The clinical features two TAC allowing to obtain images in 4 d for all bodies.

– provide diagnoses more accurate, secure, efficient and faster

– are especially suitable for the study of diseases in pediatric cancer patients

-the community of Madrid has 57 CT40 of them have been acquired in the past seven years

Spain, 2011-August the Minister of health, Javier Fernández-Lasquetty, visited last Tuesday service of Radiology of the Hospital Clínico San Carlos to learn the operation of two new teams of Computerizada tomography (CT)It has incorporated the hospital and they are equipped with the latest technologies that include software which allows advanced imaging of perfusion in 4 d for all bodies.

This software, so far only used in the study of brain diseases, provides important advantages such as an easy assessment through maps color functional of the haemodynamic parameters brain and cancer and keep track of pharmacological therapies in hipervasculares tumors.

It’s environmentally friendly technology environmentally friendly as that it consumes up to 60% less energy than previous generation equipment and its components are recyclable. They also provide health professionals more information to make diagnoses quicker and more secure both in the study of Pediatric of adult patients, thus facilitating a more personalized care.

These new TC provide greater comfort to patients because they are fed into the scanner more easily and to be broader allow even to avoid the use of sedatives in people suffering from claustrophobia. By their technical characteristics, are particularly indicated for pediatric cancer patients and have a series of videos of entertainment that help, especially with pediatric patients, they are more relaxed and they can be properly exploration.

Lasquetty said during a visit to the hospital to regional government advocates the incorporation of the latest technology to provide professionals with better provisions enabling them to develop an assistance of higher quality.

more quality and safety for the patient

with these equipment of last generation, one of them located in the central service for Radiology and the other in emergencies, the Clínico San Carlos gives a major qualitative leap, as it’s equipment model Optima CT 660 ” + that have 64 rows of detectors that can get in a twist up to 128 tracks of the studied area, which reverses in diagnostic quality while delivering patients diagnoses more accurate, secure, efficient, and more quickly, reducing the test for few seconds in duration.

They also have latest dose reduction techniques with technology based on systems of reconstruction Iterativa (grab), combined with technologies of dynamic colimación of automatic dose 3D and filtration of x-ray modulation. In this way, the dose of radiation that apply to every patient about previous teams can reduce up to 40%.

In addition, they come equipped with the latest techniques of post-processing of image for detection, analysis and monitoring of injuries which include, among many others, dynamic image or perfusion, cardiovascular image and oncologic applications. It also has a system of fluoroscopy guided biopsies and conducting therapeutic procedures designed with TC.

The Ministry of health has 57 CT

The activity carried out in quoted Clínico San Carlos radiodiagnostic service is important because performs a year more than 400,000 diagnostic studies, emphasizing its volume simple ultrasounds or doppler, mammography, magnetic resonance imaging, simple Radiology and Interventional Radiology. And as for its CT activity, has been carrying around 55,000 diagnostic studies in the year.

The community of Madrid has 57 CT, which carried out a year almost 450,000 studies, which are very important for the diagnosis of complex diseases and therefore, to establish an accurate and effective treatment.

For this reason, the Ministry of health has acquired, over the past seven years, 40 TAC, both to support new units to replace the equipment that will become obsolete. These 40 teams have made an investment of more than 20 million euros, which the TAC number has increased by 30% and 70% of the Park has been renovated technology.