Sensitivity

The highest sensitivity to your greatest needs²

Discovery IQ Gen 2 reinforces what the highest sensitivity can do for your image quality. Built with a combination of the highest NEMA sensitivity2, the highest clinical NECR2 and outstanding field-of-view coverage, this PET/CT system has exceptional small lesion detectability. Amongst these industry-leading capabilities, Discovery IQ Gen 2 also features Smart MAR, which helps reduce metal artifacts, providing significant reduction of streaks and shadows to save time from correcting images. It is imaging in the highest sense, using the lowest amount of dose possible and faster acquisition times to acquire high-clarity images like no other PET/CT system.

Motion Correction

Clear the way for clear images

Respiratory motion negatively affects about half of all PET/CT procedures. Current gating solutions are cumbersome and take too long to set up, which puts you in the difficult position of having to pick and choose which situations to use it in. As a result, only a small percentage of overall procedures affected by motion receive the benefits of motion correction. However, now with MotionFree, Discovery IQ Gen 2 assures that every patient gets the benefit of reduced motion during their exams for exceptionally clear images.

MotionFree

MotionFree is the first-ever digital respiratory motion management solution that completely eliminates the need for a gating device. It continually monitors respiratory motion in every PET/CT procedure, automatically modifies the scan and then integrates what it learns into the final image in real time. MotionFree is the new standard for PET imaging and an essential tool for better outcomes.

Q.Clear

Since its introduction, Q.Clear has delivered fast and efficient quantitation readings for confident diagnosis and precise treatment response assessment by providing up to two times improvement in both PET quantitation accuracy (SUVmean) and image quality (SNR). Now, improvements in the Q.Clear algorithm are further enhancing the resolution of brain images in vertical/coronal planes.

Technology

Detection at the speed of light

Discovery IQ Gen 2 comes with the LightBurst PET Detector that reduces scan times and dose amounts in half6. Combined with the next-generation improvements in sensitivity, motion correction and quantitation, you can expect increases in the image clarity, the speed that you acquire images and the confidence you have in seeing smaller lesions. We paired this innovative detector technology with the Optima™ CT540, which has the equivalent speed of a 50-slice CT with IQE 1.75 pitch booster7 to meet your imaging needs. The LightBurst PET Detector is compatible with advanced digital solutions designed to connect machines, people and data through a portfolio of healthcare analytics applications.


Accessibility

Better outcomes for all

Healthcare providers, especially in emerging and growing markets, need a cost-effective system that has the flexibility to evolve with the demands of its users and accommodate for future growth. Discovery IQ Gen 2 is made for this. It is an accessible, mobile-ready platform designed with a fully-scalable detector ready to meet the clinical needs of places in areas with limited access and tighter financial requirements.

Experience

A system designed around you and your patients

The Discovery IQ Gen 2 improvements don’t stop with high-performance software upgrades. Now with a smaller footprint, Discovery IQ Gen 2 also offers hardware enhancements that reduce radiation exposure to technologists and improves the user interface for exam reporting. Combined with the latest software upgrades, this allows for a better technologist and patient experience while enabling a powerful boost in PET/CT productivity and performance.

Summary

The next generation is here

Discovery IQ Gen 2 is the next generation of our high-performance PET/CT system thoughtfully engineered with faster scan times, lower dose techniques and the ability to scan patients of all sizes. By combining best-in-class sensitivity with MotionFree image clarity and trusted Q.Clear quantitation, Discovery IQ Gen 2 is the smartest choice for ensuring better outcomes through true discovery.

*Discovery IQ Gen 2 is not CE marked and cannot be placed on the market or put into service until it has been made to comply with CE marking.

1Based on PET/CT sales and installation industry data from 2014-2018.

2Highest NEMA sensitivity, in the industry, comparing Discovery IQ Gen 2 5-Ring to other PET/CT scanners reported in ITN online comparison charts (June 2019).

3As demonstrated in phantom testing using a typical and fast respiratory model and OSEM reconstruction. Quantitative accuracy improvements are based on SUVmean.

4Compared to non-processed (STATIC, no motion-correction) data. As demonstrated in phantom testing using a typical and fast respiratory model and OSEM reconstruction.

5Based on clinical practice at University Hospital Zurich, using 5-ring PET/CT with MotionFree and RPM. These results are for illustrative purposes only and represent specific customer experiences; actual results could vary depending on clinical practice and circumstances.

6Comparing Discovery IQ Gen 2 5-Ring to Discovery IQ Gen 2 3-Ring

7Image quality as defined by an Artifact Index in Phantom testing

8Based on results found at one Medical Evaluation site installation, Tata Memorial Hospital – India. Results may vary.

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