Whole-body CT scanning

The X-Ray Imaging Core's imaging system is a commercial, whole-body Somatom Definition Flash dual-source CT scanner manufactured by Siemens Healthineers USA. It is a leading technology CT system that can perform:

  • 75-millisecond temporal resolution ECG-gated data acquisition.
  • 0.4-millimeter (mm) isotropic voxel spatial resolution.
  • Dual-energy CT.
  • Reconstructions using image widths from 0.5 mm to 10 mm.
  • Sequential, spiral and stationary table data acquisitions.
CT scanner in Mayo Clinic's X-Ray Imaging Core.