Eff. dose: 3.9 mSv

• Full-body angiography for severe aortic dissection work-up
• High Power 80 driving low- dose, low-kV imaging, driving precision for all

_{Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria}

Sn100 kV

Scan time: 0.72 s

Scan length: 330 mm

CTDIvol: 0.43 mGy

DLP: 14.2 mGy*cm

Eff. dose: 0.4 mSv

• Patient with shortness of breath for lung assessment
• Ultra-low-dose scan with Tin Filter and Turbo Flash mode

_{Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria}

90 kV

Scan time: 4.53 s

Scan length: 448 mm

CTDIvol: 3.68 mGy

DLP: 165 mGy*cm

Eff. dose: 2.4 mSv

• Abdominal aortic scan for assessment of vascular pathology
• High Power and 10 kV Steps enable precise patient dose selection even in larger patients

_{Courtesy of Spire Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom}

100/Sn140 kV

Scan time: 14.8 s

Scan length: 342 mm

CTDIvol: 4.84 mGy

DLP: 165.5 mGy*cm

Eff. dose: 2.4 mSv

• Active bleeding indicating new fracture
• Clinically routine bone marrow imaging with Dual Energy
• Enabled by wide spectral separation and dose-neutral DSDE

_{Courtesy of Amakusa Medical Center, Kumamoto, Japan}

70 kV

Scan time: 0.33 s

Scan length: 134 mm

CTDIvol: 0.28 mGy

DLP: 5.6 mGy*cm

Eff. dose: 0.52 mSv

• Thoracic CT without breath-hold – patient with congenital malformations of the thoracic vessels
• Turbo Flash mode scans at 75 ms temporal resolution enabling high image quality at low dose
• High power 70 enables low dose and contrast media (volume and concentration)

_{Courtesy of Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands}

70 kV

Scan time: 0.33 s

Scan length: 142 mm

CTDIvol: 0.54 mGy

DLP: 11.3 mGy*cm

Eff. dose: 0.82 mSv

• Pediatric thoracic CT with free breathing and no sedation, patient rolling at time of scan
• 70 kV – CARE Child protocols can be performed with Turbo Flash scan modes
• Lower dose in highly sensitive patients
• Scan even a moving patient, as seen in this case

_{Courtesy of Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital AKH, Vienna, Austria}