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Biograph mCT and Biograph mCT Flow VG70A Upgrade Introduction

This document will familiarize the users who are receiving the VG70A on their Biograph mCT and mCT flow scanners with the changes and new features that may be available on their system.

SIEMENS ograph m Flow The benefits of upgrading Enable the future now with PETsyngo VG70 upgrade Biograph mCT and Biograph mCT Flow SIEMENS Healthineers siemens.com/mi The benefits of upgrading SIEMENS Biograph mCT ..... SIEMENS Initial investment End of regular cycle 2 $ Longer life cycle—optimize your investment Upgrading protects your investment by making your Biograph™ mCT and/or Biograph mCT Flow™ PET/CT scanner more efficient and cost-effective, and with better security and diagnostics, your overall system serviceability is improved. High standard of care—enhance workflow efficiency and clinical performance Upgrading enhances day-to-day operations by providing improved clinical performance and added workflow efficiency. Tap into the new optional operational features and streamline workflow even further. Stay innovative—expand into new clinical service lines Expand the clinical capabilities of your Biograph mCT and Biograph mCT Flow system by enhancing existing clinical capabilities with new optional features enabling expansion into new clinical service lines. Increase system security—protect your most V important assets Upgrading to the latest operating system offers solutions that enable you to protect health information and confront IT risk factors, such as unauthorized access and manipulation of medical equipment, as well as laying the foundation for future security enhancements. End of regular cycle Extended life cycle 3 Get the most from your investment with PETsyngo VG70 upgrade Maximize the potential and performance of your Siemens Biograph mCT and/or Biograph mCT Flow PET/CT scanner by upgrading to PETsyngo VG70. This upgrade offers improved system performance, increased workflow efficiency, and optimized clinical capabilities while providing access to new innovations and enhanced clinical features that enable you to tap the full potential of your installed system. Hardware improvements With this upgrade, your system will receive This upgrade includes a new system acquisition the latest state-of-the-art computer hardware, workplace[a] and introduces the new PET enabling your system to meet the constantly Molecular Acquisition and Reconstruction growing demand for higher performance, System (MARS), which replaces your existing enhanced stability and serviceability, as well as PET Acquisition Computer System (ACS) and optimizing your investment by improving PET Reconstruction System (PRS). your system life cycle. Current system Upgraded system Acquisition Workplace Acquisition Workplace ≤Tower 12 Tower 13 PET Acquisition Computer System (ACS) ≤ ACS 4 PET Molecular Acquisition and Reconstruction System (MARS) PET Reconstruction MARS 2 System (PRS) ≤ High Performance PRS 4 The new MARS all-in-one acquisition and reconstruction computer for PET data enables: 23%[b] 2 1 DOWN TO improved reconstruction speeds overall •Higher performance, averaging 23%[b] improved recon- •Improved serviceability with new state-of-the-art struction speeds overall. Additionally new parallel PET hardware technology. With the consolidation of reconstruction capabilities enable the performance of hardware from 2 computers to 1 system, complexity multiple PET reconstructions at once, such as PET attenu- is reduced and maintenance is simplified during the ation correction (AC) and non-attenuation correction lifespan of your system (NAC), which means your images are ready to review faster The new computer hardware that will be delivered with your system upgrade includes: Acquisition Workplace[a] PET molecular acquisition and reconstruction system (MARS) Intel Xeon E301275v5 3.6 GHz, Dual Xeon Silver 4114 2.2 GHz, quad core processor 10 core processors with 13.75 MB cache NVIDIA Quadro K1200 graphics card 256 GB SSD (system) 16 GB RAM 1 TB PCIe SSD (data) 1 TB system disk 4 TB SATA hard drive (data) 2x1 TB image storage disk 256 GB DDR4 RAM DVD DICOM, 4.7 GB DVDRW When upgrading your system to the newest hardware and software performance level an upgrade to your configured Biograph Advanced Workflow (Wizard) workstation is a must. Further enhance your Wizard workstations performance with PETsyngo VG70 software and new computer hardware.[c] The new computer hardware that will be delivered with your Wizard upgrade includes: Biograph Advanced Workflow[d] Intel Xeon E301275v5 3.6 GHz, • 8 cores processor NVIDIA Quadro M2000 graphics card • 16 GB RAM • 1 TB system disk • DVD DICOM, 4.7 GB • 5 Software enhancements We aim with every release to provide our roll-out to the next PETsyngo version. Today installed base with added value. As a valued PETsyngo VG70 is based on Windows 7, enabling customer, when you upgrade to PETsyngo VG70, us to offer you access to the latest optional there are many benefits, including new standard clinical innovations today. With the second enhancements that increase workflow efficiency roll-out, your system will transition to a new and optimize clinical and system performance. Windows 10-based platform, further enhancing Optional features are also available that can system capabilities.[e] further enhance your system performance and enable expansion into new clinical service lines. When upgrading to PETsyngo VG70, the follow- ing are some enhancements that your Biograph PETsyngo VG70 upgrade is provided with your mCT and/or Biograph mCT Flow may experi- systems lifespan in mind and includes a second ence based on individual system configurations. ............ 