SOMATOM Force

SOMATOM Force ecoGet two steps ahead with Dual Source CT

Get two steps ahead in clinical excellence, workflow performance, and expert leadership. Our Dual Source CT scanner SOMATOM Force eco enables new levels of image quality and ultimately precision medicine. Intelligent automation supports safe, standardized, and highly performant workflows – allowing reproducible precision. And thinking beyond today, you’re connected to the future with an ever-growing expert community and exclusive access to our advanced research environment.

  • Get two steps ahead in clinical excellence
  • Get two steps ahead in workflow performance
  • Get two steps ahead in expert leadership

Features & Benefits

SOMATOM Force

    SOMATOM Force eco supports high-precision diagnosis, reliable therapy response evaluation, and improved care for every individual.

    Improve diagnostic accuracy and get excellent image quality with our unique VectronTM X-ray tube
    • Bring image quality to the next level – with free-breathing and powerful imaging: Scan obese, elderly, unconscious or uncooperative patients without sedation, minimized motion artifacts, and high-resolution imaging.
    • Make sound decisions – with 4D imaging at half the dose and dose-neutral Dual Energy: With 4D imaging and Dual Energy CT, you get high-quality images rich in information for more precise decisions – at low dose.

    Get consistent images with our FAST Integrated Workflow and adapt scanning parameters to offer patients personalized scanning.

    FAST Integrated Workflow for automated precise patient positioning

    • Position patients precisely – with FAST Integrated Workflow: Our FAST 3D Camera supports fast, accurate positioning and the Touch Panels allow you to stay with your patient.
    • Accommodate the smallest to the tallest – with personalized scanning: Outstanding speed, power reserves, and sensitivity: SOMATOM Force eco adapts to every need. And smart automation adjusts scan parameters to every individual.
    • Zero-click postprocessing with Rapid Results: Get zero-click postprocessing within the selected scan protocol, and fast and reproducible results – independent of operator skills.

    Increase your reputation by spearheading medical innovation – and share advanced clinical knowledge in a circle of peer experts.

    Interact with peers in the CT community.
    Advance your research with professional tools
    • Advance your research – with professional tools: Develop and share algorithms, test reading prototypes, and explore new trends in our syngo.via Frontier1 research environment.
    • Connect with peers and lead a global community: Gain access to a community of clinical experts that regularly shares knowledge and the latest medical developments peer-to-peer.
    • Expand your capabilities and rethink your way of working: With Dual Source imaging, CT started to transform care delivery. One of the most prominent examples of change is trauma imaging.

    Clinical Use

    Watch Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and learn how to do a dynamic myocardial perfusion.

    Technical Specifications

    X-ray tubes

    2 x VectronTM X-ray tubes

    Detectors
    2 x StellarInfinity detectors with anti-scatter 3D collimator grid
    Number of acquired slices
    384 (2 × 192) slices
    Rotation time
    up to 0.25 s1
    Temporal resolution
    up to 66 ms1
    Generator power
    240 kW (2 x 120 kW)

    kV settings

    70 – 150 kV, in steps of 10 kV
    Spatial resolution
    0.24 mm1
    Max. scan speed
    737 mm/s1 with Turbo Flash
    Table load
    up to 307 kg/676 lbs1
    Gantry opening
    78 cm
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