Mysuru:  Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar recently inaugurated the new CT Scan machine at Columbia Asia Hospital on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road here. This state-of-the-art 64-slice CT scanner will help in better diagnostic of images and in determining when surgeries are necessary by reducing the need for exploratory surgeries and the length of hospitalisation.  

The new CT scanner has a unique distinction of doing scans at lesser radiation dose with ultra-high speed scanning time especially suited for elderly and paediatric patients with special software of oncology, neurology, gastroenterology, nephrology and vascular radiology that enables correct and specific diagnosis.

The Scanner creates 64 high-resolution anatomical images per rotation. This will decrease scan times to several seconds, less than 15 seconds in most cases. The slices are as thin as a credit card. These images are combined to form a three dimensional view of the patient’s anatomy, allowing physicians to view such things as blockages in the coronary arteries, as well as the motion and pumping action of a patient’s heart.