2 When you invest in PETsyngo VG70, you invest in your future. By upgrading to PETsyngo VG70, you will also receive a second upgrade to the next PETsyngo FOR 1 version in the future, protecting your investment now and in the long term.[e] Engineered upgradability to protect your investment longer! Maximize your investment Installed base customers that invested in inno- OncoFreeze and CardioFreeze utilize a new vations such as HD•Chest and/or HD•Cardiac optical flow technique that delivers images will further enhance their system performance virtually free of motion, with 100% of the when upgrading to PETsyngo VG70, with an counts, improving the signal-to-noise ratio upgrade from the first generation of that and increasing diagnostic confidence. Read feature to the new next-generation release. more in New optional features section for further information on both features. Installed feature New upgrade feature HD•Chest OncoFreeze HD•Cardiac CardioFreeze 6 Site A Site B Site C Site D + + + ...... 100 100 BO Streamline mobile PET/CT daily routine Mobile PET/CT scanners have to manually PETsyngo VG70 introduces Smart Mobile configure information for each specific site they Connect to streamline the day-to-day routine are visiting, including site specific protocols, of your mobile PET/CT scanner. Smart Mobile HIS/RIS and PACS scanner connections, DICOM Connect allows you to quickly select an nodes, and other manual filters and settings. individual site upon startup, which will This increases the probability of errors, impacts automatically configure the scanner to the workflow efficiency, and decreases productivity. specific site settings. ....... Expanding PET and CT functionality PETsyngo VG70 introduces standard Additionally PETsyngo VG70 intro- enhancements for both PET and CT duces two new protocols that utilize functionality, such as PET Dose very low CT dose for attenuation cor- Report, a complement to the existing rection (AC). You can easily access CT dose report. PET Dose Report is both whole-body low-dose protocols a DICOM-compatible secondary from the default protocol list and capture that provides injection obtain the lowest possible dose for information, effective whole-body PET AC whole-body studies. dose, and organ dose. Also new is PHS Maximum Clearance Mode that provides you with the capability to expand the scan field of view for radiation therapy planning. This can be particularly useful during challenging planning situations with accessories or because of the body habitus of the patient. 7 Software enhancements (continued) Enhancing every PET image PETsyngo VG70 introduces a new whole-body scatter correction utilizing the whole-body PET image in the scatter simulation to include an estimation of the radiation coming out of the scanner field-of-view. This reduces halo artifacts that may appear in the presence of high contrast-to-background ratios and provides improved quantification and image quality. Pre Post Protect your most important assets As part of our commitment to helping you achieve the provides an exclusionary environment based on a list level of security and privacy you require, PETsyngo VG70 of known malware, viruses, etc. Advanced protection lays the foundation for future security enhancements with OfficeScan 11 software infuses machine learning to that will be enabled with your second upgrade step to eliminate security gaps. OfficeScan 11 constantly learns, Windows 10, while still providing you with up-to-date adapts, and automatically identifies threats across your cybersecurity measures with Trend Micro™ OfficeScan™ 11. IT environment. Blacklisting software protection using TrendMicro 55% - Data breaches by sector in 2017[f] 23% 11% 6% 5% $ ......... .............. Business Educational Banking/Credit Government Health/Medical Financial 8 New optional features PETsyngo VG70[g] enabled the development of new and unique optional features, including: Conventional single gate CardioFreeze single gate Static OncoFreeze Data courtesy of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Data courtesy of University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA OncoFreeze CardioFreeze Expanding the existing capabilities of HD•Chest, CardioFreeze improves upon our existing HD•Cardiac OncoFreeze employs an optical flow algorithm that solution by utilizing all statistics acquired during acqui- enables it to use 100% of the counts in image recon- sition. CardioFreeze reduces image blur from both cardiac struction, allowing for images that are virtually free of and respiratory motion using only the ECG trigger for motion in the same amount of time as a conventional gating. This is accomplished by using 100% of the counts static image.[h] OncoFreeze helps to improve detection, in each individual cardiac gate. Decreasing the blur may delineation and quantification of lesions, helping improve visualization of myocardial tracer distribution, to increase your clinical confidence. wall thickness, and defect definition while increasing diagnostic confidence. FlowMotion Whole-body Dynamic Parametric syngo.via PET for Parametric Imaging NEW: NEW! ALPHA Direct Recon QualityGuard FlowMotion Multiparametric PET Suite QualityGuard uses intrinsic radioactive properties of FlowMotion Multiparametric PET Suite introduces an Lutetium present on LSO detectors to automatically run end-to-end clinical solution to provide multiparametric PET daily and weekly quality control procedures overnight. PET images outside of the research setting. The solution By eliminating manual daily and weekly quality control, is completely automated and integrated into the PET/CT your staff can save up to 30 minutes per day and spend workflow, allowing users to obtain SUV images, metabolic more time interacting with patients while also eliminating glucose rate (Ki) and distribution volume (DV) all at once, the need to lift the heavy phantom everyday.