Phillip's super high-res CT scanner shows you from the inside

Posted Nov 26th 2007 1:11PM by Nilay Patel

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Philips unveiled a new ultra-high-res 256-slice CT scanner called the Brilliance iCT at the Radiological Society of North America yesterday, a unit the company says not only produces higher quality 3D images using less radiation than previous scanners, but does it far more quickly -- a full body scan takes only a minute. The speedup is achieved because the rotating X-ray element spins some 22 percent faster than other models, hitting four revolutions a second at top speed. Getting in and out of the machine that much faster also cuts radiation exposure some 80 percent from a traditional X-ray machine, and Philips says the machine is accurate enough to capture a complete image of the heart in less than two beats. Metro Health in Cleveland is the first off the line with the new gear -- check the read link for a video of it in action.

Tags: brilliance, brilliance ict, BrillianceIct, ct, ct scanner, CtScanner, health, medicine, philips, x-ray, xray

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