Phillips Medical Systems' new CT scanner, Brilliance CT, is able to take a large number of X-rays and combines them using computer technology. The results; 3D images of unprecedented clarity that exposes patients to 80% less radiation than conventional X-rays. It is also capable of taking a complete body scan in under a minute.
The 3D images can be rotated and viewed from various angles and thus give doctors complete visual access to abnormalities or disease. Images can also be accessed on any internal hospital computer and by colleagues or researchers remotely to allow for consultation.
The cost of the machine is unknown and currently, only the Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio has been using it.
"This scanner allows radiologists to produce high quality images and is also designed to reduce patients' exposure to X-rays," Steve Rusckowski, chief executive of Philips Medical Systems, said. "It is so powerful it can capture an image of the entire heart in just two beats."
[Source: BBC News]
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