Vietnam has a "super CT scanner" with the maximum number of slices, integrated with AI

This is the most modern CT generation in the world , marking a turning point in diagnosis, early detection and supporting treatment of many dangerous diseases.

Tam Anh General Hospital Hanoi has just announced the launch and use of a super CT scanner from Siemens Healthineers (Germany), the first and only in Vietnam.

Leading medical experts cut the ribbon at the launch ceremony of the super CT Somatom Force VB30. Photo: Tam Anh General Hospital

Speaking at the ceremony, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hien, Director of the Center for Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Tam Anh General Hospital, Hanoi, said that in recent years, CT scanning technology has continuously made great strides, from 64 slices to 256, 512, 1975 slices and has now developed to a generation of super machines with more than 100,000 slices such as CT Somatom Force VB30. This super machine is scarce in the world, only available at a few leading medical centers in the US, Germany, the Netherlands...

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hien shares the application of super CT machine at Tam Anh General Hospital. Photo: Tam Anh General Hospital

“Owning a super CT machine early will help doctors have more effective tools to improve the quality of disease screening and diagnosis, thereby retaining domestic patients, attracting foreign patients, and contributing to promoting the development of medical tourism in Vietnam,” Associate Professor Hien assessed.

Mr. Fabian Martin Singer, Managing Director of Siemens Healthineers Vietnam, commented that with its outstanding scanning speed and detailed image quality, the CT Somatom Force VB30 can help doctors diagnose more accurately and quickly, thereby optimizing treatment regimens and improving treatment effectiveness for patients.

Tam Anh General Hospital is the first and only unit to own and put into use the AI-integrated Somatom Force VB30 CT super machine, marking an important step forward in improving the quality of diagnostic imaging in Vietnam.

Mr. Fabian Martin Singer, Managing Director of Siemens Healthineers Vietnam, commented that Tam Anh General Hospital is the first and only unit in Vietnam to own and put into use the super CT Somatom Force VB30 machine. Photo: General Hospital

The launch of the Somatom Force VB30 CT scanner is part of a series of activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Germany (1975-2025). Mr. Simon Kreye, Deputy Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Vietnam, assessed that the event not only marked an important step forward in the development of medicine in Vietnam but also demonstrated the strong cooperative relationship between Vietnam and Germany, especially in the fields of technology and medicine.

This is one of the most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) super machines today, including the most modern ALPHA and Fast Phase technology, helping to accurately mark and analyze human body anatomical landmarks, automatically recognize anatomical landmarks on films, support doctors to quickly determine the location of organs, soft tissues, bones, blood vessels, etc. AI application also helps to automatically calibrate and select clear images to help doctors diagnose more quickly and accurately.

The Somatom Force VB30 super CT machine has the largest number of slices ever, increasing the effectiveness of diagnosing cancer, blocked arteries or abnormalities in internal structures. With a slice thickness of only 0.4mm, the Somatom Force VB30 super CT machine is the CT generation with the thinnest slices. The machine has the ability to separate and "visualize" extremely small lesions at the millimeter level. Thanks to that, doctors can detect early and accurately specific lesions in most dangerous diseases, especially in the brain and heart.

Somatom Force VB30 super CT scanner, breakthrough technology with more than 100,000 ultra-thin slices, tracing extremely small lesions, ultra-low X-ray dose, can be used for newborns. Photo: Tam Anh General Hospital

The Somatom Force VB30 CT scanner has the fastest scanning speed in the world, capturing the entire body in less than 2 seconds, dozens of times faster than conventional CT scanners. The scanner completes a scan right in the middle of a heartbeat or breath with outstandingly sharp image quality. Therefore, the scanner can be used to scan people with arrhythmia, rapid heartbeat, fussy children, the elderly, and people with health problems that make it difficult to lie still for more than a few seconds.

According to statistics from the American Medical Physics Association, Somatom Force VB30 is one of the CT systems with the lowest X-ray dose, reduced by up to 85% compared to conventional CT, combined with high-quality tin filters to ensure image quality, especially useful in CT scans for children and patients who need periodic CT scans after joint replacement, spinal intervention, cancer treatment...

The recent application of CT Somatom Force VB30 at Tam Anh General Hospital in Hanoi has shown outstanding effectiveness in screening and diagnosing diseases. For example, the case of 3-day-old patient Tran Van Kien came to the clinic with wheezing due to bronchiolitis. On the chest X-ray, the doctor determined that the baby had a pneumothorax but there was not enough imaging data to find the cause.

The image taken on the Somatom Force VB30 CT machine shows a ruptured lung cyst with a very small diameter, only about 2mm, of the child patient. Photo: Tam Anh General Hospital

The child had a CT scan of the lungs using the Somatom Force VB30 machine, with a radiation dose of only 0.14 mSv, equivalent to an X-ray. The results showed that the child had a microscopic congenital rupture of the air sac, causing a pneumothorax. These cases were previously often limited to CT scans due to concerns that large doses of radiation could affect the child's development, making it difficult for doctors to find the cause.

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