Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, announced that it will install the first beta 256-slice CT scanner in the U.S. at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Heart Institute in Baltimore in February 2007.
The work-in-progress system will be at Johns Hopkins for a limited time to further clinical research and product development, and for testing in assessing critical radiology and cardiac CT protocols, Toshiba said.
The scanner is designed to acquire a large volume of data that can cover the brain or heart in a single rotation. Dynamic multiple-phase studies such as perfusion of the brain, heart, or other organs are also possible. The system's volume acquisition provides more accurate images and lowers dose, according to Toshiba.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
November 28, 2006
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