The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Siemens Healthineers’ Naeotom Alpha class of photon-counting CT (PCCT) scanners.
The new product class includes Naeotom Alpha.Pro, a second dual-source CT scanner, and Naeotom Alpha.Prime, a single-source scanner with PCCT technology, Siemens said. The company’s original Naeotom Alpha is now called Naeotom Alpha.Peak, and is the base system for the class; it delivers a scan speed of 737 mm/sec, according to the firm.
Naeotom Alpha Class of PCCT scanners. Image courtesy of Siemens Healthcare.
Naeotom Alpha.Pro combines photon-counting technology with the speed of dual-source, allowing for scan speeds of 491 mm/sec with the same 66 ms temporal resolution as Naeotom Alpha.Peak.
Naeotom Alpha.Prime features a scan speed of 345 mm/sec and consists of photon-counting technology in a single-source CT scanner, Siemens said.