Toshiba America Medical SystemsLaunches Industry’s First Interactive 3D Site Planning Tool: Envision 360

Dramatically Reduces Room Design and Planning Time and Helps Ensure Space Efficiency

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba is making it easier to plan for system installation with Envision 360, the industry’s first interactive and real-time-customizable 3D planning tool. Envision 360 maximizes efficiency in the planning process and allows for real-time customization, reducing the time it takes to design a room from weeks to as little as a few days.

“We strive to make partnering with Toshiba easy, and tools like Envision 360 help customers more efficiently achieve their goals.”

Envision 360 delivers photorealistic and interactive 3D renderings of both equipment and room layouts, instead of the current standard of static drawings. Users can virtually fly through the space and view the room from any angle, seeing exactly how the system moves and functions in the room to allow for maximum efficiency of space and less time spent in the planning process. This means that customers planning hybrid or multi-modality offerings can ensure that interventional and OR equipment work together with enough room for clinicians to conduct procedures. The tool can reduce design costs and help hospitals budget more accurately for system installation.

“We know that our customers have many concerns that demand their attention, so we created this tool to reduce the time usually taken to plan these rooms,” said Roy Sakai, senior director, Billings Services, Toshiba. “We strive to make partnering with Toshiba easy, and tools like Envision 360 help customers more efficiently achieve their goals.”

Toshiba will showcase its Envision 360 software at this year’s Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago, November 29 - December 4, 2015 (Booth #7336, North Hall).

About Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.

With headquarters in Tustin, Calif., Toshiba America Medical Systems (TAMS) markets, sells, distributes and services radiology and cardiovascular systems, including CT, MR, ultrasound, X-ray and cardiovascular equipment, and coordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in the United States. For more information, visit the TAMS website at www.medical.toshiba.com.

About Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation is a leading worldwide provider of medical diagnostic imaging systems and comprehensive medical solutions, such as CT, X-ray and vascular, ultrasound, nuclear medicine and MRI systems, as well as information systems for medical institutions. Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation has been providing medical products for over 80 years. Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba. Visit Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation’s website at www.toshibamedicalsystems.com.

About Toshiba

Toshiba Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 company, channels world-class capabilities in advanced electronic and electrical product and systems into five strategic business domains: Energy & Infrastructure, Community Solutions, Healthcare Systems & Services, Electronic Devices & Components, and Lifestyles Products & Services. Guided by the principles of The Basic Commitment of the Toshiba Group, “Committed to People, Committed to the Future”, Toshiba promotes global operations and is contributing to the realization of a world where generations to come can live better lives.

Founded in Tokyo in 1875, today’s Toshiba is at the heart of a global network of over 580 consolidated companies employing 199,000 people worldwide, with annual sales surpassing 6.6 trillion yen (US$55 billion). To find out more about Toshiba, visit www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm.