Imaging Specialists Offers Multi-Slice CT and Low Dose Screening for Lung Cancer

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Aug. 30, 2015 - PRLog -- Imaging Specialists offers a multi-slice CT scanner.   A CT scan (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003330.htm) is a medical imaging exam that produces cross-sectional images. It is a special type of x-ray that produces high resolution images of the body and can distinguish bone, tissue, fat, gas and fluid. It can often replace other diagnostic techniques such as exploratory surgery and other invasive procedures. This procedure is commonly used to detect or rule out tumors, blood clots, gastrointestinal, enlarged lymph nodes, neurological, back problems, lung cancer and many other disorders.

The purpose of a CT scan is to:

Provide detailed images for detecting disease.
Useful in monitoring your progress during or after treatment.
Determine if a growth is solid or fluid-filled, and if an organ’s size and shape are normal.

In addition, low dose screening CT for the detection of lung cancer is available.

This procedure is for people at high risk for developing lung cancer, i.e.: smokers with 10-year history or other high-risk patients. A prescription from the referring physician is required for this low-dose, screening CT procedure.

Low dose screening CTs are intended to supplement or replace routine chest films which are performed on patients without symptoms or known disease. The test is specifically designed to rapidly screen the lungs with minimal radiation exposure and allow detection of pulmonary nodules. The procedure is pain-free, non-invasive and inexpensive. Imaging Specialists is  able to offer this procedure because they house  the latest helical CT scanner with current software and hardware, known as the Light Speed Ultra and Light Speed Plus CT imaging machines.

Imaging Specialists' houses the most advanced technology available today.  From the most powerful MRI (http://www.imagingsc.com/open-3t-mri/) in the nation to a beautiful dedicated Women’s Imaging Suite with 3D mammography,  patients count on rapid results, amazing service and the best diagnosis made possible by radiologists with impeccable training and unsurpassed technology.