The leading physician overseeing the construction and equipping of a new clinic in the State of Minnesota (USA) has found that making a big investment in state-of-the-art technology for cardiac imaging pays big dividends for patient care.

By Ron French

It’s not an insignificant problem, nor a cheap one. With more than six million patients a year presenting at emergency departments with chest pain, costing an estimated eight billion dollars, the importance of an accurate, efficient and quick way to determine which patients need interventional treatment and follow-up is hard to ignore. Dual Source CT scanners meet these criteria perfectly. They are enhancing diagnostic capacity for adult and pediatric patient populations that would have formerly been excluded from CT scans because of conditions such as obesity, high heart rates, atrial fibrillation or contra-indications to beta-blockers.

By Louisa Kasdon

Worldwide sales of the SOMATOM Emotion CT system recently exceeded 6,500 units, making it globally the most popular CT system. SOMATOM Sessions asked eight clinics why they chose the Emotion system and how it has been put to use in their clinical environments.

By Steven Bell, Business Unit CT, Siemens Healthcare, Forchheim, Germany

By Joachim Buck, PhD, Business Unit CT, Siemens Healthcare, Forchheim, Germany

CT is making 3D post-processing and advanced clinical applications a necessity for daily routine in radiology departments. Large volumes of data with thousands of images per study require 3D imaging for faster diagnosis.