One of Texas Children’s main objectives is to provide the right care at the right time at the right place. Fulfilling that mission just got easier with the installation of a new Interventional Radiology Suite at Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus.
Equipped with a customizable interventional X-ray imaging system from Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc., the new suite will enable physicians to provide a wider range of image-guided procedures to patients and families in the West Houston area without having to send them across town to Texas Children’s in the Texas Medical Center.
“This suite gives us the ability to have a full-service radiology department at West Campus, making the future of radiology at the community hospital even brighter,” said Texas Children’s Radiology-In-Chief Dr. George S. Bisset at a ribbon cutting event for the new suite. “I’m very excited about what this new addition will bring to the hospital, our medical staff, and most importantly, our patients.”
Texas Children’s Chief of Interventional Radiology Dr. Kamlesh Kukreja said interventional radiology helps physicians keep every child they see as healthy as they can be and as comfortable as possible during their visit to the hospital or clinic.
“I’m looking forward to this service growing significantly at West Campus,” Kukreja said.
The new state-of-the-art suite is equipped with Toshiba’s Infinix-i’s C-arm design that offers conformity to any patient, allowing for optimal angulations, streamlined positioning and customizable configuration. In addition, the Infinix-i’s ergonomic enhancement improves clinician speed and precision while reducing the potential for strain and injury. Another important feature is the real-time Dose Tracking System that provides real-time data on the delivery of radiation in the form of easy-to-read color-coded human map.
“In pediatrics, radiation exposure is a key concern and dose management continues to be an important focus assuring maximum benefits under the highest safety standards for the patients,” said Sadia Nasir, assistant director of radiology at West Campus. “The Dose Monitoring System, in combination with dose management and reduction technologies, such as, Spot Fluororscopy will allow the interventionists to instantaneously monitor and minimize patient’s X-ray skin dose in real time during the procedures.”
Matt Schaefer, vice president of West Campus, said the need for additional radiology services at West Campus has continued to grow ever since the community hospital opened its doors more than five years ago.
“The opening of this new, state-of-the-art Interventional Radiology Suite is simply another step toward meeting those needs and providing patients with the highest quality of pediatric care.” he said.
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