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Philips Brilliance 64
The Philips Brilliance 64 is a whole-body 64-slice CT scanner with a continuously rotating tube and detector gantry, widely installed in hospitals for general, cardiac and emergency imaging. It is now an older platform that is often found on the refurbished market. Its long service life means collimator wear, couch mechanics and software level are frequent themes in its field history.
The model
Maker, model and type.
- Maker
- Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland), Inc.
- Model
- Brilliance 64 (model 728231)
- Device type
- CT Scanner
- Main document
- Open the public document
Key specifications
What the public record says.
| Item | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Model number | 728231 | Source |
| Slices | 64 | Source |
| Coverage | About 40 mm per pass, in about 0.4 s | Source |
| X-ray tube family | Philips MRC tube | Source |
| FDA clearance cited for the model | 510(k) K033326, product code JAK, regulation 21 CFR 892.1750, decision date 29 October 2003 | Source |
| Regulatory class (US) | Class II | Source |
Recalls
Known FDA recalls.
- Z-2191-20192019-06-24
Cardiac step-and-shoot images could be labelled as phase tolerance applied when it was not.
FDA record - Z-0543-20192018-10-18
Fibreglass resin separation may let the gantry front cover and support fail or fall.
FDA record - Z-1143-20192018-07-03
Tube collimator compensator past expected life may fail, causing ring or smudge artefacts.
FDA record - Z-1413-20182018-02-08
Resetting the emergency stop may disable the horizontal motor so the couch top can move.
FDA record - Z-2116-20162016-04-01
Intermittent swirl-like ring artefacts on software version 3.5.4.
FDA record - Z-1669-20112010-12-10
Patient support vertical brake hub could disengage and allow vertical collapse.
FDA record
Safety
Safety warnings from the record.
- Until the software fix is fitted, resetting the emergency stop can leave the horizontal couch drive disabled so the couch top can move while a patient gets on or off. Source
- A failed gantry front cover could fall, so unusual gantry noise is a reason to stop scanning. Source
- With some software the DoseRight feature could suggest higher mAs than clinicians expect for large children, so paediatric protocols need checking. Source
- A head holder on some configurations could contact the back wall of an ISO shelter while the couch moves through the bore. Source
Sources
Where this note comes from.
- FDA 510(k) database entry K033326
- FDA 510(k) summary K033326 (Philips Plus CT scanner)
- Block Imaging, Philips Brilliance 64 system review
- openFDA recall search, Brilliance 64
- openFDA MAUDE problem counts, Brilliance 64
Not covered: Philips no longer hosts a Brilliance 64 product page or datasheet, so detector, generator and bore figures could not be confirmed from a manufacturer source; the slice and coverage figures come from a refurbisher review and should be checked. No public service manual or error code list was found. The 510(k) cited for the model in FDA records (K033326) describes the original Philips Plus platform.
BMEssentia knowledge drafted from public information, reviewed by Hasan Khaled Ismail on 2026-10-24. Always follow the manufacturer's instructions for use and service manual.
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