Aquilion Prime SP (KT-scanner)

2020: Release of mobile version with UF-disinfection for diagnostics of COVID-19

At the beginning of May, 2020 the Canon Medical Systems company released the mobile KT-scanner with a possibility of fast disinfection which will help doctors to fight against the proceeding COVID-19 pandemic. It is about the version of the Aquilion Prime SP system which is adapted for transportation from one place in another.

Canon released the mobile KT-scanner with UF-disinfection for diagnostics of COVID-19

The new device should solve problems of disinfection of scanners which are used for visualization of patients with suspicion on existence of COVID-19 or with positive test result. In most cases doctors followed industry recommendations and took the KT-scanner out of service at the whole o'clock to minimize the probability of transfer of a virus. However, according to the statement of the company, the Aquilion Prime SP system allows to reduce disinfection time to several minutes thanks to an automated system of ultra-violet lighting.

Visualization of patients with infectious diseases - not news to health workers. However for the first time our clients face such number of potentially infectious patients, - the managing director of Canon Medical Systems business division Erin Angel noted. - Our Aquilion Prime SP CT KT-scanner with fast UF-disinfection can become that solution which optimizes workflow and will increase security at inspection of patients with infectious diseases.

A new system includes the Aquilion Prime SP CT scanner in modular or mobile installation which allows to create up to 160 cuts and accomodates patients up to 270 kg. A system can be isolated from other employees and patients that provides safer environment for visualization. According to the statement of the company, the system of disinfection destroys or reduces quantity of bacteria, a dispute and viruses and can effectively be applied against a set of viral infectious diseases.^[1]

2019: Announcement of Aquilion Prime SP and Aquilion Lightning 80

At the beginning of February, 2019 the Canon Medical Systems company added the devices Aquilion Prime SP and Aquilion Lightning 80 to a line of computer tomographs which give opportunities of performing radiation therapy.

Canon added an option of radiation therapy to these KT-scanners to maximize their use in cancer therapy. These options include more wide field of the overview, management of respiratory movements and a possibility of positioning of the patient. Earlier similar functions were available only to the Aquilion LB KT-scanner.

Aquilion Prime SP KT-scanner

Aquilion LB is the system of radiation therapy developed by Canon Medical company especially for the solution of oncological problems taking into account individual needs of the patient. The opening with a diameter of 90 cm allows to locate correctly the patient and to provide rather comfortable situation for the period of holding a procedure. This system is equipped with detector PUREViSION technology of 0.5 mm x 16 rows (32 cuts), a viewing field with a diameter of 70 cm and the AIDR 3D and SEMAR functions for minimization of a dose.

Aquilion Prime SP and Aquilion Lightning 80 provide expanded versions of Aquilion LB for work in difficult situations. Both systems are equipped with detector PUREViSION technology of 0.5 mm x 80 rows (which can be configured and upgraded), have an opening with a diameter of 78 cm and scan region with a diameter of 50 cm. The Aquilion Lightning 80 and Aquilion Prime SP KT-scanners provide high-quality images and unlike Aquilion LB are characterized by the small sizes and relative mobility.

The advanced functionality of Aquilion Prime SP and Aquilion Lightning 80 is caused by a possibility of wider use of KT-scanners. Radiologists and radiation therapy specialists can use the scanner in shifts that allows network of hospitals to save funds for purchase of the second device.^[2]

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