Tuesday, February 16, 2010

PET CT WITH T-O-F TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERKNIFE ROBOTIC RADIOSURGERY

FIRST TIME IN INDIA - CYBERKNIFE ROBOTIC RADIO SURGERY SYSTEM AND PET CT WITH T-O-F TECHNOLOGY AT APOLLO SPECIALITY HOSPITAL.


GREAT DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT FACILITY NOW AT APOLLO SPECIALITY HOSPITAL


Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Teynampet, Chennai has installed the latest state-of art Positron Emission Tomography system. The advanced 64 slice PET-CT system with time-of-flight technology is the first and the only one of its kind installed in India is known to provide for increased patient comfort and access, delivers unprecedented high quality imaging leading to better diagnosis for patients for Cancer, Cardiology and Neurology complications.


Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Cornelis A Hoefnagel, MD, Ph.D, a leading Consultant, eminent speaker, in Nuclear Medicine and a pioneer in PET-CT imaging from the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam said, “The Hybrid imaging with the PET -CT, matching function with anatomy provides the greatest accuracy and newer insights in Oncology, Cardiology and Neurology and Infection.



The Advantages


It enables lower radiation dose as a result it lowers cost significantly.


It reduces imaging time which benefits scan time and increased throughput.


It offers excellent image quality increasing diagnostic confidence`


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