Coronary arteries of the heart - 640-Slice Computed Tomography

Characteristic:

Silent killers such as high blood pressure, high blood sugar and high blood lipids are asymptomatic and undetectable in the early stage, and not only suffer from people over 40 years old, but also young patients. The Department of Health announced the top ten causes of death in Taiwan, with heart disease ranking second. News media reported that business executives or government officials reported that sudden death from a sudden illness is a preventive treatment without early detection of the problem. In recent years, high-performance computed tomography (CT) cardiac vascular examination can clearly determine whether the coronary artery structure is stenotic and the calcification index is used as a risk indicator of coronary atherosclerosis, which is one of the important examination items for early identification and cardiovascular health protection.

Eligibility :

High-risk groups such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, smokers, angina pectoris, and family history of coronary heart disease.

Lung cancer screening - 640-Slice Computed Tomography

Characteristic:

Lung cancer and liver cancer are the top two causes of cancer death announced by the Department of Health, which endanger people's health greatly, and the terrible thing about cancer is that the early symptoms are not obvious, and even a quarter of patients are diagnosed with cancer without any uncomfortable symptoms at all. When many cancer patients show obvious symptoms, they have already missed the best time.

For the high-risk groups of lung cancer in Taiwan, including family history of lung cancer, smoking habits or long-term inhalation of second-hand smoke, oil smoke, exposure to the working environment of asbestos (such as miners, glaziers, asbestos tile workers, etc.), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other objects, it is recommended that you do low-dose CT to detect some lung nodules that cannot be found by traditional chest X-ray, especially if you are a high-risk group, it is recommended that you regularly check the lungs for low-dose CT scan for lung screening to ensure your health.

Advantages of 640-Slice Computed Tomography

1. Ultra-low radiation:

Ultra-low radiationThe accuracy of the examination image that can be successfully completed by the previous 64-slice CT machine is more than 90% of the traditional cardiac catheterization, however, while receiving this examination that is safer than the traditional cardiac catheterization, it also receives a radiation dose that is about twice as high as that of the traditional cardiac catheterization, and the 640-slice CT uses the world's widest detector, which can greatly reduce the radiation dose received by the examinee, compared with the 64-slice CT. The same patient undergoes 640 slice CT coronary angiography under the same conditions, and the radiation dose can be reduced to about 1/3-1/5.

2. Less use of contrast medium:

Whether it is a traditional cardiac catheterization or a computed tomography coronary angiography, the use of contrast is a must. However, the use of contrast media carries the risk of allergies and also increases the burden on the kidneys. Since the 640-slice CT has the widest sensor in the world, it can be completed within 1 heartbeat, thus reducing the amount of contrast used by about 1/3, which means that you can perform a 640-slice CT coronary angiography less burdensomely.

3. Arrhythmia can also be successfully checked:

In the past, on the 64-slice CT machine, if the patient encountered arrhythmia or a heartbeat higher than 65, it often represented a high failure rate, so that the subject still had to rely on traditional cardiac catheterization to understand their cardiovascular health, but now with the 640-slice CT world's widest detector, arrhythmia is no longer a stumbling block for CT coronary angiography.

4. Improve the detection and screening rate of lung cancer:

After lung cancer is processed by 3D stereoscopic imaging software, it can produce detailed three-dimensional lung anatomy, which can improve the detection and screening rate of lung cancer.