* Scans as fast as 0.4 seconds. Higher-speed scanning means clearer, sharper images with fewer motion artifacts.
* Isotropic imaging with sub-millimeter (0.40mm) slice thickness

More About The LightSpeed VCT Scanner
The LightSpeed VCT CT system is the fifth evolution of GE Healthcare's award-winning LightSpeed CT platform, the CT scanning system that revolutionized the industry in 1998. Originally developed in the 1970s, CT or "CAT" scans combine the power of X-ray technology and computers, allowing physicians the ability to view thin cross-sections of the internal anatomy without the need for exploratory surgery.
CT exams are used when people are ill or injured or when a physician suspects a medical problem that is not easily detectable from a conventional physical examination. The LightSpeed VCT CT system non-invasively assists physicians in the diagnosis of a variety of anatomical areas, such as the spine, head, abdomen and chest including detailed imaging of the heart.

About Presbyterian Hospital of Plano
The Radiology and Medical Imaging Department at Presbyterian Hospital of Plano has a staff of 62 and performs more than 18,000 CT exams and more than 100,000 total exams annually.

For more information about CT services available from Presbyterian Hospital of Plano, please contact Michael Putman, Director of Radiology & Medical Imaging at 972/ 981-8044 or Jim Boswell, Administrative Director/Physician Services, 972/981-8102.

Presbyterian Hospital of Plano is a growing, full-service facility with 231 private rooms and has been serving Plano, North Dallas and greater Collin County since 1991. More than 2,000 physicians are in the Presbyterian Hospital of Plano network. The hospital is located at 6200 West Parker Road, Plano, Texas 75093, at the intersection of West Parker Road and the North Dallas Tollway.

For more information about Presbyterian Hospital of Plano, please call 972/981-8000 or visit www.texashealth.org.

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