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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
selected to '25 Most Influential' list in radiology
Addition of three new, high-powered MRI systems,
a first in the US, lands Penn a top spot.
Philadelphia, PA, September 12: RT Image has
chosen The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) as one of its "25
Most Influential" movers and shakers in the radiology industry in 2006. Every
year, RT Image magazine presents its roster of radiology's most powerful people,
institutions and organizations based on who has influenced the radiology
profession in a positive way in the last year.
RT Image selected HUP for its recent installation
of three new, state-of-the-art, high-powered MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
systems. The combination of the three units is a "Radiology First" for any
hospital in the United States, which is especially fitting since HUP was the
first hospital to get and use an MRI back in 1984. The new machines include a
1.5 Tesla (T) wide-bore scanner designed for larger and claustrophobic patients,
a cardiac system allowing physicians to capture a rapidly beating heart and a 3T
scanner permitting sharper brain imaging.
The publication also noted HUP as an innovator in
PET/CT technology. Employing the world's first advanced "time of flight"
technology, pioneered in part at Penn, HUP's uniquely outfitted new PET/CT
system captures an amazingly precise simultaneous structural and functional
"look inside the body." By being able to retrieve these excellent
high-resolution functional images of the body, radiologists are better able to
detect what is wrong and how to treat it.
Also, researchers at Penn will soon be armed with
a new, cutting-edge technological tool in the field of radiology - a 7 Tesla
whole-body MRI system. Penn's Department of Radiology will become the first in
the Greater Philadelphia region to acquire one of these ultra high-field
scanners. Only a handful of them are in operation elsewhere in the United
States.
"It is an honor to receive this distinction. Penn
has a rich history of 'blazing trails' in the radiology field," comments Nick
Bryan, MD, PhD, chair of radiology at Penn. "With our ongoing innovative
additions in radiology systems and technology, we are in constant pursuit of
higher quality images for better diagnoses and treatment of our patients."
You can access the 2006 RT Image Most Influential
list on-line at: www.rt-image.com.
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