BRILLIANCE iCT 256 SLICE CT SCANNER

First in Andhra Pradesh and Second in India in
Dr.Ramesh Cardiac and Multispeciality Hospital Ltd.,

Product Innovation of the Year Award winning Brilliance iCT 256 slice scanner ordered by Dr.Ramesh Cardiac and Multispeciality Hospital Ltd., is going to be the first one to be established in the entire state of Andhra Pradesh and only the second one in the country.

Philips Electronics has unveiled a 256 slice Brilliance iCT Scanner that will allow Radiologists to create high quality images with excellent acquisition speed.

The main limitation so conventional CT machines so far were higher effective radiation dose due to longer scanning time thus increasing risk of radiation induced cancers, higher contrast requirement may lead to risk of contrast induced kidney injury, poor image quality in patients with high heart rate, only morphological assessment of problems but no functional assessment.

The Nano practical Technology offered by this machine provides detailed and clear 3D images of virtually entire body, including the heart and brain. It provides greater dimension and depth across a range of clinical areas such as whole brain perfusion, cardiac CT & Angiography with Step & Shoot Technology that images the heart in two beats while reducing radiation dose; head and neck angiography; full field of view lungs studies; virtual colonoscopy and abdominal & pelvic imaging & for early detection of tumors or micro tumors affecting these organs also.  

The Brilliance iCT 256 slice with its superb image quality aids the clinicians in the diagnosis of complicated health conditions in addition to outstanding cardio vascular imaging capabilities, the iCT constitutes an asset for the entire imaging enterprise, spanning the full spectrum of standard and advanced CT imaging services of cardiology, radiology, Cancer Medicine, brain imaging, virtual colonoscopy, virtual bronchoscopy, interventional imaging and bariatric imaging.

With the Brilliance iCT 256 slice machine’s fastest Airglide gantry speed is (upto 220 revolutions per minute) images can now be acquired in 34 milliseconds, thus it can effectively over come the physical challenges of cardiac imaging such as the movement of the heart and the variability of heart rate, size and body habitus, allowing the break through capability of imaging the heart with in two heart beats and with upto 80 % dose reduction.

The most important advantages of this scanner are: -

1. 80% less radiation dose
2. 30% lower injected contrast volumes.
3. Quicker and greater diagnostic confidence
4. Superior image quality due to Elimination of image degrading scatter (300% reduction)
5. Imaging the most diverse and challenging patients including those with high body mass index, and high heart rates.
6. Faster angiogram procedures without catheter insertions.
7. Reports measuring critical performance  metrics automatically and in real time
8. Whole body scans are now possible in just 4 seconds.

“Frost & Sullivan”, which recognizes companies demonstrating outstanding achievements and superior performance in technological innovation, bestowed upon Philips Health Care “The 2009 Product Innovation of the Year Award” in medical imaging.

To put it in a nutshell, it is a “Wonder Machine of the Century” in medical diagnostic technology.

Philips Electronics, the leading company in the world, is installing this wonder machine in Dr.Ramesh Cardiac and Multispeciality Hospital Ltd.

The establishment of Brilliance iCT 256 slice CT System of Philips will open a new era in the diagnostic and treatment systems of Dr.Ramesh Cardiac and Multispeciality Hospital Ltd.,   at Vijayawada.