The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Siemens Healthineers' Somatom go CT scanner line.
The 32-slice Somatom go.Now and 64-slice Somatom go.Up CT scanners offer automated, standardized workflows using a tablet computer. Users can control routine examinations using only the tablet remotely; standardized work steps allow users to run the scan with a few inputs. A new Stellar detector has integrated electronics and spectral tin filters.
All computer hardware formerly located in the control room is now integrated into the gantry, so Somatom go systems can be installed in one room with a minimum size requirement.
To develop the system, Siemens held interviews and workshops with more than 500 radiologists, radiologic technologists, and radiology administrators worldwide.
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
