Siemens 2006 Annual Report Download - page 4

Innovations of the year
Healthcare I SOMATOM Definition
Mobility I Ruhrpilot
Power I Gas turbine
Healthcare I Telemedicine
Security I Dubai police headquarters
Industry ISIPROCESS
Mobility I Siemens Airport Center
Faster than a heartbeat
Less traffic congestion in Europe’s largest conurbation
New gas turbine poised to set a world record for efficiency
IT platform facilitates early detection
New command and control center expedites emergency response
Automated micro process technology enhances chemical syntheses
The only thing missing is the planes
Siemens has developed a new computed tomography
(CT) scanner that produces images at unprecedented
speed while cutting cardiac patients’ radiation exposure
by up to 50 percent. This innovative dual-source CT sys-
tem uses two X-ray tubes and two detectors at the same
time, allowing physicians to better differentiate blood
vessels, bone and soft tissue.
A consortium headed by Siemens has developed an
integrated traffic management system for Germany’s
Ruhr region, launching the Ruhrpilot system in time for
the 2006 Soccer World Cup. By providing up-to-the-
minute traffic data and forecasts, this innovative system
promises to substantially reduce the number of traffic
jams and accidents in Europe’s largest urban area while
significantly cutting carbon dioxide emissions.
The efficiency of Siemens’ combined cycle turbine
power plants will soon exceed 60 percent, thanks to
improved blade materials and coatings and optimized
blade and compressor designs. With a capacity of
340 megawatts, our latest gas turbine will be the largest
and most efficient in the world.
Scotland’s National Health Service (NHS) is using
Siemens’ Soarian IT platform to carry out a large-scale
telemedicine initiative in which nearly 300,000 diabet-
ics are being screened for diabetic retinopathy (DR) at
73 locations. DR is a common complication of diabetes
which – if detected too late – can result in blindness. The
Soarian platform enables the screening results to be trans-
mitted to experts at five regional centers for evaluation.
Siemens has equipped the new world-class police head-
quarters in the Emirate of Dubai with communications
technology, IT infrastructure, software and security sys-
tems. In the event of an accident or emergency, control
room staff can access images from security cameras and
satellites within seconds, enabling them to initiate police,
fire and medical dispatching faster than ever before.
SIPROCESS, Siemens’ modular micro process system,
is accelerating product development and increasing
production efficiency in the chemical and pharmaceu-
tical industries. Although the system’s microstructured
components are only the width of a hair, several tons of
substances can be chemically synthesized annually using
this innovative technology.
It’s always been difficult to design and evaluate sys-
tems solutions for airports, with no means available
to simulate real-life factors such as passengers moving
through passport controls, crowding around baggage
carousels or walking onto the aircraft maneuvering area
and disrupting traffic. The newly opened Siemens Airport
Center is the world’s first planning, simulation and test
center for airport logistics and infrastructure projects.
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