Asteion™ Multi puts the most advanced imaging capabilities into the hands of more types of institutions, because it offers many of the same technologies as our premium Aquilion™, but in a value-oriented platform. Asteion provides the subsecond speed necessary to realize the high-throughput of multi-slice scanning, while also supporting everyday, high-resolution scanning with the only true, 0.5 mm "quad" slice detector and Aspire™ CI technologies for virtually live exam observation.

Designed to meet your budgetary needs, Asteion™ Multi provides you all the performance you need for today's advanced applications and tomorrow's clinical innovations.

Same Selectable Slice Multi-row Detector (SSMD) as Aquilion for optimal slice thickness combinations and a unique "Quad" slice design for true 0.5 mm resolution at eight slices per 1.5 seconds Variety of power and tube options, including the HeliCool™ tube, to meet your performance guidelines and your bottom line Second-generation Aspire CI technologies like the Real-time Display, CT Fluoro™, and SureStart™ contrast tracking for improved dose management and more precise interventional procedures Intuitive user features, such as a multitasking console and workstation to make scanning and image processing faster and easier Easy PACS integration through DICOM

Detector

True isotropic imaging at 0.5mm resolution is one of the most important capabilities of multi-slice scanning. It means images with the same resolution can be obtained in any sectional plane: axial, coronal, or sagittal. The resulting 3-D volume capabilities let you view anatomy in the optimal perspective for a more complete and detailed view of the pathology - even in an off-axis orientation. Toshiba's Selectable Slice Multi-row Detector (SSMD) not only enables 0.5mm resolution for more anatomical insight than ever, it also provides more slice thickness combinations than any other detector in the industry.

Toshiba's innovative detector array is Made for Life — made to provide the imaging quality and versatility clinicians need to perform more types of studies on more types of patients in cardiology, trauma, pediatrics, and oncology.

Uniquely Toshiba - "Real" Quad Slice Detector

Toshiba's detector innovation centers on its width. At 32mm, it's 60% wider than other detectors available. This allows Toshiba to incorporate 34 rows of elements into the array, for a total of over 30,000 detector elements. The four middle rows are 0.5mm wide, and they are flanked on each side by fifteen (15) 1.0mm rows. Toshiba's detector is the only detector with four 0.5mm rows, making it the only true "Quad" detector currently available. Its ability to acquire four, 0.5mm slices per 3/4-second rotation unlocks the true power of multi-slice imaging. With this detector, 3-D volume imaging in any plane is possible with the same image resolution as the axial slice. This is called perfect isotropic imaging, and currently only Toshiba has produced a detector able to do this.

Uniquely Toshiba - Slice Combination Versatility

Designed with the input of clinicians, Toshiba's new detector array is designed to provide scanning versatility, as well as high-resolution images. Due to the overall detector width (32mm), Toshiba's Selectable Slice Multi-slice Detector (SSMD) can offer these slice thickness combinations:

0.5mm x 4 slices 1mm - 5mm, 8mm x 4 slices 10mm x 2 slices No other multi-slice CT detector can provide this many combinations, providing the necessary versatility demanded by today's advanced applications.

4 x 0.5mm slices - "true" isotropic resolution slice combination for musculo-skeletal studies and vascular applications like CT angiography and artery of Adamkiewicz studies. 4 x 8mm slices - large scan coverage (32mm) ideal for trauma, pediatrics, and functional studies involving perfusion imaging*. * Works-in-progress.

Helping Make CT More "Patient Effective"

Toshiba's innovative detector design is highly efficient. By placing ultra- thin separators, only microns in width, between each detector element, Toshiba maximizes the detector's geometric efficiency in absorbing X-rays. This helps decrease image noise, which allows the operator to maximize image quality at minimum dose levels. With a better signal to noise and quicker scans, an efficient detector ultimately leads to improved dose management. Limiting exposure time is just one way Toshiba is helping make CT scanning more "patient effective".

Toshiba has designed its new linear detector array specifically for multi-slice scanning. Asteion Multi's ability to provide both high-speed and high-resolution scanning with unmatched slice combinations, while helping to improve dose management shows Toshiba's commitment to push performance to the edge. And beyond all others. Tube

Asteion™ Multi offers a range of generator options and the durable, efficient HeliCool™ X-ray tube to increase patient throughput and system reliability while meeting your budgetary needs.