140KV 50kW Positron Emission Computed Tomography CT Rack

BPT-48 PET/CT is equipped with a custom made CT Slip Ring manufactured by MOOG USA for the transmission of power, control signals and data. MOOG is a global company that specializes in designing and manufacturing precision slip rings. MOOG is the world’s leader in slip ring manufacturing and offers more than 10,000 slip ring designs that are used in medical equipment ranging from large CT Scanners to smaller camera systems as well as rugged space and aircraft vehicles.

BPT-48 PET/CT uses a highly precision CT gantry rotary bearing that is manufactured by Franke GmbH located in Germany. Franke bearing designs are able to meet the rigorous requirements of military and aerospace applications.

• Zero Tolerance: The design and integration of the rotate bearing, rotor casting and the rotor motor control subsystem are designed to have very tight tolerances and very smooth and repeatable operation that allows the system to produce superb image quality.

• Zero Jitter: The rotate bearing implements a preload design that effectively eliminates any axial and radial run outs which effectively eliminates any jitter or vibrations.

The CT system has multiple temperature sensors that are monitored in real time to ensure that the gantry and detector cooling is working within the specified ranges and to eliminate any possible image artifacts that would be caused by having an unstable operating temperature or temperature drift.

The CT System controls were designed and packaged to be in a single location on the gantry. This optimizes the cooling that is required for the components and provides a platform for meeting all of the shielding requirements for EMC. In addition the system controls packaging design allows for minimum space being needed for maintenance.

BPT-48 PET/CT has the fastest CT scanning speed among all the 16-slice CT systems with a scan speed of 0.5 s/360°. This not only gives you quicker patient throughput but also reduces any motion artifacts that would be due to any respiratory motion.