Diagnostic Imaging Facilities

General Diagnostic Rooms

Multi-purpose general diagnostic radiology room

• DR Panels (Eklin EDR6 14’’x17’’. 5.9 MP array with 160 micron pitch. 12 bits grayscale. DICOM 3.0 compatible. Advanced multi-frequency image post-processing algorithms), movable to allow horizontal cross-table acquisitions.

Digital Radiography

• Proteus XR/a 65kW Radiographic System with High Speed Rotor
  • High frequency, multi-pulse generator, automatic exposure control with touch screen controls
  •  Automatic or manual collimator
  •  Four-way float, adjustable height table
  •  Inhibition button to prevent table movement while patient is getting on/off
  •  X-ray tube housing overheat interlock
  •  Deadman’s Switch x-ray control safety system
  •  150 kVp capacity
  • Small/large focal spot .6/1.25

Fluoroscopy and Digital Radiography

• General Electric Premium Legacy with Enhanced DRS:
  • GE Advantx high frequency, multi-pulse 65 kW generator
  • Advantx Legacy 90/15 (88 degrees to 15 degrees Trendelenberg) radiographic and fluoroscopic table, motorized 8-way tabletop; oscillating table Bucky with 12:1, 36 lines/cm (90 lines/inch) grid
  • Maxiray 100 fluoroscopic x-ray tube (under table), 0.6/1.0 mm double focal spot; Maxiray 100 overhead x-ray tube, 0.6/1.25 mm double focal spot
• Advantx 9 inch image intensifier, 9/6/4.5 inch triple field image tube, motorized 10:1, 60 line/cm (152 lines/inch) grid, Primicon B camera, spot film device (2 images/second)
• Advantx Digital Radiology System (DRS) Productivity Enhancement Package with real-time and post-processing edge enhancement, contrast/brightness adjustments, last hold image, digital acquisition up to 6 frames/sec, 1200 image storage

• General Electric BrightSpeed 16-slice CT:
  • Table/Gantry - advanced slip-ring technology
  • 3.5 MHU tube, 42kW generator
  • 4 Helical Modes of Data Output
    • 16x0.625mm or 1.25mm
    • 8x1.25mm or 2.5mm
    • Prospective Multiple Thickness Reconstruction
    • 0.8-1.0  second scan time
    • Horizontal range 162 cm, table load capacity 205 kg
    • DICOM 3.0 Storage Service Class
    • GE-Nemoto power injector
  General Electric AW VolumeShare2 workstation with 2 flat panel color monitors:
  • Basic viewing/reformatting functions
  • 3D protocols including 3D MIP, Multi-planar reformat, Volume rendering CTA, General Volume Rendering, AutoBone Xpress
  • Additional software package for vascular / perfusion analysis
    • VesselIQ XPress
    • CT Perfusion 4 Multi-Organ Package

• One – Philips Epiq5 Ultrasound System, including transducers C8-5, C9-2, L12-5, L18-5. Capabilities include harmonic and compound imaging; spectral, color  flow and power Doppler; 3D imaging; contrast-enhanced ultrasound package
• One – GE Logiq S8 Vet Signature Series Ultrasound, including transducers 10C, C1-2, L9, L8-18i, ML 6-15. Capabilities include harmonic and compound imaging; spectral, color  flow and power Doppler; B flow; 3D imaging
• One – General Electric Logiq e Vet BT 11 in the Emergency Service
• One – Philips ie33 in Cardiology

• A 1.5 Tesla GE MRI unit is available at the RITC (Scantool 9.1 software and dedicated workstation).

• In Radiology: Reading room
  • Four viewing stations on separate wide desks, each of them has one navigating monitor and two Medical Grade High-Resolution 3 MegaPixels 21.3’’ monitors (Nio 3MP-2H BarcoMed).
  • Two additional viewing stations next to radiology suites for immediate viewing and evaluation. Stations are connected to a PACS system (Philips Stentor PACS system). Ordering, reporting and billing are made through a Radiology Information System (Empiric Systems).

Wide screen monitor viewing stations are installed throughout the hospital including ORs, wards, ICU, ES and consult rooms.