Introducing the Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition – providing you and your patients with robust clinical solutions when you need them most. Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition offers all patients a successful examination, with the lowest possible radiation exposure and the highest quality diagnostic outcomes. – FIRST TIME, EVERY TIME.
Canon redefines the standard of detector efficiency lowering patient dose by up to 40%.
Bone free contrast enhanced imaging, iodine mapping or metal artifact reduction, Canon makes diagnosis easy.
Canon implemented iterative dose reduction seamlessly into the workflow for optimal and automatic dose.
Canon’s FIRST, a model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) technology takes the workflow challenges out of MBIR. It automatically lowers patient exposure up to 82% in clinical routine.
Latest addition to the Adaptive Diagnostic suite of technologies. A sophisticated algorithm is used to virtually eliminate metal artifacts.
The Aquilion ONE assists you when scanning all kind of cardiac patients by automatically selecting the best scan mode even in case of severe arrhythmia.
A wide variety of scan methods can be selected according to the study objective and scan range.
The Aquilion ONE is developed for functional imaging, an imaging method that is not covered with conventional systems. Discover the world of dynamic blood flow, joint movement or breathing lungs and widen your scope to new fields of diagnoses.
Minimization of the radiation dose is a high priority for all medical imaging practitioners. The dose has to be adjusted appropriately according to the size and shape of each patient. Automatic exposure control systems have proven to be useful in doing this while maintaining diagnostic image quality.
Canon’s SUREExposure 3D Adaptive exposure control system is fully integrated into the imaging chain and can therefore calculate the minimum radiation exposure required for each examination of each patient. With the inclusion of Adaptive Iterative Dose Reduction 3D (AIDR 3D) in the scan protocol, the exposure dose is automatically reduced by up to 75% relative to a scan reconstructed with filtered back projection.
AIDR 3D is a sophisticated algorithm that has been designed to work in both the raw data and reconstruction domains. The collective AIDR 3D process results in robust noise reduction, which is essential for achieving ultra-low-dose examinations in routine clinical imaging. This iterative algorithm is superior to non-iterative approaches in removing background noise while preserving diagnostic information.
The first thing to know about FIRST (Forward projected model-based Iterative Reconstruction SoluTion) is that it is easy to use. It makes ultra-low dose iterative reconstruction, a simple and automated process that fits seamlessly into the daily workflow.
Radiologists who want to look under the hood and study the engine driving this technological break-through will notice “FIRST means fast”. Canon accelerated computational throughput to bring their iterative reconstruction technique to the clinic where extensive reconstruction times are not acceptable. In FIRST, a reconstruction from the original (measured) projection data is performed with traditional FBP to create a seed image. This image then undergoes forward projection to create a forward projected dataset (essentially a projection summation of HU values along each ray path projection). The forward projection data is then compared against the original projection data to identify the differences between the both data. This essentially identifies errors in the FBP reconstruction, which are compensated for. A subsequent correction step is then performed to update the seed image. This is a sophisticated process because additional information concerning the focal spot size (optics model), photoelectric noise (statistical model), the cone beam trajectory (cone beam model), and the exact scan parameters (system model) are utilized in the update process.
This process is iteratively repeated until the differences between the original (measured) projection data and the forward projection data are minimal, ensuring that a highly accurate image of the patient is produced with increased spatial resolution and low contrast media. Because this process is coupled with anatomically based noise regularization, FIRST is incredibly robust for data with extremely low photon counts, which translates to an opportunity to achieve significant reductions in radiation dose for all examinations.
Available for the Aquilion ONE family of CT systems, FIRST improves high-contrast spatial resolution while making exams safer for patients by providing ultra-low dose examinations.
Following Canon’s long-standing philosophy of minimizing dose for all patients, FIRST:
Aquilion ONE incorporates a variety of advanced technologies into a new-generation platform to ensure high quality image while minimizing the exposure dose.
Taking full advantage of the coneXact technology, acquired volume data can be reconstructed in double density, resulting in a more true-to-original reconstruction in MPR and 3D rendered images.
Canon’s ViSION for the welfare of your patients extends beyond the scan room.
Patient comfort and ease of use have been in the forefront during the design of the Aquilion ONE ViSION. Environmentally friendly manufacturing processes and unique hybrid drive technology contribute to the wellbeing of future generations.
Canon’s Medical Division has drawn on the experience and expertise of Toshiba Corporation’s many advanced technologies to develop the revolutionary Aquilion ONE ViSION gantry. Engineered to operate routinely at 0.275 seconds per rotation, this gantry generates forces equal to 48 G, yet maintains the highest level of precision and image quality.
A wide 78cm open bore ensures even the largest of patients remain at ease during scanning. This design also offers superior patient access to physicians during interventional procedures.
The Aquilion ONE ViSION tabletop has been engineered for comfort for your patients, and ease of positioning for your technologists. The industry’s widest table-top ensures a feeling of extra security for your patients during positioning and scanning.
Tech Assist Lateral Slide is another Canon first providing the technologist unparalleled ease in positioning patients without physical strain.
The hybrid drive converts energy during deceleration of the gantry and generates electricity that is recycled to power gantry components. A thoughtful design feature that minimizes power consumption and reduces carbon footprint.
The Aquilion ONE ViSION represents Canon Corporation’s commitment to the environment and builds on the Aquilion ONE’s certification as an “Environmentally Conscious Product”.
Do more in less time using advanced reconstruction and visualization technology designed to streamline workflow and shorten time to diagnosis. Integration of a suite of advanced technologies ensures that high throughput can be maintained while delivering consistent, high-quality examinations.
Powerful reconstruction architecture delivers at a maximum rate of 50 images per second, permitting the routine use of AIDR 3D iterative reconstruction technology in any fast paced environment.
Multi View allows all reconstruction parameters to be pre-programmed into every examination protocol. Axial, coronal and sagittal reconstructions are performed automatically without a single mouse click. Even rendering options such as thick slab MIP images can be automatically generated expediting time to diagnosis. Simply plan the scan and go!
In 2004, Canon (former Toshiba) was the first manufacturer to deliver realtime image reconstruction. Second generation InstaView technology provides near-instant display and review now with full resolution images. High-quality realtime image review is perfectly suited for the emergency patient, where every second to diagnosis counts.
Save time and storage space with Canon’s hybrid reconstruction kernels. These newly introduced iterative reconstruction algorithms provide sharp lungs and excellent soft tissue resolution in one image. Reading times are shortened as you only need to concentrate on a single series to make a definitive diagnosis.
Tailor your CT system to meet your clinical needs, now or in the future.
Leading clinical research in emerging applications for dynamic volume imaging has resulted in the development of unique software applications. From acquisition to analysis and diagnosis with smart, simple, and sophisticated packages, your future with Aquilion ONE ViSION will continue to evolve.
With research and development teams across the globe and across image processing disciplines, Canon is uniquely positioned to understand the developing clinical needs of customers and patients – now and in the future.
With pixel-perfect subtraction of bone and calcium, SURESubtraction software offers unsurpassed visualization of vessels and contrast-enhanced tissue structures, providing all the information you need to make a confident diagnosis in the shortest time.
Volumetric and helical Dual Energy scans provide advanced tissue characterization and multi-energy viewing, iodine mapping and subtraction.
Transform your diagnostic capabilities from morphological to physiological diagnosis. Scans are performed effortlessly with low-dose parameters.
Advanced and automated visualization processing enables fast and accurate diagnosis.
