With the Vantage Titan 3T, Canon offers a state-of-the-art MRI system that incorporates a wide bore without compromising image quality. The scanner is quiet; because of the Pianissimo technology which features vacuum-enclosed gradients. The intuitive M-Power graphical user interface enables fast, simple and effective operation of the scanner.

The Canon (former Toshiba) Vantage Titan series provides unsurpassed patient comfort by combining a short 1.6meter magnet with a large 71cm opening to reduce patient anxiety and to allow 80% of the body to be scanned feet first.

• The Widest …

What Does 71cm Bore Bring In Practice?

• More comfort for your patients
• Help against claustrophobia
• More space to fit patients of all sizes
• Reduce stress and anxiety
• Easy check-on and access-to your patient
• Ideal for pediatrics and geriatrics
• Ideal for breast imaging

• The Quietest …

Acoustic noise is an important source of problems on conventional 3T systems:

• It impairs communication with the patient
• It causes patient discomfort
• It can induce transient or permanent hearing disturbance
• It poses a hazard for pediatric patients who need sedation

Canon’s unique Pianissimo technology has been further improved and applied to provide the quietest 3T system on the market.

How Does Pianissimo Work?

• The gradient coil is vacuum-sealed. In absence of an atmosphere, the coil cannot transmit sound.
• Soft pulse sequences eliminate sharp edges in gradient waveforms, reducing acoustic noise
• It incorporates special insulation between the gradient coil and the magnet to dampen sound and minimize the vibrations transmitted to the magnet.

But did you know that brain function requires additional attention resources under noisier conditions? Today, knowledge of the sound pressure level of acoustic noise during fMRI studies is crucial!

• Magnetic Field Homogeneity: B₀

While conventional MR systems offer a spherical homogeneous area centered at the isocenter of the scanner, a cylinder corresponds better to the form of the human body. With Conform technology, Vantage Titan 3T offers a 50cmx 50cmx 45cm cylindrical homogenous field of view.

 

• RF Field Homogeneity: B₁

Vantage Titan 3T uses optimized amplitude and phase transmission called multi-phase transmission. It has the functionality of a multi-channel transmit array, using multiple ports and multiple phases for optimal B₁ homogeneity. It removes shading artefacts, improves SNR and reduces scan times.

 

 

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• Exceptional Contrast Resolution …

With Conform and multiphase transmission technologies, abdominal and pelvic imaging are no challenge on Vantage Titan 3T. No more shading on your T2-weighted (fast) spin echo images. No more uneven fat suppression on your images. You can use SSFP from head to toe!

 

Optimal B₁ shimming allows you to fully exploit the extra signal your 3T system generates in any anatomical region and therefore, further enhance spatial and temporal resolution in all your studies.

 

 

• Unique Sequences:

Non-contrast MRA Techniques:

• Fresh Blood Imaging (FBI)
• Flow Spoiled FBI
• Time-SLIP
• Time-Space Angiography
• Body diffusion
• mVOX: 3D isotropic acquisition for brain and body examinations
• JET: Radial k-Space filling technique for motion correction
• SPEEDER: Sense-based parallel imaging technique
• FSBB: Flow Sensitive Black Blood, flow sensitive susceptibility weighted imaging

 

 

Optimized FAT Suppression Techniques:

• MSOFT: Slice-selective FAT suppression technique
• PASTA: Water-selective slice excitation
• WET: Volume-selective Water Excitation Technique
• STIR: Inversion Recovery
• FAIR: Adiabatic FAT suppression
• Chemical shift selective FAT suppression

 

Key Features:

• Higher SNR
• High density of coil elements in the FOV (up to 36)
• High speed-up factors
• A total of 154 simultaneously connected coil elements
• Optimal for whole-body imaging
• Automatic coil selection
• Light coils (comfort for both patient and operator)
• Universal coils
• Significantly reduces the need for coil exchange
• 40 element sliding spine coil integrated to the table
• Ideal for feet-first imaging

Reproducibility of scan planes is often compromised through variation in scan plan by the technician operating the scanner. EasyTech technology addresses this issue. Based on a standard axial scan, the scanner looks for anatomical landmarks and based on these landmarks, it adjusts the scan plan to the appropriate planes. This technology eliminates different orientations in follow-up scans and differences in orientation between patients.

The M-Power software streamlines your workflow: As soon as a patient is registered in the RIS/HIS including type of examination, the MRI scanner automatically selects the appropriate protocol that corresponds with the clinical request. In this protocol, the scan parameters as well as the post-processing functions are defined.

• Multi-modality platform, minimal interaction, vast posibilities
• Optimized workflow for routine examinations: fewer clicks, shorter mouse movements
• Automated post-processing for complex analyses
• 1-2-3-done! This Toshiba approach ensures that even complex analyses are completed within seconds Advanced users can further optimize the parameters to achieve even better results

• Registration

• Examination

• Processing/Viewing

• Archiving

In conventional MR systems, anatomy-specific coils could not coexist on the table. Consequently, frequent coil exchange made the process tedious and cumbersome to the operators. Therefore, procedure set-up and patient throughput was inefficient.

With the Atlas matrix coil concept, the number of coil elements and number of receiver channels are optimized with the maximum scan FoV. A 45cm longitudinal scan FoV can incorporate 36 elements which can be fed to a 16-channel receiver system for improved SNR or to a 32-channel received system for high parallel imaging factors.

Shoulder Coil:

•  6 channels
• semi-flexible
• comfortable patient position
• Can also be used for knee, elbow, and ankle

4-Channel Flex Coil:

• Omni-directional
• flexible
• comfortable patient positioning
• 23cmx 52cm wrap

Hand/Wrist Coil:

• 12 elements
• 6 channels
• hand and wrist mode
• ­lateral or isocentric position
• foldable

XL-Knee Coil:

• 6 channels
• transmit/receive coil
• 22cm inner ­diameter
• lateral sliding mechanism
• upper part can be removed
• Can also be used for pediatrics

8-Channel Breast SPEEDER Coil:

• 8 channels
• can be equipped with biopsy tools
• extra large access for biopsies
• coil elements can be individually positioned

 mBreast Package:

• Dynamic contrast-enhanced ­examinations
• diffusion measurements
• silicone imaging ­combined with the DRKS package also 3D-FFE keyhole imaging
• time-intensity curves

mCardiac Package:

• CINE studies
• Realtime CINE studies
• First-pass during rest and stress
• Late enhancement (2D and 3D)
• Echo-Navigator coronary angio

CAAS Package:

• Cardiac analysis
• EF, SV, SVI, CO &CI
• ED & ES volume calculation
• Body surface area
• Volume over time
• Wall motion
• Cine display
• Cardiac perfusion
• Delayed enhancement analysis