Toshiba America Medical Systems has unveiled Aquilion Lighting 80, an 80-detector-row CT scanner aimed at the midtier market.
Designed for full-body imaging and routine volumetric scanning, Lightning 80 delivers reconstruction speeds of up to 50 images per second at full resolution, according to the firm. Offering 0.5-mm slices and a 78-cm bore, the system includes Toshiba's Advanced Diagnostic technology, such as single-energy metal artifact reduction (SEMAR) and SureSubtraction, the firm said.
Toshiba said the scanner can also be reconfigured from 40 to 80 to 160 slices without replacing hardware. In addition, Lightning 80 features Toshiba's adaptive iterative dose reduction (AIDR) 3D Enhanced radiation dose reduction protocol and the company's PureVision CT detector.
