IMAGING Flashcards
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WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF CANON’S AQUILION PRECISION
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The company calls it the world’s first “Ultra-High Resolution CT” system because it’s capable of resolving objects as small as 150 microns, something commonly only available in cath labs.
This level of imaging is possible thanks to a new X-ray tube that has the smallest focal spot in the industry, as well as a detector that has smaller, more densely packed pixels than previous systems. A comparison can be made between 1080p and 4K televisions in terms of pixel density. The software that reconstructs the images has also been optimized to produce a truer picture of the internal anatomy.
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WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF THE MAMMOMAT REVELATION
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- FIRST MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEM CAPABLE OF AUTOMATIC BREAST DENSITY MEASUREMENT DURING THE EXAM ITSELF, AS OPPOSED TO DURING THE REVIEW OF IMAGES.
- PERFORMS TOMOSYNTHESIS SCANS WITH AN ANGLE RANGE OF 50 DEGREES, THE WIDEST ON TH E MARKET (CIRCA 2018-0330), WHICH HELPS TO WORK WITH OVERLAPPING BREAST TISSUE AND GIVING A MORE DETAILED 3D VIEW.
