Child Size Dose Available at Truxtun Radiology on Most Advanced CT System

Would you give your child an adult dose of medicine? If your child needs to have a CT exam now they can have a child size dose of radiation to reduce exposure.

The state-of-the-art Aquilion One 320 Detector Dynamic Volume CT is the most advanced CT system in Kern County. Whole organs can be scanned in a single rotation and be exposed to less radiation. Only at Truxtun Radiology Medical Group.


@ 9900 Stockdale Hwy., Suite 100, Bakersfield, CA

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More about the Toshiba Aquilion One:

Truxtun Radiology is proud to be able to offer patients and physicians the most advanced CT scanner on the market today, which can perform comprehensive diagnostic tests unavailable elsewhere.

The Aquilion ONE can produce detailed three-dimensional images of the heart, brain and other internal organs with a single rotation of the x-ray tube, reducing radiation dosage, the amount of contrast (dyes) needed and the time patients spend on the table. Other scanners need to take multiple images that are then "stitched" together, which in some cases expose patients to more x-ray radiation and require more contrast.

Speed and image clarity are critical, particularly with patients suspected of having a stroke. Truxtun Radiology's CT scanner will allow radiologists to analyze the flow of blood through vessels in the brain in real time and determine whether there is blockage.

Among the Aquilion ONE scanner's unique and innovative features:

The only CT scanner on the market that can cover the entire heart with one rotation of the x-ray tube around the patient, reducing radiation doses for the patient. The Aquilion ONE is also the only scanner on the market that has "Arrhythmia Rejection," where the scanner automatically stops or delays exposure to the patient during an irregular cardiac cycle. This avoids having to re-scan the patient, therefore reducing contrast and radiation dose.

The only CT scanner on the market that can cover the entire brain with one rotation of the x-ray tube around the patient, which is especially critical in the event of a stroke. This will decrease the time needed to image the brain and increase the information that is available to the physician through Perfusion Imaging.

The only CT scanner on the market that allows physicians to see how the organ and blood flow is dynamically functioning, moving within and around the organ.

A table that can accommodate patients of up to 650 pounds and one of the largest bore sizes (the diameter of the donut-shaped gantry that contains the x-ray tube), which makes it accessible to a larger number of patients.

The advanced software applications allow for re-constructed images of superior quality and clarity that assist physicians in the diagnosis of patients, including fractures.

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