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ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY A Special Thank You

to the
Palm Beach Gardens June 2017

Medical Center Unveils Hosts of the South

Advanced Dual Source Florida Healthcare

CT Imaging Networking Group

The SOMATOM Definition Flash from Siemens Health ineers
arrives at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center providing patients
with a new advanced radiologic offering. The Definition Flash is HEALTHSOUTH
one of the most important developments in diagnostic imaging.
The dual source, 2 x 128-slice CT is better at freezing motion than REHABILITATION
a single source CT, allowing a patient’s heart along with the arter-
ies and anatomy to be better captured in a single beat, even at HOSPITAL OF
higher heart rates.
The SOMATOM® Definition Flash from Siemens Healthineers MIAMI and
creates new opportunities for patient-friendly imaging at Palm
Beach Gardens Medical Center. The SOMATOM Definition Flash CLEVELAND
is one of the fastest computed tomography (or CT) scanners
available. For most adults, it can image the entire chest in less CLINIC FLORIDA
than a second and it can scan the whole body in less than 5 sec-
onds. For children, many scans can be completed in less than one For information about
second. With such fast imaging times, Palm Beach Gardens our next meeting of
Medical Center can generally perform these studies using less
radiation than conventional CT scanners – meaning a safer imag- SFHNG, please email
ing procedure. charles@
The SOMATOM Definition Flash also employs Siemens FAST
CARE technology, which allows technologists at Palm Beach southfloridahospitalnews.com
Gardens Medical Center to conduct high quality imaging that
minimizes radiation dose levels, while spending more time with
patients. In addition, the Flash offers a new technique for reduc-
ing artifacts from metal, allowing better imaging of patients with
implants.
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