[h] This extra which allows for better characterization of tracer uptake time can also open up an additional scan slot, while the compared to SUV alone and results in more efficient infor- automation can ensure that the system is calibrated, mation for planning and therapy strategy. providing consistent quantitative accuracy. 9 Feature overview Feature VG40 VG51[i] VG50/VG51[ j] VG60 VG70 Standard CT Extended Field of View Scatter Correction CT Dose Report Online Whole-body MIP Daily Quality Control Report (PDF) CT High Definition Field of View Pro Whole-body Count Rate Curve Integrated Cross Calibration PET Dose Report Parallel PET Reconstruction PET Image Order Advanced Whole-body Scatter Smart Mobile Connect Optional PET Respiratory Gating CT Respiratory Gating + HD•Chest Replaced by OncoFreeze PET Cardiac Gating HD•Cardiac Replaced by CardioFreeze CT Cardiac Gating SAFIRE PET/CT Gate Matching FlowMotion PET Guided CT Single Source Dual Energy CT Multiseries CTAC ADMIRE[k] iMAR RT Pro Package OncoFreeze CardioFreeze FlowMotion Multiparametric Imaging Suite Available Includes enhanced capabilities 10 How to upgrade There are two ways you can upgrade your system to PETsyngo VG70: with Evolve.Express, a Siemens Healthineers Customer Service offering, or through Siemens Healthineers Options & Upgrades Sales offering. Whether you choose the Evolve.Express or Options & Upgrades channel for your upgrade, it will consist of hardware and software enhancements that are applicable to all areas of your Biograph mCT and/or Biograph mCT Flow system, including acquisition, processing, reconstruction, and viewing workstations.[l] Evolve.Express Options & Upgrades Sales or Evolve.Express is a service offering available Siemens Healthineers Options & Upgrades to any customer renewing a service contract Sales is a direct sales channel to purchase or signing a new service contract. If you are any option and/or upgrade for your interested in upgrading to PETsyngo VG70 installed system at any time during the through this channel, please contact your system lifecycle. If you are interested in local Service Sales representative for upgrading to PETsyngo VG70 and any further information. features, please contact your local Sales representative for further information. 11 Trademarks and service marks used in this material are [a] Acquisition workplace is also known as the Image Control property of Siemens Medical Solutions USA or Siemens System(ICS). AG. All other company, brand, product and service names [b] Data on file. As compared to VG60 HW/SW configuration, other may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their configurations may experience different results. respective holders. [c] All Biograph mCT or Biograph mCT Flow family systems configured with a Wizard workstation must upgrade the Wizard All comparative claims derived from competitive data workstation to PETsyngo VG70 in parallel to the system PET at the time of printing. Data on file. Siemens reserves the syngo VG70 upgrade for compatibility. right to modify the design and specifications contained [d] Biograph Advanced Workflow is also known as the Image herein without prior notice. As is generally true for tech- Evaluation System (IES) or Wizard. nical specifications, the data contained herein varies within defined tolerances. Some configurations are [e] Content or delivery timeline of future PETsyngo versions cannot be communicated or guaranteed at this time. The second upgrade optional. Product performance depends on the choice step from PETsyngo VG70 to the next PETsyngo version will be of system configuration. communicated locally once released and ready for delivery. [f] 2017 Annual Data Breach Year-end Review, Identity Theft Please contact your local Siemens Sales Representative Resource Center. https://www.idtheftcenter.org/images/breach/ for the most current information or contact one of the 2017Breaches/2017AnnualDataBreachYearEndReview.pdf addresses listed below. Note: Original images always [g] The VG70 features mentioned herein are not commercially lose a certain amount of detail when reproduced. availablein all countries. Their future cannot be guaranteed. [h] Based on internal measurements at time of publication. “Siemens Healthineers” is considered a brand name. Data on file. Its use is not intended to represent the legal entity to which this product is registered. Please contact your [i] Applicable for systems with VG50/VG51 software combined local Siemens organization for further details. with older hardware ACS 3 and Standard PRS only [j] Applicable for systems with VG50/VG51 software combined All photographs © 2018 Siemens Medical Solutions with newer hardware ACS 4 and High Performance PRS only USA, Inc. All rights reserved. [k] Biograph mCT Flow Edge Only [l] Excludes MMWP, Symbia.net and syngo.via workstations. Only applicable to hardware directly related to the operation of the Biograph mCT and/or Biograph mCT Flow system. Siemens Healthineers Headquarters Published by Siemens Healthcare GmbH Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. Henkestr. 127 Molecular Imaging 91052 Erlangen, Germany 2501 North Barrington Road Phone: +49 9131 84-0 Hoffman Estates, IL 60192 siemens-healthineers.com USA Phone: +1 847-304-7700 siemens.com/mi MI-4065.KBK.JV PDF ONLY · ©Siemens Healthcare GmbH, 08.2018

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