Transcript Statscan Critical Imaging System

Statscan Critical Imaging
System
Introduction:
• The concept of this device was originally developed
& had its beginnings in the diamond mines of South
Africa
• It was initially developed to scan workers at the end
of the day to detect diamonds that could be hidden
in clothing or possibly even swallowed.
• The goal of the system's developers was to create
an X-ray device with excellent image quality but
with radiation levels that were low and safe enough
to be used daily.
• it was recognized that this concept could be applied
in medical imaging as a method to screen patients
sustaining polytrauma quickly and at a low radiation
exposure
• The system was delivered to the Maryland Shock
Trauma Center in June 2003 for the purpose of
expanded clinical assessment, technologic/clinical
use feedback, and suggestions for product
refinement to the manufacturer (Lodox Systems,
North America, South Lyon, MI).
• Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical
Center Is the first facility outside of South Africa to
use Statscan.
During the first months of use:
• the system required somewhat more power to
adequately expose patients with a larger body
habitus.
• These initial limitations were corrected through
an increase in generator power and tube output.
• In addition, a stretcher was developed,it can be
used as a patient transport stretcher from a
helipad to permit patients to be taken directly to
the scanner as permitted by their clinical
condition.
• The Statscan Critical Imaging System
is a flexible format digital radiography (DR) system
aimed specifically at the needs of emergency medical
centers and is designed to meet the radiography
needs of both trauma patients and standard
emergency patients.
• Statscan gives critical life
saving information to the
medical staff by enabling
them to have a complete
picture literally from head
to toe of a patient’s
injuries, faster and with
less interference with
patient stabilization efforts.
• a full-body scan can be done in
about 13 seconds, detecting
fractures or other injuries that
aren't immediately apparent.
• The head-to-toe scan can also
help doctors to track bullet
trajectories, without the need to
piece together several X-ray films
to see the bullet's path.
•The digital radiograph is acquired from a C-arm that
moves over and around the patient enabling capture
of frontal, oblique angle, lateral or horizontal
projections without moving the patient.
•Statscan can also be applied to high throughput xray procedures of all types, screening for specific
types of bone cancers and even forensic pathology
applications to help medical examiners determine
cause of death.
•the Statscan system emits up to 75 percent less
radiation compared to current X-ray technology.
• the Statscan image can be displayed almost immediately at a
viewing station.
• The digital technology allows doctors to magnify or rotate the
image without affecting picture quality
• All radiographs can be transmitted over
the network utilizes industry standard
protocols such as DICOM 3 for Picture
Archiving and Communication Systems
(PACS) and viewing purposes on user
specific Radiological Information Systems
(RIS).
• Experts agree that there is no other system
in the medical imaging market at present
that is capable of delivering full-body digital
radiographs such as has been done by
Lodox
References :
• http://www.umm.edu/news/releases/stats
can.htm
• http://www.lodox.com/html/product.html
• http://www.wtn.net/2004/bio58.html