David I. Saperstein Emergency Department
06/01/2008
The opening of the new Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center and the David I. Saperstein Emergency Department (ED) follows the lead set by the Santa Monica-UCLA Nethercutt Emergency Department through a new era of medical imaging for the emergency patients. The new ED is equipped with state-of-the-art direct digital (fig. 1) and computed radiography equipment to facilitate excellence in routine radiographic examinations. The ED has a new multidetector CT scanner (fig. 2) that supports a broad range of advanced imaging protocols that previously were in the exclusive domain of outpatient imaging centers.
figure 1: Direct Digital Radiography for all routine radiographic examinations.
figure 2: Seimens' Sensation 64- slice CT scanner supports a broad range of advanced imaging protocols. It has the capacity to perform angiographic examinations that are favorably compared to conventional catheter angiographic studies.
The Seimens' Sensation 64-slice CT scanner in the David I. Saperstein ED has the capacity to perform angiographic examinations that are favorably compared to conventional catheter angiographic studies. The CT angiogram, or CTA can be performed to assess complex vascular disease related to the aorta, renal arteries, and lower extremities. The high speed of the scanner enables noninvasive examination of the coronary arteries and cardiac wall motion abnormalities.
Stroke patients who cannot have MRI due to pacemaker placement or aneurysm surgery may benefit from CTA of the carotid arteries and intracranial vessels. More conventional emergency examinations such as pulmonary CTA to assess for pulmonary emboli and abdominal pelvic CT examinations can be performed on the same scanner. The rapid scan time typically allows for a single breath hold study of the entire area of interest. The scanner is supported by the subspecialty faculty expertise of the Department of Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and Santa Monica - UCLA and Orthopaedic Hospital are proud to bring the latest generation of high speed CT scanners, MR Imaging systems, Ultrasound, Women's Imaging and Digital Radiography to the Westside Community.
