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Atlantic General Hospital's Imaging Department became full service with the addition of MRI to its line of general diagnostic imaging, CT scans, ultrasound and nuclear imaging services in 2003. In November 2006, the department converted from printed films to electronic imaging and storage of records which gives healthcare providers instant access to patient images and results.
CT Technology
The state-of-the-art LightSpeed Volume Computed Tomography (VCT) System, by GE Healthcare, will allow Atlantic General Hospital’s physicians to capture images of a beating heart in five heartbeats and an organ in one second – twice as fast as conventional multi-slice CT scanners.
In a single rotation, the LightSpeed VCT creates 32 high-clarity images as thin as a credit card. These images are combined to form a 3-D view, commonly known as a CAT scan, of the patient’s anatomy for a physician to analyze. From these images, physicians can view such things as blockages in the coronary arteries, as well as the motion and pumping action of the heart.
CT, or CAT scan, Services
Triple RuleOut: Three main causes of death in patients with chest pain are aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, and coronary artery disease. Atlantic General Hospital’s physicians now have a tool to help them to identify or rule out these three individual causes of a patient’s chest pain through a single quick scan.
Stroke Work-Up: Once a stroke occurs, treatment should be delivered in an hour or less to insure the best outcome for the patient. The LightSpeed Volume CT 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.
Some Other CT Services
Angiography studies
Emergency room/chest pain management
Pulmonary emboli
Inner ear ailments
Spinal injuries
Abdominal injuries
Kidney exams
Liver exams
Lung exams
MRI Services
Breast MRI
Ultrasound Technology Services
Echocardiography
Nuclear Imaging Services
General Diagnostic Imaging Services
X-ray
About PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System)
The system will store x-rays, ultrasounds, and other “pictures” generated in the hospital’s Imaging department in a database as soon as they are taken, making them immediately available to the radiologist or to a physician who has referred a patient.
The new system greatly improves efficiency, eliminating the storage costs involved with printed films and decreasing retrieval time for images; receiving an image or radiology report now involves the click of a button rather than waiting for someone to physically locate the record in an archive and find a way to transmit the information. |