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March 31, 2016

Aquilion ONE Family’s Advanced CT Technology Helps Physicians Accurately Plan TAVR Procedures

Toshiba Showcases How CT Is a Cost Effective Solution to Helping Make TAVR Procedures More Efficient for Patients at ACC

CHICAGO, March 31, 2016 – Accurate and precise anatomical information is crucial to successful TAVR procedures, and the advanced technologies of Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.’s AquilionTM ONE Family of CT systems deliver the visualization needed during planning. The system gives clinicians the image detail and system flexibility required for planning and performing these procedures. Toshiba will showcase these abilities at this year’s American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual meeting in Chicago, April 2-4, 2016 (Booth #7061).

The Aquilion ONE Family features the industry’s thinnest slices of 0.5 mm and comes in three configurations, including the Aquilion ONE 320, Aquilion ONE 640 and Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition. To improve workflow and make TAVR planning more efficient, the systems feature wide detector Volumetric Cardiac capabilities and Toshiba’s Adaptive Diagnostics technology like the Variable Helical Pitch (vHP), which automatically changes from an ECG-gated to a non-ECG-gated acquisition during a single helical scan, reducing IV contrast and radiation dose. Vital’s CT TAVR planning application can also be utilized to visualize and measure vascular anatomy for the evaluation, treatment and follow up of aortic vascular disorders.

All Aquilion ONE Family systems are XR-29 compliant and come standard with Toshiba’s complete suite of dose reduction technologies, including AIDR 3D Enhanced.

“Toshiba’s Aquilion ONE Family plays a critical role in TAVR planning, with its unique ability to acquire anatomical and functional data in a single heartbeat,” said Dominic Smith, senior director, CT, PET/CT, and MR Business Units, Toshiba. “The Aquilion ONE Family offers clinical and operational solutions that make work flow and contribute to many cost efficiencies by making pre-procedure TAVR planning more efficient.”

About Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.

With headquarters in Tustin, Calif., Toshiba America Medical Systems markets, sells, distributes and services radiology and cardiovascular systems, including CT, MR, ultrasound, X-ray and cardiovascular equipment, and coordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in the United States. For more information, visit Toshiba’s website at www.medical.toshiba.com.