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The Department of Radiology of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) provides specialized imaging for infants, children and pregnant women.
The radiology department as a whole employs 200 imaging professionals who perform an average of more than 17,500 studies per month. These include 200-250 3-D studies per month processed by the 3D Imaging Lab, says Christine Harris, RT(R)(MR), the MRI Safety Officer and Radiology Manager at CHOP.
Located on the main campus of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the 3D Imaging Lab processed more than 2,350 studies in 2008, and Chris Tomlinson, director of radiology, envisions close to 3,000 being processed in 2009 by the lab's three technical staff, which includes two MRI technologists, one CT technologist and one programmer.
The majority of these studies are MRI studies to evaluate such conditions as heart and brain damage, followed by CT-based studies such as CT angiography and bone reformats; and interventional radiology studies to better view vessels. Technology employed by the 3D Imaging Lab is made by such companies as TeraRecon, Vital Images and Siemens. Multi-modality workstations process images produced by Siemens' 3T Magnetom Trio and Verio MRI units, as well as Siemens' Magnetom 1.5 T Avanto and Symphony units. The CT unit and IR software are also from Siemens, says Tomlinson.
In this video produced by Scott Hatfield and Joyce Ward, CNMT, Tomlinson and other members of the team discuss the importance of pediatric 3-D imaging and their work in the 3-D Imaging Lab.
In addition, you can view a slide show of hi-resolution images generated at the lab here.
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