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St. John's Mercy Hospital CT Scanner While the original CT Scanner provides diagnostic accuracy, the new CT scanner offers a variety of additional benefits and enhanced features. The latest model in the line of CT Scanners from GE Medical Systems, this technology provides enhanced diagnostic confidence with scans six times faster than the current model. This translates to an improved, more comfortable experience for the patient, as total time in the CT Scanner is reduced. Shorter scanning time saves time, which can be critical, especially in trauma situations or in caring for the critically ill. The new scanner also offers multi-slice CT technology, a feature that provides 3-D images of the entire scan area and enables these images to be dissected into several layers for analysis. With exceptional image quality, these slices enable detection of smaller structures to help eliminate the need for more costly and invasive medical procedures. In addition, the CT Scanner offers Calcium Scoring capabilities for non-invasive detection of coronary artery blockage. Calcium Scoring measures and reports coronary artery calcification, a build-up of plaque which can cause a blockage in the coronary artery that can lead to, among other things, coronary heart disease or heart attack. Calcium scores then enable physicians to determine if more invasive procedures are necessary. “Overall, the new CT Scanner at St. John’s Mercy provides greater flexibility to the operator and physician, allowing both to tailor the scan to the patient’s specific needs,” said Victoria Kriete, Imaging Services Manager at St. John’s Mercy. “This will enhance service to our patients and give our physicians greater diagnostic tools to work with.”
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St.
John’s Mercy Hospital has two Computerized Tomography scanners (CT scanner)
in the Imaging Service department. Sisters of Mercy Health System
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