Canon introduces new combined CT-angiography interventional system
Canon Medical gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its combined angiography-computed tomography Alphenix 4D CT with Aquilion One/Insight Edition interventional imaging system. The company plans to highlight the system at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2025 meeting Nov. 30 - Dec. 4, and have it commercially available in the summer of 2026.
The next-generation angio-CT hybrid solution is not just for interventional radiology, but also for neurology, trauma, stroke and pediatrics. It combines the Alphenix Sky+ angiography system with the Aquilion One/Insight Edition CT scanner. It enables diagnosis, planning, treatment and verification all in one room.
"This is an extremely exciting time for Canon as we are leading innovation in interventional radiology. This represents an expansion to reach out beyond interventional radiology into specialties such as pediatrics, trauma and stroke. We found since the release of our current version that the demand for a single room solution for multiple specialties is very high. While we really focused on interventional radiology and interventional oncology, the utility beyond those specialties became in high demand," Jaimin Chung, director of Canon Medical’s interventional X-ray and vascular business unit, explained in an interview with Radiology Business.
The system uses a high-definition flat panel detector with 76 µm pixel technology. The CT system features a 16 cm wide-area detector and includes Canon’s Precise IQ Engine (PIQE) deep learning reconstruction algorithm to help reduce dose and improve image quality, plus an AI-assisted workflow to boost efficiency. It offers a very fast 0.24 second rotation speed and wide-area detector, enabling full organ coverage in a single rotation.
Chung said the high image quality of the CT and the ability to immediately convert over to interventional procedures has made the technology in high demand in emergency rooms. He said this could be the future for treating trauma patients because of the ability to examine a patient internally in detail with a CT scan and not having to actually cut the patient open.
"A fully featured CT scanner not only replaces the traditional cone beam CT, but more importantly it gives you the additional coverage of up to 16 centimeters in the Z axis. Both the angiography and CT systems can be used seamlessly together," Chung said.
Chung added both systems also feature technology to help lower radiation dose. He said the DoseRight technology contains a series of tools ranging from a special collimator that reduces radiation scatter at the source, to visual cues like dose tracking that show real-time skin dose radiation exposure during the case.
The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) of Montpellier in France is the first use the hybrid system in clinical practice.
“This new system offers us new therapeutic possibilities thanks to unparalleled precision and greater procedure safety,” Boris Guiu, MD, PhD, a professor in diagnostic and interventional radiology, head of department, St-Eloi University Hospital (CHRU Montpellier) said in a statement.
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