Spiral CT: How New Technology Has Improved Scanner Utilization and Productivity

Abstract

Over the past 15–20 years medical equipment manufacturers have consistently promised that technological improvements in their machines would not only enhance disease detection but would also improve patient examination throughput and technologist’s efficiency. The dramatic improvements in CT technology over the years serve as an example of these promises fulfilled. Although one could argue that quantitative data is absent for confirmation, all of the improvements in CT since the days of the slow, first-generation scanners have in fact improved both diagnostic accuracy and scanner efficiency.