MJMH gets new CT machine

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Leslie N. Dees

July 9, 2008

Anonymous The Star Herald Wed Jul 09, 2008, 09:25 AM CDT

Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital has acquired a LightSpeed VCT computed tomography (CT) imaging system that provides highly detailed images of the human body.

According to Richard Manning, MJMH CEO, Montfort Jones is the first medical facility in the Central Mississippi area to offer patients this state-of-the art, innovative technology.

The LightSpeed VCT CT scanner, manufactured by GE Healthcare, provides doctors with high resolution images in a fraction of the time previously required, allowing them to more accurately diagnose a wider variety of patient conditions.

“Our LightSpeed VCT system gives us the ability to apply CT imaging to a wider set of clinical applications,” Chris Threadgill, MJMH radiology director, said. “It also reduces the radiation dose a patient experiences.”

“The addition of the LightSpeed VCT system compliments and extends the range of quality diagnostic services that Montfort Jones offers the residents of Kosciusko and Attala County,” continued Threadgill. “It provides us with vastly improved image quality and imaging speed, and it allows us to perform CT angiography, cardiology, and CT colonography . . . besides enhancing the overall diagnostic confidence we have in all our studies.”

The LightSpeed VCT CT system is the fifth evolution of GE Healthcare’s award-winning LightSpeed® CT platform, the CT scanning system that revolutionized the industry in 1998.

Originally developed in the 1970s, CT or “CAT” scans combine the power of X-ray technology and computers, allowing physicians the ability to view thin cross-sections of the internal anatomy without the need for exploratory surgery.

CT exams are used when people are ill or injured, or when a physician suspects a medical problem that is not easily detectable from a conventional physical examination. The LightSpeed VCT CT system non-invasively assists physicians in the diagnosis of a variety of anatomical areas, such as the spine, head, abdomen and chest, including detailed imaging of the heart.

For more information about CT services at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital give the Radiology Department a call at 662-290-3324.

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