New Applications at ‘the speed of light’

With the acquisition of the new GE LightSpeed, a 16-slice CT scanner that utilizes high/variable speed scanning, Associated Radiologists can now offer a wide range of specialized diagnostic CT evaluations previously unavailable in an outpatient setting.

Cardiovascular Diagnostic Capabilities…

 CT Angiography (CTA)

CTA is a new non-invasive approach to evaluating coronary blood vessels. It can detect and characterize coronary plaques in asymptomatic patients who have known cardiac risk factors. Compared to “catheter” angiography, CTA is much less invasive and more patient-friendly. Pulmonary and Renal arteries can be evaluated in the same way.

 Coronary Artery Calcification (Cardiac Scoring)

 This study detects coronary calcium, a specific market for CAD, and produces a clinically useful ‘cardiac score’ that correlates to CAD risk, even in patients with sub-clinical CAD.

 … And More

Since the LightSpeed unit demonstrates superior CT imaging quality in ‘three dimensions’ with cross-sectional displays, it has excellent application to such CT studies as:

                        CT Colonography                     Pulmonary Emboli

                        Stroke Assessment                   Kidney, Liver, Lung exams

                        Oncologic evalutions                CT Enterography

 Patient Friendly Exams

 Due to the technical advances of this new CT, our patients will experience the advantages of  less  x-ray dose exposure, faster scan times, and fewer artifacts caused by movement.

 Quality, Innovation, Speed

Associated Radiologists is moving into the next generation of specialized imaging to deliver the most useful diagnostic tools to our referring physicians. If you would like any additional information on these specialized CT studies, please don’t hesitate contacting us.

To schedule any study at our centers, please call

Bridgewater Imaging Center -  -  -  732-968-5160

Edison Imaging Center -  -  -  -  -   732-968-5160

Warren Imaging Center -  -  -  -  -  732-968-5160