FAST CARE from Siemens Healthcare is the new technology platform for CT (computed tomography) scanners which helps hospital staff to perform CT examinations faster and more efficiently than before as well as keeping the dose as low as possible.
The FAST CARE applications simplify workflows during scanning and in the preparation of image reconstructions. Patients benefit from lower radiation doses and shorter examination times as the system automates many operating procedures, suggests parameter settings for image quality and dose reduction and standardises processes which makes results more readily reproducible.
These enhancements help CT operators and service providers improve their productivity. FAST CARE will be available on the SOMATOM Definition AS scanners in March 2011, and on the SOMATOM Definition Flash scanners in May 2011. SOMATOM Definition product family CT scanners that are already on the market can be upgraded to the new platform.
Two of the major current needs in computed tomography for which Siemens has developed “FAST CARE” are optimisation of the processes relating to patient diagnostic examinations and reducing the doses necessary for such examinations. The new technology platform’s applications therefore focus on two aspects: Fully Assisting Scanner Technologies (FAST) support process optimization and Combined Applications to Reduce Exposure (CARE) assist with dose reduction.
The FAST technologies simplify and automate time-consuming and complex procedures in computed tomography. This improves not only the workflows, but also the results: as they make it easier to operate the equipment and to reproduce results. The FAST functions support doctors and radiology technologists at every step of a CT examination, from planning and image acquisition to reconstruction and diagnosis of the images. The key feature is that the anatomy of the individual patient is automatically taken into account.
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