West Kendall Baptist Hospital first in the world to scan patients with GE’s new Revolution CT System
- The scanner is 50 percent quieter than previous generation CT scanners.
- Revolution CT provides soft ambient lighting and personalized gantry displays.
- It can comfortably accommodate more patients with a larger 80 cm bore size.
- Due to the fast imaging speed, patients may not be required to take special medication to slow their heart rate for a diagnostic cardiac exam.
- Revolution CT may help reduce the amount of contrast media required.
- Cardiac exams in a single heart beat
- Whole-brain imaging in half 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.
Published September 9, 2014
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