Our multi-modality solutions for optimized decision-making from injury to recovery
Sports related injuries can happen to anyone, whether they are high-performance athletes or individuals enjoying daily exercise.
At Canon, we offer multi-modality solutions to deliver comprehensive care, ensuring optimal support for peak performance and rapid recovery. Our advanced CT, MRI, Ultrasound and Healthcare IT solutions enhance decision-making from screening, injury assessment to treatment and rehabilitation monitoring.
At Canon, we offer multi-modality solutions to deliver comprehensive care, ensuring optimal support for peak performance and rapid recovery. Our advanced CT, MRI, Ultrasound and Healthcare IT solutions enhance decision-making from screening, injury assessment to treatment and rehabilitation monitoring.
Magnetic Resonance Solutions
Our MRI portfolio is grounded in leading-edge research and development, enabling clinicians to harness the latest and advanced high-resolution imaging technology to detect and help prevent potential injuries that can sideline an athlete.
Ultrashort TE (UTE)
Ultrashort TE enables the ability to capture details in short signal MSK tissues that were previously difficult to image.
Ultrashort TE enables the ability to capture details in short signal MSK tissues that were previously difficult to image.
Precise IQ Engine (PIQE)
PIQE increases matrix size, removes noise, and delivers sharp anatomical images to take MR imaging to the next level.
PIQE increases matrix size, removes noise, and delivers sharp anatomical images to take MR imaging to the next level.
T2 Mapping
T2 Cartilage Mapping assists the physician in detecting early stages of cartilage lesions and degeneration within the knee.
T2 Cartilage Mapping assists the physician in detecting early stages of cartilage lesions and degeneration within the knee.
Computed Tomography Solutions
Our CT solutions based on the latest clinical research and innovative technological developments deliver a confident diagnosis that can lead to fast recovery.
Advanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine (AiCE)
High-quality bone imaging at low dose with AiCE
Single Energy Metal Artifact Reduction (SEMAR)
Improve visualization of bone and soft tissue with SEMAR.
4D Dynamic Scanning
Dynamic volume scanning captures movement in fine detail. Allows joint movement to be fully assessed through 4D Imaging/Kinematic Joint studies.
Ultrasound Solutions
Canon elevates Sports Medicine with advanced ultrasound solutions, delivering high-precision imaging for both musculoskeletal and cardiac applications. Designed to support accurate diagnosis, performance monitoring, and safe return-to-play decisions, these innovations empower clinicians with the clarity and confidence needed in elite athlete care.
MSK imaging
High frequency transducers with improved matrix technology (intelligent Dynamic Micro-Slice: iDMS)
- High frequency transducers up to 33 MHz provides extremely fine detail in the near field, enabling sub-millimeter imaging
- Ergonomic small footprint high frequency hockeystick transducer provides good resolution for demanding small parts examinations
Superb Micro-vascular Imaging (SMI)
SMI reduces motion artifacts by combining high sensitivity for slow flows with a high frame rate. This technology expands the range of visible blood flow allowing the visualization of the micro-vascularity of MSK structures never before seen with ultrasound.
SMI reduces motion artifacts by combining high sensitivity for slow flows with a high frame rate. This technology expands the range of visible blood flow allowing the visualization of the micro-vascularity of MSK structures never before seen with ultrasound.
The foreign body was found to be located within the flexor tendon altering surgical management for this patient using 24 MHz probe.
Advanced technologies such as SMI or Smart 3D are also available on specialty transducers for advanced exams such as the quantitative assessment of inflammation in small joints.
This high resolution cross section of the median nerve is acquired using the high frequency 22 MHz hockeystick probe.
High imaging resolution to examine layered structures with sub-millimeters precisions.
Cardiovascular imaging
Ultrasound plays a vital role in monitoring athletes’ cardiovascular health. Echocardiography provides real-time, non-invasive insights into heart structure and function—essential for detecting conditions like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, assessing performance under stress, and guiding training or return-to-play decisions.
With 50–80% of cardiac arrests occurring without warning, cardiac screening is now essential in athlete care—with at least 19 leading international sporting organizations have recommending if not mandating its utilization in their athletes1.
Auto-EF with Global Longitudinal Strain (GLS)
Auto GLS provides fast, automated strain analysis with high precision for sports medicine providing a comprehensive view of cardiac performance with minimal effort.
- Integrates seamlessly with EF, volume, and GLS measurements—no dedicated strain packages needed.
- Powered by Altivity, our AI-enabled* tools streamlines workflow with automated plane detection and initial contour setting, enabling accurate and reproducible cardiac quantification in just a few clicks.
Auto GLS provides fast, automated strain analysis with high precision for sports medicine providing a comprehensive view of cardiac performance with minimal effort.
- Integrates seamlessly with EF, volume, and GLS measurements—no dedicated strain packages needed.
- Powered by Altivity, our AI-enabled* tools streamlines workflow with automated plane detection and initial contour setting, enabling accurate and reproducible cardiac quantification in just a few clicks.
Wall Motion Tracking (WMT)
Aplio’s advanced Wall Motion Tracking technology delivers fast, visual and quantitative insights into both global and regional myocardial motion—helping monitor athletic heart performance in real time.
- Enables analysis for the entire four-chamber in 2D and 3D.
- Enables modality fusion by combining ultrasound 3D Wall Motion Tracking with other modalities offering simultaneous display of the cardiac wall outline and function.
Aplio’s advanced Wall Motion Tracking technology delivers fast, visual and quantitative insights into both global and regional myocardial motion—helping monitor athletic heart performance in real time.
