MUSC CT supervisor Elyse Wertis, left, talks with patient John Deasley as CT tech Jaclyn Wilson prepares the scanner. So far, they’ve scanned about 70 patients, out of a goal of 130 patients. Schoepf and his group have been scanning patients in a study, comparing the images they get with the photon-counting CT to a regular CT, to test whether the theory behind the photon-counting CT holds up in a real-world setting. And, because the scanner doesn’t waste radiation on X-rays that can’t be read, less radiation is required. Radiologists can see how tissue is composed, Schoepf said. On this new photon-counting CT, we can now detect the energy of the X-rays, which means we can make better images at each specific energy,” he said.įrom left: MUSC CT supervisor Elyse Wertis, Siemens representative Pete Peoples, MUSC CT tech Jaclyn Wilson and Siemens product manager Matthew Fuld look at the details of the scan coming through on the new Siemens Healthineers photon-counting CT scanner at Ashley River Tower.īetter images mean doctors and patients have better information to make critical decisions with. “On the old scanner, we had no idea what the energy was.
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Jim O’Doherty, Ph.D., a research scientist and R&D collaborations manager with Siemens Healthineers who is stationed full time at MUSC, explained that each X-ray has its own energy. The photon-counting CT uses a new kind of detector that enables it to register, or “count,” every photon, resulting in an image that displays the full spectrum of photons, Schoepf said. However, the X-rays are registered and form an image only if they are of a certain strength and exceed a certain level. Computer algorithms assemble the results into images, allowing radiologists to see “slices” of the body, much like the slices of a loaf of bread. Traditional CT scanners use X-rays, but instead of scanning the body from one side, the scanner circles around the patient’s body, sending X-rays through as it moves. It’s a new way of detecting the photons that make up X-rays.
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This isn’t simply an update to existing technology, according to Siemens Healthineers. Joseph Schoepf, M.D., director of the Division of Cardiovascular Imaging and assistant dean for clinical research in the College of Medicine at MUSC. Until now, the photon-counting CT system has been used solely for research, but with the Food and Drug Administration’s recent clearance of the new technology, it will soon be available for patient care as well. MUSC has a decades-long relationship with Siemens Healthineers, which was further solidified in 2018 when the two entities announced a strategic partnership aimed at transforming the way that health care is delivered. 18, but MUSC researchers and technicians have been working with the new device since July as part of a hallmark project in the MUSC-Siemens strategic value partnership. Siemens Healthineers will officially unveil its NAEOTOM Alpha photon-counting CT system during a virtual event on Nov. Now, CT scanning is making another leap forward, and researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have a hand in the process. Over the years, as the technology improved, CT scans have enabled doctors to peer inside vital organs and vessels like the heart, brain and arteries. Suddenly, doctors could see images of organs and tissue inside the body in a way that just wasn’t possible with conventional X-rays – and still isn’t even today. Computed tomography scanning – generally known as a CT scan or CAT scan – revolutionized medicine when it was introduced 50 years ago in October 1971.
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