Philips Medical Systems is launching a number of new cardiovascular x-ray and CT technologies at this week's Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference (TCT 2004) in Washington, DC.
One new interventional tool is Allura 3D-Coronary Angiography (3D-CA), which provides three-dimensional images of the coronary arteries, Philips said. The company is also highlighting Allura Xper FD20, a flat-panel digital angiography system first shown as a work-in-progress at last year's RSNA show.
Philips is also debuting Brilliance CT Private Practice CV Configuration, a 16-slice model designed for the private-practice cardiology market. Brilliance CT Private Practice CV is restricted to analysis of cardiac and peripheral vasculature, according to the Andover, MA-based vendor.
The scanner will allow cardiologists to shift heart and vasculature assessment caseload previously done in a fluoro lab to a CT scanner, Philips' director of cardiology CT Phil Prather told AuntMinnie.com. As such, it would not impede the CT referral patterns that radiologists receive from cardiology practices, he said. The system will have a price tag of $700,000.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
September 28, 2004
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