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Multi-slice Optical CT Scanner for Education
Key Components
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Lab Exercises
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| The DeskCAT™ software makes it easy for students to learn about the principles of medical imaging in a classroom or laboratory environment by enabling students to acquire, reconstruct and view CT images without the use of potentially harmful x-rays. | DeskCAT™ experimental modules are compatible with requirements set forth by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs. Each unit comes with 3 Beginner Lab Exercises with the option to purchase an additional 3 Intermediate and/or 3 Advanced level lab exercises. | |||||
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18 Hours of Lab Content
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Phantoms
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| Developed by Modus Medical Devices Inc. in collaboration with imaging and educational experts, DeskCAT™ lab materials provide 18 hours of comprehensive, hands-on training with clear indication that students meet educational goals. | Students explore the geometry of medical imaging by reconstructing phantoms in order to gain an understanding of fundamental concepts in Computed Tomography (CT). DeskCAT™ lab exercises come pre-packaged with a variety of phantoms and you can create your own unique custom phantoms and lab exercises. | |||||
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Interactive Learning
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Multi-Slice Optical CT Scanner
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| Developed specifically to enhance student learning, DeskCAT™ interactive learning activities are designed to empower students to become proficient in manipulating and analyzing medical images. | Operating without the use of potentially harmful x-rays, the portable DeskCAT™ scanner is the ideal classroom or laboratory apparatus to safely acquire, reconstruct and view 3D CT images. | |||||
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Transforming today's Students into tomorrow's Clinical Practitioners
The DeskCAT™ Multi-slice Optical CT Scanner for Education is ideal for safely demonstrating the following principles in a classroom or laboratory.
| Acquisition: | Projection images (analogous to digital radiography) of a translucent object, detector characteristics, multiple projection angles for CT reconstruction, fan and cone beam geometry. |
| Image Review: | Pre-treatment of projection images for CT reconstruction, filtering, sinograms. |
| Reconstruction: | Feldkamp back projection, variable resolution and voxel dimensions, image data management. |
| 3D Image: | Interact with the reconstructed image, demonstrate artifacts, adjust contrast (level, window). |
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User-friendly Software
The DeskCAT™ scanner and software make it easy for students to learn about the principles of medical imaging in a classroom or laboratory environment by enabling students to acquire, review and reconstruct CT images without the use of potentially harmful x-rays.
Interactive Learning
The above screenshot shows the software layout, which includes 4 windows that display different views of the data. Each window can be enlarged to analyze specific results as necessary.
| A) | The Camera View window displays the live projection images of the phantom inside the aquarium. | |
| B) | The Centre Slice Sinogram window displays the centre sinogram of your scan and updates for each projection angle during a scan. | |
| C) | The Slice Reconstruction window displays the reconstructed central slice and updates in ‘live mode’ for each projection angle during a reconstruction. | |
| D) | The 3D Reconstruction View window allows you to observe, analyze and manipulate the images in 3D. |
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Voxel Size (mm) |
Reconstructed Image Size (MB) |
Acquisition & Reconstruction Time (min.) |
| Low: | 2 | 0.25 | <1 |
| Medium: | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| High: | 0.5 | 16 | 2 |
| Very High: | 0.25 | 128 | 5 |
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