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The facility was recently extended with the addition of a unique Alphenix 4D CT. The Center is now fully equipped with an Alphenix 4D CT. It welcomed its first trainees in 2021: specialists and technicians from one of Canon’s customer hospitals, who traveled from France to learn more about the new features available on their own, newly upgraded Alphenix 4D CT system in a dedicated training session.

“When we introduce new products, such as the Alphenix 4D CT Angiography suite, we work together in close collaboration with our customers to gather their experiences and their feedback as to what may help them and their patients even further. Our partnership with customers fuels continual innovation, which manifests in upgrades and new products.” said Thomas Grossmann, Canon Medical’s Modality Manager.

“Training with the upgraded system is important,” he added. “It enables users to become familiar with new features before they start clinical practice with the upgraded system and ensure that its introduction does not affect workflows. It also means they become aware of the full range of possibilities available to them with the upgrade.”

The first customer training was attended by three staff members from one of Canon’s customers, who learned how upgrades to their Alphenix 4D CT (running on a Canon Medical Aquilion ONE / GENESIS Edition CT system) would be to used in practice. The training was held over one full day and was facilitated by Canon Medical Trainers, Xavier Carvin, Naoufel Marzak, and Yves Pijlman.

• Alphenix Auto-table functionality, C-arm and table positions can be easily restored based on previous images.
• Improved flexibility to set and adapt 58” monitor layouts in the examination room with the Alphenix tablet.
• Optimized Needle Guidance workflow, up to five needle paths can be set and used at the same time. The complete workflow is accessible from the tableside with the Alphenix tablet.
• Upgraded embolization plan software which enables analysis of ten tumors at the same time and improved workflow.
• General workflow improvements for the Alphenix Angio Workstation.
• Improved dose management for Alphenix’ SPOT Fluoro dose-saving feature.
• Enhanced functionality for Dose Tracking System, allowing the generated dose reports to be transferred to PACS and/or any other network server.
   

3D Roadmapping
Canon Medical’s 3D Roadmapping feature utilizes an unsubtracted or subtracted 3D acquisition, CT or MR volume. Such a volume can be overlaid onto live Fluoroscopy which provides better guidance during the interventional treatment phase, as it always keeps the correct spatial alignment of the 3D volume with the real anatomical background irrespective of any potential C-Arm or table movement, FOV and SID changes.

The 3D/2D synchronization works in two ways:
1.) C-Arm follows the 3D volume orientation changes.
2.) 3D volume follows the C-Arm orientation changes.

Alphenix Auto Registration
Full, automatic image registration between CT data and fluoroscopy, which represents a big step forward in workflow.

This article is a reprint from the international VISIONS magazine #39, published by Canon Medical Systems Europe B.V.

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