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 With the recent installation of the new 64-slice CT Scanner, Skyline Hospital has just entered a new level of care in the community.
The new 64-slice scanner allows 3-D reconstructions of the imaged areas of the body with precise details never before appreciated.
The Aquilion 64 is the most advanced 64-detector row CT scanner available and represents the leading edge in medical technology. In the time that patients take a single breath, the Aquilion 64 can capture superior, precise images of their organs, such as the heart. These diagnostic images help their physicians check for suspected heart disease, often eliminating the need for invasive cardiac angiograms.
Aquilion 64 detector row CT delivers safe, high-speed, high-resolution imaging in the time it just a few seconds (one easy breath).
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MJ Murdock Grant Stretches Farther than Expected
Skyline received $150,000 grant from MJ Murdock Charitable Trust toward the purchase of a new $500,000 CT Scanner, but when Toshiba offered to deliver a million-dollar 64-slice version (instead of a 32-slice scanner) for the same price, Murdock's return on their investment doubled. The trust’s mission is to enrich the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest by provide grants to organizations that seek to strengthen the region’s educational and cultural base in creative and sustainable ways. Skyline Hospital is more confident than ever that this new machine will greatly improve the health care services in Klickitat and Skamania counties.
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As a result, Toshiba’s multislice technology captures precise images of the body’s rapidly moving organs like the heart and lungs, which appear blurry when scanned by a traditional CT. Multislice imaging also is especially useful for examining patients who are unable to hold their breath, like trauma victims, acutely ill patients and young children.
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