- Enables analysis for the entire four-chamber in 2D and 3D.
- Enables modality fusion by combining ultrasound 3D Wall Motion Tracking with other modalities offering simultaneous display of the cardiac wall outline and function.
Stress Echo
Aplio’s comprehensive Stress Echo package enables rapid view acquisition, rapid selection and easy regional wall motion scoring of both standard and user defined protocols for exercise and pharmacological stress echoes.
Aplio’s comprehensive Stress Echo package enables rapid view acquisition, rapid selection and easy regional wall motion scoring of both standard and user defined protocols for exercise and pharmacological stress echoes.
- Rapid view acquisition and streamlined wall motion scoring
- Supports both standard and user-defined exercise protocols
- Ideal for evaluating cardiac performance under stress in athletes and young patients
Auto-EF with Global Longitudinal Strain (GLS)
WMT in all 4 chambers
Stress Echo package
1. Mont L, Pelliccia A, Sharma S, et al. Pre-participation cardiovascular evaluation for athletic participants to prevent sudden death: Position paper from the EHRA and the EACPR, branches of the ESC. Endorsed by APHRS, HRS, and SOLAECE. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2017;24(1):41-69. doi: 10.1177/2047487316676042 [published Online First: 2016/11/07]
* AI technology is used at the design stage. The system does not have a self-learning function.
Healthcare IT Solutions
Our Vitrea Advanced Visualization offers a range of smart applications to support sports medicine practice. For example, T2 Cartilage Mapping facilitates the diagnosis of knee injuries and monitor patient response to treatment. Vitrea Advanced Visualization also provides access to Global Illumination rendering, enabling the sharing of photorealistic images with other members of patient care teams.
Vitrea Advanced Visualization
The Relaxometry application* assists physicians in the imaging assessment of cartilage disorders through advanced MRI-based analysis.
The Relaxometry application* assists physicians in the imaging assessment of cartilage disorders through advanced MRI-based analysis.
*Designed and manufactured by Olea Medical
Setting the new standard in visualization with Global Illumination
Vitrea Global Illumination revolutionary 3D/4D rendering technique helps provide a more photorealistic view of human anatomy that can be shared with clinicians, trainers and athletes and integrated into routine clinical image workflow.
Vitrea Global Illumination revolutionary 3D/4D rendering technique helps provide a more photorealistic view of human anatomy that can be shared with clinicians, trainers and athletes and integrated into routine clinical image workflow.
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MRI
Fast and precise MRI imaging for immediate injury response
“We can study with very high-resolution images of the muscle and the tendon. With these images, we can perform the prognosis of the muscle injury to help the players.”
Dr. Sandra Mecho
Radiologist
SCIAS Hospital de Barcelona, Spain
Fast and precise MRI imaging for immediate injury response
“We can study with very high-resolution images of the muscle and the tendon. With these images, we can perform the prognosis of the muscle injury to help the players.”
Dr. Sandra Mecho
Radiologist
SCIAS Hospital de Barcelona, Spain
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CT
Achieving CT MSK imaging excellence with Dynamic Volume scanning
“Aquilion ONE helped us solve challenges such as artifacts around metal,the inability to do true 4D imaging and the inability to provide highresolution or bone characterization of fractures and lesions.”
Andrew Rotstein
Clinical Director of MRI, CT and Nuclear Medicine, VHMI
Achieving CT MSK imaging excellence with Dynamic Volume scanning
“Aquilion ONE helped us solve challenges such as artifacts around metal,the inability to do true 4D imaging and the inability to provide highresolution or bone characterization of fractures and lesions.”
Andrew Rotstein
Clinical Director of MRI, CT and Nuclear Medicine, VHMI
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UL
Providing a Hub to Advance Interventional Radiology
“Muscle fiber injuries are practically our daily business and can be ideally covered with Canon Medical’s ultrasound system.”
Dr. Thomas Hoffelner
Trauma Surgeon and Team Doctor for Red Bull
Salzburg, Austria.
Providing a Hub to Advance Interventional Radiology
“Muscle fiber injuries are practically our daily business and can be ideally covered with Canon Medical’s ultrasound system.”
Dr. Thomas Hoffelner
Trauma Surgeon and Team Doctor for Red Bull
Salzburg, Austria.
UL
New perspectives in sports imaging
“Ultrasound, for me, is the best imaging tool to assess nerves because you can follow the whole path of the nerve — from its origin until its end. It’s a unique technique which allows you to do that.”
Dr. Iñigo Iriarte
Rehabilitation specialist, Ars Médica
Bilbao, Spain
New perspectives in sports imaging
“Ultrasound, for me, is the best imaging tool to assess nerves because you can follow the whole path of the nerve — from its origin until its end. It’s a unique technique which allows you to do that.”
Dr. Iñigo Iriarte
Rehabilitation specialist, Ars Médica
Bilbao, Spain
Healthcare IT
Providing a Hub to Advance Interventional Radiology
“Global Illumination provides an outstanding rendering of the anatomical structures and easy segmentation tools enable a quick method to accurately map all the fracture fragments.”
Prof. Bellelli
Head of the Radiology Department at the San Pietro Hospital,
Rome, Italy.
Providing a Hub to Advance Interventional Radiology
“Global Illumination provides an outstanding rendering of the anatomical structures and easy segmentation tools enable a quick method to accurately map all the fracture fragments.”
Prof. Bellelli
Head of the Radiology Department at the San Pietro Hospital,
Rome, Italy.
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