Since the beginning of 2021, the Radio-Diagnostic Laboratory of the Clinic “AGIOS LOUKAS” has the state-of-the-art 128-section CT Scanner, Siemens GoTop (the first in Northern Greece), which has the ability to visualize all structures of the human body, with high diagnostic accuracy and particularly low radiation doses (very important for everyone and even more so for the young and pediatric patients).
With the use of particularly low radiation protocols (Low Dose CT, Calcium Score), a simultaneous assessment of the calcium load on the coronary vessels (a very good prognostic indicator), as well as the pulmonary parenchyma is carried out to confirm or exclude malignancy in the lung,even at very early stages, ensuring treatment as early as possible.
It has been established in the international literature, in people with a high risk of lung cancer, such as heavy smokers, asthmatics, etc., to undergo preventive radiological examination of the chest with low-radiation CT. Calcium Score is also an independent predictor of risk stratification for coronary heart disease.
The shots of this particular CT scan are very detailed and have the potential to detect early-stage cancers that may be too small to be detected on traditional radiography.
Modern technology has managed to reduce to a minimum the radiation dose that the patient receives during a CT scan. Compared to a conventional CT scan, the low-dose CT scan of the new CT scan uses about 5 times less radiation.
The new CT scanner allows us to image in a very short time all parts of the body from the head to the lower limbs. This gives us the advantage of exposing the patient to much less radiation.
Rapid and accurate assessment of calcium load on coronary vessels allows risk stratification in patients with suspected coronary artery disease.
Traditional X-rays can identify lung cancers the size of a penny, while spiral CT scans can reveal abnormalities in the lungs the size of a grain of rice.
This is a critical difference - the smaller the tumor when detected, the less likely cancer cells have spread to other parts of the body.
This means more treatment options and a better chance of survival.
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