Cardiac Clinical Gallery
Transforming CT
Aquilion ONE / GENESIS Edition goes beyond the evolution of dynamic volume CT. Intensive, clinically focused research and innovative technological developments have culminated in a CT system with 16 cm z-axis coverage at 0.5 mm resolution and reduced radiation dose requirements¹.
Now available on Aquilion ONE / GENESIS Edition, Advanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine (AiCE) is an innovative approach to CT reconstruction that leverages Deep Learning Neural Networks specifically trained to perform one task—reconstruct images that are sharp, clear, and distinct.
¹When AIDR 3D Enhanced and or FIRST Model-based Iterative Reconstruction are used.
Cardiac LAD Plaque Sub-mSv, AiCE
Aquilion ONE / GENESIS Edition
Sub-mSv ONE rotation Cardiac CTA was performed using wide detector CT for temporal uniformity, high-resolution and low-dose. AiCE deep learning reconstruction provides excellent delineation between soft and calcified plaque in the LAD.
View Scan Parameters| Scan Mode | Volume |
| Collimation | 0.5 mm x 240 |
| kVp | 100 |
| mA | SUREExposure |
| Rotation Time | 0.275 s |
| Scan Range | 120.0 mm |
| Dose Reduction | |
| CTDIvol | 5.0 mGy |
| DLP | 60.0 mGy·cm |
| Effective Dose* | 0.84 mSv |
*AAPM Report 96, k-factor 0.014
Cardiac Pacemaker, SEMAR
Aquilion ONE / GENESIS Edition
Artifacts from the pacemaker leads are significantly reduced with SEMAR reconstruction in this cardiac scan in a patient with a heart rate of 85 bpm.
View Scan Parameters| Scan Mode | Volume |
| Collimation | 0.5 mm x 280 |
| kVp | SUREkV, 100 |
| mAs | SUREExposure |
| Rotation Time | 0.275 s |
| Scan Range | 140.0 mm |
| Reconstruction | |
| Metal Artifact Reduction | SEMAR |
| CTDIvol | 5.4 mGy |
| DLP | 74.9 mGy•cm |
| Effective Dose* | 1.05 mSv |
*AAPM Report 96, k-factor 0.014
Cardiac TAVI planning
Aquilion ONE / GENESIS Edition
83-year-old female, BMI of 23, candidate for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation, TAVI procedure. A prospective cardiac CTA followed by a CT aortagram, TAVI planning protocol was performed for evaluating the access route, obtain detailed information of aortic annulus diameters, the relationship between the annulus and the coronary arteries and identifying the appropriate size of the device. All aortic and iliac measurements are based on Multiplanar Reconstruction (MPR) Additional findings are: severe three vessel coronary artery disease with bypass graft to the left anterior descending (LAD) and circumflex (CX) coronary artery; also diffuse calcification of the aorta and iliac arteries bilaterally.
View Scan Parameters| Scan Mode | Volume | Ultra-Helical |
| Collimation | 0.5 mm x 280 | 0.5 mm x 80 |
| kVp | 100 | 100 |
| mA | 300 | SUREExposure |
| Rotation Time | 0.35 s | 0.35 s |
| Scan Range | 140.0 mm | 633.0 mm |
| Dose Reduction | ||
| CTDIvol | 2.8 mGy | 5.1 mGy |
| DLP | 38.6 mGy·cm | 355.5 mGy·cm |
| Effective Dose* | 0.54 mSv | 5.1 mSv |
*AAPM Report 96, k-factor 0.014 and 0.0145
