systemCanon MedicalCTfamily: aquilion-one

Canon Aquilion ONE / PRISM Edition

Family: Canon Aquilion ONE · Modality: CT

Canon Medical's premium wide-detector spectral-CT configuration — extends the Aquilion ONE / Genesis platform with photon-counting-style spectral imaging capabilities at the 16 cm z-axis wide-detector geometry. Direct competitor to Siemens NAEOTOM Alpha photon-counting platform and to dual-source / dual-energy CT in the spectral-imaging tier.

Distinctive technology

  • Spectral imaging at wide-detector geometry — combines 16 cm z-axis coverage with energy-discrimination capabilities not available on conventional Aquilion ONE / Genesis configurations.
  • AiCE deep-learning reconstruction — Canon's premium DL-recon stack.
  • Multi-Beat Reconstruction — cardiac CT at high or arrhythmic heart rates.
  • PIQE premium image-processing platform.
  • Whole-organ single-rotation imaging — inherits the family-defining 16 cm coverage.

Clinical use

  • Cardiac CTA — single-rotation whole-heart at high heart rates.
  • Whole-brain perfusion — single-rotation stroke workup.
  • Spectral imaging — material decomposition, virtual-monoenergetic, iodine quantification — without the dual-source two-tube architecture.
  • Pediatric / dose-sensitive populations — short scan times paired with deep-learning recon.

Variants in family

  • Aquilion ONE (original)
  • Aquilion ONE / Genesis (refresh generation)
  • Aquilion ONE / PRISM Edition (this card) — premium spectral configuration.

Refurb posture

  • Newest line — refurb supply minimal as installed base is youngest.
  • PRISM-specific licensing is the price-determining variable on premium deals.
  • Service-contract continuity dominates operating economics.

Related