Siemens Healthineers – Shape 22 press conference

On November 15th, Siemens Healthineers Shape 22 will bring together top decision-makers and specialized healthcare professionals. In the following press conference on November 16th starting at 1 p.m. CET, we will showcase our innovations in diagnostic imaging in a dedicated press conference and answer your questions.

Published on 10. November 2021

Siemens Healthineers launches world’s first CT scanner with photon-counting technology

Erlangen, Germany | 16.11.2021<ul><li>Naeotom Alpha excels in all technical parameters related to image quality </li><li>Increase in resolution and reduction in radiation dose means a jump in image quality impossible with conventional CT scanners </li><li>Cleared for clinical use in the USA and Europe, more than 20 systems installed, over 8.000 patients scanned, over 500 patents filed related to photon-counting </li></ul>

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Siemens Healthineers facilitates access to MRI with cost-effective whole-body scanner

Erlangen, Germany | 16.11.2021 <ul><li>50 percent of the world's population has no access to MRI </li><li>Magnetom Free.Star1 aims at making MRI more accessible to people, that are currently not benefitting from it at all or only to a limited extent </li><li>Excellent image quality through the combination of AI-based reconstruction algorithms and a new field strength of 0.55 Tesla on the unique High-V MRI platform </li><li>Up to 30 percent lower costs2 over the entire lifecycle of the system </li></ul> 1 Magnetom Free.Star is under development and is not commercially available. Future availability cannot be guaranteed. 2 Compared to conventional MRI systems with large quantities of helium and quench pipe/Data on file

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Press Conference

Diagnostic Imaging | November 16th, 1:00–2:00 p.m. CET <ul><li>André Hartung, President Diagnostic Imaging: introduction and new products</li> <li>Philipp Fischer, Head of Computed Tomography: deep-dive on the new photon-counting CT</li> <li>Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Kröncke, Director Clinic of diagnostic and interventional radiology, University Hospital Augsburg: first clinical experiences with the new photon-counting CT</li> </ul>

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: André Hartung
President of Diagnostic Imaging, Siemens Healthineers
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: With Naeotom Alpha, Siemens Healthineers introduces the world’s first photon-counting CT scanner.
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Copyright: Centre Cardio-Thoracique, Monaco, MC
Naeotom Alpha brings the first ever combination of dual source and photon-counting detector: Dual source temporal resolution allows us to scan patients at any heart rate. The addition of the photon-counting detector allows for spectral information and high-resolution. Bringing spectral imaging to the vessels enables us to peek behind the curtain of calcium.
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Copyright: Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, NL
Different scan parameters as well as changes in the patient´s habitus are factors which can cause inconsistencies of measurements and potentially influence the evaluation of tumor response during treatment. The standard monoenergetic images provided by Naeotom Alpha in every scan allow radiologists to eliminate sources of imprecision.
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Lung images of a post-COVID patient with photon-counting CT
Photon-counting technology allows for simultaneous acquisition and visualization of detailed structures (center image) combined with functional information (image on the right). For comparison, an image acquired with conventional CT technology (on the left).
© Courtesy of Dr. J. Ferda, University Hospital Plzen, Czech Republic
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: Magnetom Free.Star¹ leverages image processing innovations such as deep learning based image reconstruction to provide an excellent clinical performance for all routine applications.
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