Your Guide to Medical Imaging Equipment

If you own or are considering the purchase of an air-cooled CT scanner from Philips' Brilliance product line, you should know that the vast majority of these systems come equipped with an MRC 600 or an MRC 800 X-ray tube. In terms of the lifespan you can expect to see from these tubes, this is great news for you and the technicians who run/will run your Philips Brilliance on a day-to-day basis.

Below, we'll share with you the typical life expectancy and replacement cost of both the MRC 600 and MRC 800 CT tubes.

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If you intend to buy or sell a used Siemens Sensation 64 (or any other CT scanner for that matter) one of the most important things you will need to know is which software options are enabled on the system. This information will tell you, or your future buyer, which specialties and procedures the scanner is equipped to perform as well as help you set reasonable expectations for pricing.

Luckily, in the case of the Sensation 64, this information can be found and recorded in four simple steps. Read below to learn how it's done.

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For the last 15 + years Siemens' Sensation series was their flagship CT scanner product. It came in 4, 10, 16, and 64-slice iterations and kept the company in step technologically with their peers. Now, however, Siemens has done away with the Sensation series and replaced it with the Definition series.  

While it's wonderful to see a reliable manufacturer continue to push their tech and their performance forward, the rise of a newer product line frequently means a whole new set of naming conventions and feature configurations for those of us who sell, serve, purchase, and use it to learn. Because there are more details packed into the name of each Definition series scanner than there ever was with the Sensation series, we're going to take the next few paragraphs to clarify what makes each Definition scanner different from the other members of its family.

If your facility is using or considering a Siemens or Philips water-cooled CT scanner, you should note that these systems are equipped with one of two kinds of  Akron X-ray tubes; the Akron B or the Akron Q.

Scanners using the Akron B:

• Siemens Volume Access
• Siemens Volume Zoom
• Siemens Sensation 4
• Philips MX8000 Dual
• Philips MX8000 4

Scanners using the Akron Q:

• Siemens Sensation 10
• Siemens Sensation 16
• Philips MX8000 IDT 10
• Philps MX8000 IDT 16

As with any X-ray tube, the Akron will need to be replaced periodically. In light of this fact, the question becomes, "How long can I expect an Akron CT tube to last?" Below we'll tell you what kind of lifespan you can expect from your Akron tube as well as how much you can expect to pay to replace it.

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