The Necker-Enfants Malades and European Georges-Pompidou AP-HP hospitals respectively become the first pediatric hospital in Europe and the third hospital in France to benefit from this excellent technology. The scanners were installed in the pediatric radiology department of the Necker-Enfants Malades AP-HP hospital, which carries out around 6,000 scans each year for all pediatric specialties, and in the radiology department of the Georges-European hospital. Pompidou where nearly 35,000 scanners are carried out each year.
An innovative process for the benefit of patients
The high definition of the images, with an acquisition speed twice as fast, makes it possible to visualize the lesions and the finest details for great diagnostic confidence. The photonic scanner also makes it possible to minimize exposure to X-rays by reducing the irradiation dose by 40 to 50% compared to a standard scanner, which represents a real benefit for patients at risk and for patients whose complex pathologies require repeated scans.
In cardiology for example, thanks to the three-fold improvement in spatial resolution, the definition now approaches invasive coronary angiography to analyze the coronaries which are very small vessels. In addition, thanks to the spectral information, coronary calcifications or metal stents can be easily differentiated from the iodinated contrast product, which was difficult with previous technology.
In pediatrics, the platform allows acquisitions twice as fast, which is useful for limiting artifacts on the image linked to the movement of children and the absence of apnea.
An improvement in the patient journey
Access to imaging is essential for diagnosis, risk stratification, planning, intervention guidance and monitoring. The opportunities for the photon counting scanner go beyond academic interest and promise a significant paradigm shift in patient circuitry. The increase in the diagnostic performance of non-invasive imaging should thus allow the more appropriate use of invasive examinations, shortening treatment, reducing the number of normal invasive examinations by improving the detection of patients requiring treatment. invasive with revascularization.
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