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Siemens Healthcare redefines productivity with a new generation of its Tim and Dot engine at RSNA 2009

Siemens Healthcare redefines productivity with a new generation of its Tim (Total imaging matrix) technology and with its new Dot (Day optimizing throughput) engine. Both technologies are introduced in the new MAGNETOM Aera 1.5 Tesla and the new MAGNETOM Skyra 3T scanners at the Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA 2009 from November 29 to December 3 at McCormick Place (Booth #825, East Building/Lakeside Center, Hall D) in Chicago. These two new scanners are the first to incorporate both Tim and Dot technology. The combination of Tim and Dot delivers patient-centered care and significantly improves productivity across the entire MRI workflow. Siemens will also demonstrate additional innovations, such as the Tim Dockable Table, for easy patient preparation outside the scanner room, and an all new coil architecture incorporating DirectConnect coil design, providing cableless coils for fast and easy set up and higher Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR).

Tim: 4G Flexibility, 4G Accuracy, 4G Speed

Tim, an innovative technology with new patient-adaptive technology which enhancing image quality and acquisition speed, as well as raising productivity in everyday practice.

Tim offers a completely redesigned RF system and an all-new innovative coil architecture that packs more coil elements into a smaller space (up to 204 coil elements with 48 channels as standard configuration), unlocking the possibility of higher element configurations and higher SNR. The result is high-resolution imaging that holds up even when zooming in on multi-station images. With up to 128 channels, Tim provides enough channels to utilize ultra-high density coils.

The DirectConnect coil design provides cable-less coils for fast and easy set-up and higher SNR. For flexible coils, one-hand operation with SlideConnect makes patient set-up even easier. Tim's coils can be seamlessly integrated to support large anatomic coverage, for instance, combining head, neck, body and spine coil elements to create a neurovascular array.

The new Tim Dockable Table comes with an integrated, removable Spine 32-channel coil. It is completely Tim-compatible, with integrated DirectConnect and SlideConnect coil ports.

Dot: Personalized, Guided, Automated

Completing MR's power couple, Dot makes it easy to get the best possible results for virtually any type of patient, providing uniquely tailored, optimized scans configurable to patient condition or clinical question. Dot proposes optimized exam strategies, requiring only confirmation prior to scanning. Dot adapts to each patient's breath-hold capacity and then links to your best scanning protocol to match. Personalized, high-quality exams can be easily reproduced, even when conditions change.

Dot offers optimized Engines for brain, cardiac, abdomen, knee, angiographic, and oncology exams.

MAGNETOM Aera (1.5T) and MAGNETOM Skyra (3T) - Transforming Productivity in MRI

The 3T MAGNETOM Skyra is also optimized with Siemens TimTX TrueForm design for unmatched B1 homogeneity. Clear, sharp images can be viewed with 50 percent more imaging volume and TimTX TrueForm provides the foundation for multi-channel transmit array capabilities at 3T.

In addition to Tim and Dot, both the MAGNETOM Aera and MAGNETOM Skyra come with Tim DirectConnect cableless coils and an optional Tim Dockable Table. The newly designed cover provides the illumination MoodLight allowing the color of the front panel to be freely chosen.

Source: Siemens Healthcare

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