MR, CT vendors hit range of price-performance points

January 1, 2009 Diagnostic Imaging. Vol. 31 No. 1 MR, CT vendors hit range of price-performance points RSNA unveilings include premium and niche scanners and ones for budget-constrained facilities By Greg Freiherr The makers of CT and MR scanners opened the spigot of new introductions at RSNA 2008. They flooded the exhibit floor with products: some premium systems, others optimized to hit particular price points or address clinical niches. Siemens Healthcare rolled out a new version of its dual-source CT, the Somatom Definition Flash, built on the company's unique dual-source xray technology. In its debut at RSNA 2008, the FDA-cleared system with the $2 million price tag promised to dramatically reduce dose and eliminate motion artifact in the chest while opening the door to routine scanning of the coronaries.

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