SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, December 23. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Nuestra Señora de Candelaria University Hospital, a center attached to the Department of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, has five new state-of-the-art radiodiagnostic equipment that allows more precise tests to be carried out, in less time and, therefore, in a greater number of that had been running until now.
The five new pieces of equipment make it possible to reduce exposure times to the ray beam in each test and increase the resolution and diagnostic capacity.
These five pieces of equipment, obtained through INVEAT funds, are two CT scans, one of them spectral, a 3 Tesla MRI and two vascular angiographs, one biplane and one monoplane, and have had a budget of more than four million euros, the 11.2 that were allocated to the hospital complex.
Thus, spectral CT increases the detection of pathologies without exposing the patient to greater radiation, replacing old equipment and improving its resolution characteristics, test quality and diagnostic possibility. This high-tech equipment has innovative software that includes artificial intelligence programs that will facilitate and expand the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of pathologies.
It will allow, among others, to carry out cardiac studies for the evaluation of coronary arteries, a key factor in heart attack and early diagnosis of stroke.
On the other hand, the 1.5 Tesla MRI is replaced by a three Tesla MRI (with a greater magnetic field), which has more image definition and greater speed, in addition to being more sensitive in detecting injuries and having higher quality for functional studies. Likewise, it has a screen where you can see videos that stimulate the patient’s brain, so that you can know exactly which parts work when faced with certain stimuli.
Vascular angiographers have been installed in the area of interventional radiology. In this way, the service now has four teams, two biplanes and two monoplanes, which will allow a greater number of interventions to be carried out. Furthermore, with the incorporation of the biplane angiograph, the number of machines that can simultaneously see two projections of the intervention with a single X-ray exposure increases. They can be used for all the processes required by the service, but specifically for neurointerventional treatments. , such as stroke, cerebral aneurysms or vascular brain malformations.
