Leave a comment

Primary Children’s is First to Receive New Low-Dose CT Scanner

ctscanner1Primary Children’s Imaging Department is excited to be the first, free-standing children’s hospital in the country equipped with the new GE Revolution CT Scanner. This brand new scanner reduces radiation exposure by as much as 82% through innovative Smart Dose Technologies. This contributes to more accurate diagnosis and lowers exposure for patients across standard and advanced exams.

The Revolution CT can scan the entire abdomen and pelvis in less than one second – reducing the need for sedation, and minimizing breath hold time for patients. It can also capture high resolution cardiac imaging at any heart rate.

“Having great partners, like GE, creating technology like this ensures our patient’s safety, health and comfort,” said Brian Davis, Imaging Manager. “Our entire team is committed to making imaging procedures less stressful for families, and limiting the exposure of patients to radiation. Having the latest technology available, helps us accomplish that.”

GE worked to design a scanner with more thought towards what the patients sees, hears, and feels. Additionally, Primary Children’s developed a fun, pirate island theme that will help kids feel less intimidated by the scanner. The powerfully quiet, split second scanning of the Revolution CT will be a welcome addition to Primary Children’s imaging team.

About Primary Children's Hospital

Primary Children’s Hospital ranks among the best children's hospitals. Located in scenic Utah, everything in our hospital is focused on providing the best care for children. For more than 90 years, we have been committed to helping children, families, and communities across the western United States.

Make a Comment

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Google+ account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 93 other followers

Build a website with WordPress.com
%d bloggers like this: