The Center's latest technology offerings:
3T MRI
If a picture is worth a thousand words, the
Siemens Magnetom Verio 3 Tesla MRI is an encyclopedia. The scanner generates the strongest magnetic field used clinically today and is 10 to 15 times the strength of low field or open MRI scanners.
The 3T offers shorter scan times, less repositioning and more patient comfort without compromising quality. The superb reliability of high-field MRI allows our board-certified radiologists to differentiate between benign and potentially hazardous medical conditions with confidence. This allows the health-care team to provide earlier diagnosis and treatment, leading to more positive outcomes.
The GE Discovery ST is a powerful tool that combines two imaging techniques, exceptional whole-body Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and the leading Computerized Tomography (CT) technology, to reveal cancer before it can be seen with other imaging techniques—giving patients and doctors a head start on treatment. PET/CT image allows physicians to see cancer earlier, localize and personalize treatment, and carefully monitor that treatment.
Taking the time to prepare the patient for this exam is important. Making sure they are comfortable and relaxed begins every procedure. From preparation through the exam takes approximately one hour and 45 minutes to two hours. But once complete, comprehensive diagnostic information is quickly provided to a health care team.
64-slice CT scans
The 64-slice CT scanner offers the most sophisticated, noninvasive way to produce images of the heart. This scanner is the most advanced CT system available anywhere – enabling clinicians to take images of the heart and coronary vessels in a matter of seconds. Images of the heart dramatically improve physician’s ability to diagnose previously undetected heart disease and can help determine the cause of the problem in patients complaining of chest pain. That means cardiologists can spot heart abnormalities and blockages faster and without the need for an invasive cardiac catheterization and hospitalization.
Digital X-Ray
Digital x-ray imaging is the procedure where digital sensors are used instead of photographic film. Advantages include shorter time frames for results due to bypassing chemical processing and the ability to digitally transfer and enhance images. Less radiation can be used to produce an image with similar contrast found in conventional x-rays.
Ultrasound testing for the abdomen, pelvis, breast and thyroid areas
Enhanced image quality, innovative tools and an increased diagnostic confidence—the Touro Imaging Center employs the latest ultrasound technology. Using the GE Logiq 9 our experts are able to see remarkably clear and detailed real-time images of virtually any internal organ or tissue.
Fluoroscopy
Fluoroscopy is a type of medical imaging that shows a continuous x-ray image on a monitor, much like an x-ray movie. It is used to diagnose or treat patients by displaying the movement of a body part or of an instrument or dye (contrast agent) through the body.
During a fluoroscopy procedure, an x-ray beam is passed through the body. The image is transmitted to a monitor so that the body part and its motion can be seen in detail.
The Women’s Imaging Center' comprehensive services:
Full-field digital mammography (screening and diagnostic)
The
GE Senographe DS digital mammography system takes less than half the time of traditional film-based exams, enables radiologists to review images immediately and offers greater detail for suspicious areas. Much like a digital photo, the images can be enhanced, manipulated, and improved by the radiologist, so a digital mammogram can provide more information for diagnosis. The Senographe DS is the only system that integrates screening, diagnosis and interventional capabilities all in one system.
Breast MRI
Bi-lateral breast MRI is the ‘gold standard’ in breast diagnostic testing. It’s faster because it scans both breasts at the same time, and it’s more accurate thanks to enhanced resolution technology.
Breast ultrasound
The Women’s Imaging Center offers breast ultrasound to determine if a lump is a mass or a cyst and is especially helpful for women with dense breast tissue to detect cancers that do not show up on mammograms. Using the GE Logiq 9 our experts are able to see remarkably clear and detailed real-time images of virtually any internal organ or tissue.
OB/GYN ultrasound
The GE Logiq 9 provides images with great detail and clarity, making finding and diagnosing small lesions and small body parts easier and more accurate for physicians.
DEXA bone densitometry
DEXA (Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) is the latest most advanced method we've employed to characterize fracture risk in human bones. Older methods do not predict hip fractures as well as DEXA.