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Siemens SOMATOM Emotion 16

Family: SOMATOM Emotion · Modality: CT

16-slice CT in the Siemens Emotion family. Shipped for roughly a decade (~2005–2015), Emotion 16 became one of the most broadly deployed international 16-slice CT platforms — Siemens marketed it as the most-shipped CT scanner in the world in its era, driven primarily by emerging-market and small-hospital installations where the footprint, power, and capital profile of Sensation / Definition was out of scope. Very large global secondary-market population today.

Platform highlights

  • 16-slice UFC multi-slice detector — 736 detectors per row (1472 channels), 24 elements along z-axis → effective 16 × 0.6 mm or 8 × 1.2 mm acquisition, 19.2 mm total detector array length at isocenter.
  • 70 cm gantry aperture · 50 cm scan field.
  • 440 lb patient table weight capacity.
  • 0.6 sec minimum rotation — routine clinical rotation speed (not cardiac-tier).
  • Dura 422 MV X-ray tube — 5 MHU anode heat capacity, 810 kHU/min cooling. Siemens' economy-tier tube generation (contrast STRATON on Sensation / Definition).
  • Compact footprint — entire install fits in as little as 18 m² total including scan room (scan room itself can be 15 m²). Materially smaller than Sensation / Definition siting requirements.
  • syngo CT host — shared host-software lineage with rest of Siemens CT portfolio.
  • CARE Dose — automatic tube-current modulation.

Specs

  • 16 slices (16 × 0.6 mm or 8 × 1.2 mm) · UFC detector · 24 z-rows
  • 736 detectors per row · 1472 channels per row
  • 70 cm gantry aperture · 50 cm scan field
  • 0.6 sec minimum rotation
  • Dura 422 MV tube · 5 MHU · 810 kHU/min cooling
  • 440 lb patient table
  • 15–18 m² total room footprint
  • syngo CT host

Clinical positioning

  • Community and small hospital CT worldwide — the Emotion 16 is Siemens' high-volume 16-slice platform at the entry capital tier.
  • Emerging markets — siting and operating economics drove widespread deployment.
  • Outpatient imaging centers where 16-slice coverage is sufficient and cardiac is not required.
  • Backup / secondary-room CT in hospital installations.
  • Produces 0.75 or 1.5 mm slices per rotation; complete chest-abdomen-pelvis in under 20 sec.

Market position

  • Extremely large global installed base. Emotion 16 is among the most-traded Siemens CT platforms in the secondary market — comparable volume to Sensation 16.
  • Mature service ecosystem — Dura tube and UFC detector aftermarket both established; syngo host well-understood by multi-vendor service organizations.
  • Successor pathway — SOMATOM go.Top is the current Siemens mid-tier in new orders; refurb Emotion 16 → refurb Sensation 16 / Definition AS is the common refurb-market upgrade pathway.

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