Body Imaging Clinical Gallery
Aquilion Lightning 16
Aquilion Lightning™, Canon Medical Systems' 16-row 32 slice* helical CT system for whole-body imaging, employs cutting-edge technologies to optimize patient care and accelerate clinical decision making. Innovative features ensure that high-quality isotropic images are routinely acquired with low patient dose. The workflow is streamlined, increasing patient throughput. And a wide range of advanced 3D and post processing applications provide clinical flexibility.
*coneXact double slice reconstruction
Body
Runoff CTA, Femoral Bypass
Aquilion Lightning 16
63-year-old male. CT Runoff Angiography was performed with SUREExposure and SUREkV, automatic mA modulation and kV selection. Multiplanar Reconstructions (MPR) and 3D Volume Rendered images demonstrate bilateral iliac-femoral artery occlusion; right axillary femoral bypass graft and a left aortofemoral bypass graft with restored blood flow to both femoral arteries. Severe diffuse atherosclerotic disease and aortic aneurysm pre-bifurcation is also demonstrated. Blood flow is seen bilaterally in the extremities.
View Scan Parameters| Scan Mode | Helical |
| Collimation | 1.0 mm x 16 |
| kVp | SUREkV, 100 |
| mAs | SUREExposure |
| Rotation Time | 0.5 s |
| Scan Range | 1338.0 mm |
| Dose Reduction | |
| CTDlvol | 2.7 mGy |
| DLP | 372.5 mGy•cm |
Body
Lung CT, CTDI 1.3 mGy
Aquilion Lightning 16
A Lung CT was performed on a 70-year-old male SUREExposure, mA modulation and AIDR 3D Enhanced, Adaptive Iterative Dose Reduction are integrated into the protocol and automatically applied to the scan. AIDR 3D Enhanced reduces image noise while preserving diagnostic information leading to possible dose reduction. This case was acquired with a CTDI of 1.3 mGy. Multiplanar Reconstruction (MPR) images demonstrate pulmonary fibrosis bilaterally in the upper lobes and bilateral pulmonary emphysema.
View Scan Parameters| Scan Mode | Helical |
| Collimation | 1.0 mm x 16 |
| kVp | 120 |
| mAs | SUREExposure |
| Rotation Time | 0.5 s |
| Scan Range | 345 mm |
| Dose Reduction | |
| CTDlvol | 1.3 mGy |
| DLP | 50.9 mGy•cm |
| Effective Dose* | 0.7 mSv |
*AAPM Report 96, k-factor 0.014
