Hopkins Tests Powerful CT Scanner
Johns Hopkins is testing a state of the art advanced 256-slice CT scanner which it is using for a three month period to assess safety and value for cardiac and brain scanning. Current CT scanners are 64-slice.
The advantage of the scanner, the Aquilion beta 256 manufactured by Toshiba, is improved “coverage” or detail provided from the area being scanned. The increased number of detectors provide four times the coverage of 64-slice scanners and can detect structural changes as small as 1.5 millimeters. The system’s capability also allows capture of this information in a shorter time period of scanning.
Toshiba expects general use approval within a year. The unit price is more than $1 million.
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March 30, 2007 Related topics: New Technology & Innovation, Imaging, Diagnostic, Evaluation & assessment