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[FACILITY NAME’S] New Siemens Angiography
System Artis Q Brings High-End Technology to the
Cath Lab/Angio Lab/Hybrid Suite
[LOCATION, DATE] [FACILITY NAME] has recently added the new Siemens
Artis Q angiography system to its interventional imaging services. The new
system features a revolutionary new X-ray tube and detector technology designed to improve minimally invasive therapy of diseases such as coronary
artery disease, stroke and cancer. The new X-ray tube can help physicians
identify small vessels up to 70 percent better than conventional X-ray tube
technology.
In lieu of the coiled filaments found in conventional X-ray tubes, Siemens uses second-generation flat emitter technology exclusive to Siemens in the new
X-ray tube of the Artis Q product line. These flat emitters enable smaller
square shaped focal spots that results in improved visibility of small vessels
and a high level of detailed imaging information.
In addition to the new X-ray tube, the Artis Q offers software applications designed to improve interventional imaging. In the treatment of coronary artery
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disease, the new integrated IVUS (intravascular ultrasound) map application
automatically and precisely co-registers IVUS images and angiography images. In addition, the CLEARstent Live feature allows the cardiologist to image stents with motion stabilization in real time by freezing motion in the region defined by the balloon markers. Other new 3D applications are designed
to image the smallest structures inside the head. The high spatial resolution
is crucial for imaging intracranial stents or other intricate structures such as
the cochlear implants in the inner ear. Moving organs such as the lungs can
be imaged in 3D in less than 3 seconds, reducing motion artifacts and the
required amount of contrast agent. Through visualization and measurement
of blood volumes in the liver or other organs, Siemens’ functional 3D imaging
provides a basis for planning therapies such as chemo-embolization of hepatic tumors.
In the hybrid OR arena, the Artis Q, and in particular the Artis zeego using Q
technology, introduces these new high-end 3D imaging capabilities for image
guides procedures. The Artis Q ceiling and the Artis zeego can also be integrated with surgical tables from Maquet or Trumpf to address a variety of
surgical fields and expand utilization of the hybrid suite.
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