Siemens Emotion 16

Siemens Emotion 16

The Siemens Somatom Emotion 16 offers an affordable CT solution for high resolution images, a long life cycle, fast patient throughput, and a wide range of clinical imaging applications. A refurbished used Siemens Emotion 16 CT will provide your imaging department with a powerful, cost-effective, multi-slice CT scanner with a comprehensive range of applications. The Siemens Emotion 16 features a 70cm aperture, 50cm scan field, and a patient table with a weight capacity of up 440 lbs (200 kg).

Features

• SafeCT Low-dose Solution
• 16-slice acquisition
• Wide range of clinical applications
• Fast and efficient with 0.6 second rotation time
• Multislice UFC detector
• 0.75 or 1.5mm slices per rotation in less than 20 seconds
• Small diagnostic detail for acquisition
• 105 millisecond temporal resolution for clear depiction of blood vessels
• Scan any anatomy with a single breathhold
• Pathology seen from any perspective
• Low patient dose

Clinical Applications

• Abdominal, Adult Cardiac, Functional Imaging, Pediatrics, Pelvis, Spinal, Thoracic

Technology

• syngo LungCARE CT with NEX (Nodule Enhanced Viewing)
• syngo Colonography with PEV (Polyp Enhanced Viewing)

Specifications

Gantry

• Gantry Generation: 3rd
• Slipring: Low voltage
• Aperture: 70 cm
• FOV: 50 cm (standard), 70 cm (optional)
• Tilt range: ±30 degrees
• Type of positioning lights: Laser
• Accuracy of positioning lights: ±1 mm
• Focus-detector distance: 940 mm

X-Ray Tube

• Type/Make: Siemens Dura 422MV Siemens Straton
• Focal spot size(s) quoted to (X-RAY TUBE): 0.5 mm x 0.8 mm
• IEC 336/93 standard (X-RAY TUBE) 0.7 x 0.8
• Settings at which focal spot change automatically; small changes
• kW = kV x mA / 1000: up to 28 kW ; large up to 45 kW
• Total filtration (inherent + beam shaping filter) at central axis (mm Al equivalent) (X-RAY TUBE) 6.3 (140kV)
• Anode heat capacity (MHU): 5
• Maximum anode cooling rate (kHU/min): 810
• Method of cooling (X-RAY TUBE) Oil to air
• Guaranteed tube life: 200,000 scan seconds
• Detector type: Solid state (Ultra Fast Ceramic)
• Maximum number of simultaneously acquired data sets (no. of slices): 16
• Number of detectors per row (Maximum anode cooling rate): 736 (1472 channels)
• Number of elements along z-axis (Maximum anode cooling rate): 24
• Effective length of each element at isocentre: 16 x 0.6 mm, 8 x 1.2 mm
• Total effective length of detector array at isocentre: 19.2 mm
• Option for more slices / rotation (Maximum anode cooling rate): Yes

Generator/ Power

• X-ray generator: VAC Power Needed
• Type: High frequency
• Location: Rotation assembly (Composition)
• Power rating – kV settings available (Maximum weight allowed on couch): 50, 80, 110, 130 kW
• mA range and step size (Weight bearing properties) 20-345(1mA steps)
• Maximum mA allowed for each kV (Weight bearing properties) 80 kV: 345 mA

Main Console

• Monitor/ Screen Size: 19 inches
• Number of monitors at console (functions of each if > 1) (Image monitor) Up to 6 (shared database)
• Image area matrix dimensions: 1024 x 1024
• Usual range of CT number displayed (HU) (Image monitor) (-10,240 to 30,710 if metal implants)
• Accuracy of distance measurements in x-y plane: depends on pixel size (mm)
• Weighted CTDI (CTDIw or CTDIvol) displayed on console: Yes
• Dose Length Product (DLP) displayed on console (Dose information): Yes
• Geometric Efficiency displayed on console when <70% (Dose information) >70% for all collimations
• Control methods: Mouse, keyboard