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At Philips we believe in working together
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to healthcare. In imaging, that means
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solutions for diagnosis and treatment
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Philips Incisive CT helps you meet some of your organization’s most pressing challenges. Incisive CT
offers intellect at every step, from acquisition through results, and across all fronts: financial, clinical
and operational. Like never before, operator and design efficiencies come together for wise decisions
from start to finish.
Elevates your business Delivers intelligence that Brings predictability to an
adapts to you unpredictable world
Reduce operational costs to
meet financial objectives: Speed workflow and expand Reduce downtime and improve
• Tube for Life guarantee* clinical breadth: efficiency and care:
• Technology Maximizer • OnPlan patient-side • Proactive monitoring
• Expansive in-room gantry controls • Remote services
upgradeability • IntelliSpace Portal • DoseWise Portal
• iDose4 and O- MAR • PerformanceBridge
• 70 kV scanning

*Life of the product is defined by Philips as 10 years. Tube for Life guarantee availability varies by country. Please contact your local Philips sales 3
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*Life of the product is defined by Philips as 10 years. Tube for Life guarantee availability varies by country.
Please contact your local Philips sales representative for details.
**Actual operating costs for customers vary significantly because many variables exist (such as CT make and model, hospital/imaging
center size, case mix, system usage). The potential savings identified estimates the avoidance of purchasing replacement tubes over
a 10-year useful life of a CT system, based on an average selling price of $140,000 per replacement tube and estimated tube life of 3
years. There can be no guarantee that all customers will achieve this result.
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Simplified review of even complex cases

IntelliSpace Portal extends the capabilities of Incisive CT to offer post-processing that
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iDose4 and O-MAR work together to enhance image quality, while the 70 kV scan mode
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Enable inter-operator consistency and reduce time to results by
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19% with adaptive intelligence at every step of the exam*

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by 45% in the Ambient Experience rooms compared to

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 Incisive approaches to clinical challenges
Accommodating a wide range of patient types and a wide
range of exams, intellect at every step offers the answers
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Incisive thinking in coronary artery disease (CAD)
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• iDose4 Premium Package includes two leading technologies

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Incisive CT brings reassuring predictability to you. Day

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Philips proactive monitoring provides 24/7 monitoring of your system, predicting issues
and solving them before they can impact your day-to-day operations. Philips advanced
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remote services technology allows us to resolve 31% of issues without the need for on-
site service, improving system uptime.*
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monitoring that continuously monitors both internal and external

data points to analyze the overall health and performance of
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Reduce the burden to your organization of purchasing a new CT

system with installation done in just a weekend.

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monitoring solution that collects, technology migration to ensure

measures, analyzes, and reports you are using the most up-to-date
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continuous
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PerformanceBridge is an integrated
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personal expert support.

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Seamless imaging
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Meaningful innovation today lies in enabling seamless processes that deliver repeatable
and reproducible outcomes with the power to touch more lives, at a faster rate, more
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cost-effectively. By focusing on what matters most to the imaging community – your

clinical, operational, and financial challenges – we can streamline the path to a confident
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About Philips imaging

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Philips is a global provider of integrated imaging solutions for diagnosis and treatment.
Our portfolio of imaging products – in MR, CT, molecular imaging, X-ray, fluoroscopy,
IGT and ultrasound – is connected through the enterprise-wide IntelliSpace informatics
platform for PACS, RIS, cardiology and advanced visualization. Focused on seamlessly
connecting data, technology and people, Philips is pioneering design-driven solutions
for patient comfort, smart systems to improve image acquisition, adaptive intelligence
to boost diagnostic confidence, analytics and tools for operational improvement, and
enterprise partnership models to address the challenges of value-based care.

For more information, visit www.philips.com/incisive-CT.

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