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| Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital Installs First 320-Slice CT Scanner in WNY |
FOR RELEASE: 5/20/2008 |
Device safely images whole heart or brain as well as tiny blood vessels
 | | A 320 slice Toshiba CT scanner was delivered to Millard Fillmore Gates. The 4400 pound unit was transferred from truck, to fork lift, to crane hoist, and then guided through an opening in the brick wall above the emergency room. |
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BUFFALO, N.Y. – The first 320-slice Computed Tomography (CT) scanner in Western New York will arrive at Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital at 8:oo a.m. on Saturday,
May 17, 2008. The $2.5 million machine, called Aquilion One, is the most sophisticated CT scanner in the world.
The 4400-pound device is a revolution in Computed Tomography (CT) technology that dramatically shortens the diagnosis of cardiac and stroke patients to a fraction of the usual time. Aquilion One can measure subtle changes in blood flow or minute blockages forming in blood vessels no bigger than the average width of a toothpick in the heart and brain. The new imaging technology means a medical exam can be completed in mere minutes, with less radiation and contrast dose to the patient.
Fewer than 20 hospitals worldwide have Aquilion One systems.
A crane will lift the main part of the scanner that looks like a giant glazed donut into a hole carved out of a third floor wall on the Delaware Avenue side of the hospital. The machine is expected to be operational by the end of May.
Contact Information:
Michele Vaughters
Phone: (716) 887-4030
mvaughters@kaleidahealth.org
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