The wish of physicians for the ability to scan the entire organ, e.g. the heart, brain or liver, in one rotation and hence in a fraction of a second, has now become reality for the first time with the Aquilion One.
Matthew Stork, managing director of Toshiba Medical Systems, UK, says, “This advanced diagnostic imaging system is predicted to revolutionise patient care as it can help reduce diagnosis time for life-threatening diseases such as stroke and heart disease to only minutes.”
The very low radiation exposure also paves the way for applications in paediatric radiology, among other areas.
