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Canon Aquilion Serve

Family: Canon Medical Aquilion Serve · Modality: CT

Workflow-automation-focused CT introduced on the current Aquilion chassis generation. INSTINX automation layer — 3D camera-based patient positioning, voice-guided operator prompts, and automated scan-setup — is the platform's defining element. Positioned for high-throughput outpatient and hospital environments where technologist time per exam is the bottleneck.

Platform characteristics

  • INSTINX workflow — ceiling-mounted 3D camera detects anatomy, auto-positions the patient, and drives protocol selection; voice prompts guide technologist and patient through the exam.
  • 80-slice detector, 78 cm bore — accommodates the positioning flexibility the automation layer requires.
  • AiCE deep-learning reconstruction standard; PIQE (Precise Image Quality Engine) super-resolution reconstruction available on current trims.
  • Sub-second rotation (0.35 sec) — substantially faster than the Lightning's 0.75 sec base rotation.
  • Cardiac-capable — gated protocols supported; not positioned as a premium wide-coverage cardiac CT.

Specs

  • 80 slices · 78 cm gantry aperture
  • 0.35 sec minimum rotation
  • Canon tube (current-generation Aquilion chassis)
  • AiCE DL reconstruction standard
  • PIQE super-resolution reconstruction (trim-dependent)
  • INSTINX 3D-camera workflow automation

Clinical positioning

  • High-volume outpatient CT — the automation case is strongest where throughput × technologist-consistency drives cost.
  • Hospital CT replacing aging mid-tier scanners where workflow automation is a purchase driver alongside image quality.
  • Not positioned against Aquilion ONE on coverage or against Force on dual-source; the Serve's value proposition is operator workflow.

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