Siemens celebrates CT milestone

AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nov 1, 2010

Siemens Healthcare of Malvern, PA, has installed its 1,000th Somatom Definition AS CT scanner.

The milestone system was installed at UNC Health Care in Chapel Hill, NC, which received a Definition AS+ 128-slice configuration.

Related Reading

Siemens scores $25M Rush contract, October 26, 2010

Siemens targets breast cancer awareness, October 13, 2010

Siemens debuts HD-Chest for PET/CT, October 8, 2010

Siemens launches MRI scanners in U.S., October 7, 2010

Siemens debuts new MammoReport, October 5, 2010

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