Discussion: share some thoughts on manufacturers in your modality

I'll start for CT:

Toshiba/Canon: love doing recons on these machines but tube heat is always an issue with strokes or trauma work-ups. The UI is generally user-friendly but some scan details can be difficult to fine-tune. We experience a lot of downtime with Canon as well. Our rads usually complain about the helical head scanning and the overall image quality. The wide detector on the Prime is a cool idea but it's prone to artifact and we rarely use the full coverage.

GE: in my experience the most difficult scanner to learn. The UI is pretty complicated and a lot of people struggle to use it after learning on other scanners. Recons are a bit of a pain as well if your facility doesn't have protocols set up to a tee. Exam split makes me want to blow my brains out, doing pan-scans on these is a nightmare. The plus side is that you can easily change any detail of your scan and the image quality is fantastic. The images from our Lightspeed from around 2008 look markedly better than our newest Canons. Biopsies are also a breeze on GE.

Siemens: most user-friendly of the bunch (having not used Phillips). Being able to combine protocols, copy and paste scans and do your recons immediately after scanning is heavenly. Sending multiple studies to different accession numbers is easy and can be done after the fact without blowing up a study with 1500 images that were supposed to go to the Chest of a Chest/Abdomen/Pelvis. The UI isn't pretty to look at but it gets the job done. Love being able to move the patient out of the scanner while finishing up their recons.

What do you guys think?

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