6. Portable CT units

Kalorama reports that it is “likely” that portable units will become standard in the next 10 years – especially as the speed of diagnosis and treatment becomes more important in improving patient outcomes and cutting health care costs.


Last September, Phil Sullivan, president and CEO of Samsung NeuroLogica, went into detail on the myriad benefits that come with investing in a dedicated portable CT scanner.

These are just a few of the benefits he outlined:


• Patients don’t have to be moved to another part of the building to be scanned for either proton therapy or brachytherapy, saving time and, in some cases, reducing anesthesia.

• With some portable scanners, they don’t have to be moved from one table to another, thus reducing the risk of brachytherapy applicators shifting out of place, and for both proton therapy and brachytherapy patients as well as staff, reducing the physical risks of moving patients.

• Less time for treatment and less moving of patients equates to a more comfortable and efficient treatment experience.

• Specific to brachytherapy, when applicators are out of place and need to be readjusted, in-suite scanners can give closer-to-real-time confirmation that they’ve been correctly repositioned. Patients undergoing cancer treatments have enough worries. Reducing treatment time and the amount of movement are quality- of-care improvements that help prevent adding more anxiety to the process.


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