Designed to reduce radiation exposure while maintaining image quality, Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc unveils new cardiac software enhancements for the Aquilion one and Aquilion premium CT systems.

Responding to the cardiac CT market’s need for superior image quality with lower radiation doses, Toshiba's new software upgrades, according to the release, will improve cardiac CT imaging in the following ways:

• New One Beat Prospective Reconstruction: Shortens the interval window and reduces radiation exposure time. This enhancement alone reduces radiation dose by 21% over the previous software, as the more efficient imaging lowers the radiation exposure to the patient.
• Real Time Beat Control: It calculates the running real-time average of the heart rate to precisely predict the next heart beat for a more accurately timed scan.
• Optimized Timing of SUREStart: It can determine contrast uptake time for a more accurate image.

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