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Aquilion LB
In a healthcare environment that increasingly requires doing more with less, Canon Medical Systems'’s Aquilion™ Large Bore CT system delivers. Accomplishing the need to image patients faster, safer and more comfortably while optimizing workflow and system utilization in more ways than ever.
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Morbidly Obese, Abdomen and Pelvis
Aquilion LB
The Aquilion Large Bore CT scanner, with the availability of extended field of view, allows for diagnostic scanning on this 400 pound female patient.
View Scan Parameters| Scan Mode | Helical |
| Collimation | 1.0 mm x 16 |
| kVp | 120 |
| mAs | SUREExposure |
| Rotation Time | 0.5 s |
| Scan Range | 452.0 mm |
| Dose Reduction | |
| CTDlvol | 24.9 mGy |
| DLP | 1212.4 mGy•cm |
| Effective Dose* | 16.9 mSv |
*AAPM Report 96; k Factor 0.015
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Pulmonary Embolism
Aquilion LB
66-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department with shortness of breath. Diagnostic CT scan was performed on the Large Bore scanner and demonstrates bilateral pulmonary embolism.
View Scan Parameters| Scan Mode | Helical |
| Collimation | 1.0 mm x 16 |
| kVp | 120 |
| mAs | SUREExposure |
| Rotation Time | 0.5 s |
| Scan Range | 365.0 mm |
| Dose Reduction | |
| CTDlvol | 14.7 mGy |
| DLP | 592.9 mGy•cm |
| Effective Dose* | 8.2 mSv |
*AAPM Report 96; k Factor 0.014
