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For Immediate Release
December 27, 2007

Contact: Amanda Rose, PR Coordinator

Phone: (518) 773-5533

Littauer Installs the Best 64-Slice CT Scanner in the World

 

Gloversville…

 

Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home has acquired a new, state-of-the-art, 64-slice CT imaging system from GE Healthcare. The LightSpeed® VCT is the world’s first Volume Computed Tomography (VCT) system. Littauer now offers an innovative way for its physicians to obtain the information they need to diagnose disease and life-threatening illnesses, including cardiovascular disease, stroke, and chest pain, while providing the lowest radiation dose possible.

 

"We are now able to capture images of a beating heart in five heartbeats, an organ in one second, and the whole body in ten seconds, more than twice as fast as conventional multi-slice CT scanners", explains Sunjay Verma, MD, Littauer’s Medical Director of Radiology. "Fast scans can help reduce patient stress and anxiety, and some procedures can be done in only one simple exam."

 

Littauer’s new LightSpeed 64-slice CT scanner offers the following advancements:

  • 5-Beat Cardiac™ - The ability to capture images of the whole heart and coronary arteries in just five heartbeats – providing clearer images of cardiovascular anatomy and a shorter breath hold for sick and elderly patients.
  • Triple RuleOut™ - Three primary causes of mortality in patients with chest pain are aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism and coronary artery disease. Littauer now has the tool to help them rule out (or in) these three individual causes of patient’s chest pain through a single quick scan.
  • Stroke Work-Up - Once a stroke occurs, it is commonly believed that treatment must be delivered within an hour or less to ensure the best outcome for the patient. The LightSpeed VCT offers the speed and resolution required for rapid imaging of blood vessels in the brain. This enables physicians to make a quick diagnosis and determine the best course of treatment while reducing the number of exams a patient may need to undergo.

"We’re breaking barriers in speed and accuracy of patient exams and are now able to offer new and enhanced diagnostic procedures thanks to our new LightSpeed VCT," states Verma. "This technology greatly benefits both the physicians and patients of this community. We’re excited to be the only in this area to offer this medical technology."

 

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