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A new scanning system at Sydney's St George Private Hospital is expected to improve diagnosis of heart problems, as well as bringing safety benefits for patients and staff.
The imaging technology, which reduces radiation doses, willallow specialists to get a clearer picture when performing interventional angiograms to search for blockages.
It replaces theSouth Sydney facility's existing technology, which it introduced in 2013 as theworld's firstcommercially-installed radiation dose tracking system.
"The newCanonAlphenixsystemcan deliverimages with greater clarity and precision, designed to improve patient outcomes,"interventionalcardiologist DrMauritsBinnekampsaid.
It will be used inSt George Private Hospital'scardiac catheterisation labwith x-ray procedures assisting the guidance of a catheter tube through a patient's major arteries.
Hospital CEO Peter Ridley said the system offeredindustry-leading dose optimisation technologies, reducing the radiation exposure for both patients and the surgical teams.
"St George Private Hospital is committed to investing in technology to offer improved patient experience and outcomes," Mr Ridley said.
"We'repleased our new angiography equipment will reduce the amount of radiation present during procedures,benefitingboth our patients and our people."
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