NEWS - Toshiba to install beta 256-slice CT at s Hopkins

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Toshiba to install beta 256-slice CT at s Hopkins

11/28/2006

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 s Hopkins

University School of Medicine and Heart Institute in Baltimore in February

2007.

The work-in-progress system will be at s 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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