Cardiac Clinical Gallery
Transforming CT
Aquilion ONE™ / GENESIS Edition goes beyond the evolution of dynamic volume CT. Intensive clinically focused research and breakthrough technological developments have culminated in a CT system with industry-leading spatial resolution and reduced radiation dose requirements.
AiCE LAD Stent
Aquilion ONE / GENESIS Edition
Volumetric cardiac CTA was performed with AiCE cardiac. It demonstrates proximal LAD stent and mixed plaques in the RCA.
HR: 57 bpm
View Scan Parameters| Scan Mode | Volume |
| Collimation | 0.5 mm x 320 |
| kVp | 120 |
| mAs | SUREExposure |
| Rotation Time | 0.275 s |
| Scan Range | 160.0 mm |
| Dose Reduction | |
| CTDlvol | 8.7 mGy |
| DLP | 104.2 mGy·cm |
| Effective Dose* | 1.4 mSv |
*AAPM Report 96, k-factor 0.014
AiCE, Cardiac CTA
Aquilion ONE / GENESIS Edition
Volumetric cardiac CTA was performed with AiCE. 3D VR, MPR and curved reformations show mixed plaque in the proximal RCA, a stent in the Cx and LAD myocardial bridge.
HR: 70 bpm
View Scan Parameters| Scan Mode | Volume |
| Collimation | 0.5 mm x 320 |
| kVp | 100 |
| mAs | 71 |
| Rotation Time | 0.275 s |
| Scan Range | 160.0 mm |
| Dose Reduction | |
| CTDlvol | 21.5 mGy |
| DLP | 344.6 mGy·cm |
| Effective Dose* | 4.8 mSv |
*AAPM Report 96, k-factor 0.014
FIRST, Cardiac CTA, 0.35 mSv
Aquilion ONE / GENESIS Edition
A volumetric prospective Cardiac CTA was performed with FIRST, Forward projected model-based Iterative Reconstruction SoluTion. FIRST allows radiation dose reduction while improving spatial resolution. The patient's heart rate during the scan was 50 bpm. 3D Volume Rendered and Curved Multiplanar Reconstruction (cMPR) demonstrate the coronary arteries free of calcifications.
View Scan Parameters| Scan Mode | Volume |
| Collimation | 0.5 mm x 260 |
| kVp | 100 |
| mAs | SUREExposure |
| Rotation Time | 0.275 s |
| Scan Range | 130.0 mm |
| Dose Reduction | |
| CTDlvol | 1.9 mGy |
| DLP | 25.3 mGy•cm |
| Effective Dose* | 0.35 mSv |
*AAPM Report 96, k-factor 0.014
LAD and RCA Stenosis
Aquilion ONE / GENESIS Edition
Patient presented to the Emergency Department with complaint of chest pain. A CTA of the heart and coronary arteries was performed and shows a soft plaque in both the right coronary artery (RCA) and the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) with significant stenosis. Curved Multiplanar Reformats (cMPR) allow for visualization of the entire length of the coronary arteries.
View Scan Parameters| Scan Mode | Volume |
| Collimation | 0.5 mm x 320 |
| kVp | 120 |
| mAs | SUREExposure |
| Rotation Time | 0.275 s |
| Scan Range | 160.0 mm |
| Dose Reduction | |
| CTDlvol | 10.9 mGy |
| DLP | 174.1 mGy•cm |
| Effective Dose* | 2.4 mSv |
*AAPM Report 96, k-factor 0.014
