[Goanet] World's Fastest CT Scanner in Porvorim

[gilbertlaw]

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Congratulations to the people who have brought this 64-slice CT to Goa.  This 
will indeed be a milestone to bring Goa to the standard of care and set the 
stage for tourism with medical-care. 
The current CT scan uses 16 cathode tubes to image. The new unit has 64 cathode 
tubes to image the body from different angles. Hence the new 64-slice CT 
scanner is a great new piece of technology that pushes the ability of CT scans 
to further define any problems inside the body and do it faster.  The greater 
detail of the  digital images permits three dimensional reconstruction of the 
inside anatomy of the body including blood vessels and air-ways. 

With the 64-slice unit, the heart vessels (coronaries) can be studied better 
than a Thallium scanner.  This is a good way to evaluate patients with chest 
pain who are suspected to have a heart attack.  Thus a CT 64-slicer can reduce 
invasive and expensive medical procedures, without patient admission to the 
hospital.  It will also help in follow-up of patients to determine if the 
stents are patent.

I would encourage one of the Goan reporters to interview the radiologist 
operating the system at Porvorim.  This would be a better story than one about 
- squirrels, dogs, cats, pot holes, etc. etc. :=))  
Were not the New Jersey Goans planning to set up a cardiac center in Porvorim?

Regards, GL, 

The World's Fastest CT Scanner & Goa's First 64-Slice Cardiac CT Scan - 
facilities at Porvorim Goa. Chodankar Medical Foundation and Research 
Institute, Alto-Porvorim, has annouced the inaugration of The World's Fastest 
CT Scanner & Goa's First 64-Slice Cardiac CT Scan. 
 
The Ultimate in Non-Invasive Ultra-fast diagnosis of Coronary Artery Desease 
(Angiogram), Cardiac (Heart), Vascular (blood vessel) deseases and whole body 
scan and Chest and Vascular Surgery Unit.

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