Southwest Diagnostic Imaging Center in Dallas, Texas is pleased to announce that we have acquired a three (3) Revolution* CT systems from GE Healthcare as part of our continuing effort to provide advanced technologies for our patients. Patient anxiety may be reduced with 50% quieter scanning, soft ambient lighting, personalized gantry displays, and a relaxing visual pattern inside the bore. The bore is 80 cm wide, comfortably accommodating large patients. Our Revolution CT scanners also come equipped with ASiR-V*, GE’s next generation of low dose iterative reconstruction technology that routinely reduces dose up to 82% with the same image quality. 1
Revolution CT scanners deliver high definition imaging across the entire body, helping your physicians make a confident diagnosis across all applications including:
- Cardiac exams in a single heartbeat, with or without beta blockers
- Whole brain imaging in less than a second
- Low dose, whole organ diagnosis and follow-up for oncology patients
- Detailed bone imaging, even for patients with metal implants
- Sedation-free and low dose scans for pediatric patients
We will begin scanning patients on our first Revolution CT scanner September 29, 2014. Our second CT scanner will be installed in November 2014 while the third scanner is currently scheduled for December 2014.
1 In clinical practice, the use of ASiR-V may reduce CT patient dose depending on the clinical task, patient size, anatomical location and clinical practice. A consultation with a radiologist and a physicist should be made to determine the appropriate dose to obtain diagnostic image quality for the particular clinical task.
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