Iran-Made CT Scanner Ready for Sale, Tender
“There are different versions of 16, 32, 64, 128 and 256-slice CT scanners and we have made the 16-slice machine 7 years ago,” said Ali Mohajeri, an expert with the knowledge-based company.
Noting that the device has passed the research and development stage, he said, “Now, the CT scanner is ready for tender and sending to hospitals.”
“We have started production of the 256-slice device which takes a complete image of a patient's torso,” Mohajeri said, adding that usually, the 64-slice device and above are only used for surgeries and in certain hospitals.
In a relevant development in December, Iranian Vice-President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy Rouhollah Dehqani Firouzabadi had inaugurated the production line of 16-slice CT scan devices.
The ceremony was held at Khorassan Razavi’s Science and Technology Park in the Northeastern part of Iran.
After the ceremony, Dehqani Firouzabadi visited the production lines of parts made in Iran for respiratory aid equipment, Tubofan Dion respiratory ventilators, professional valve resuscitation and ventilation calibrator and other equipment made the specialists of the knowledge-based company.
“At present, we have a cooperation agreement with the Health Ministry to make and deliver 35 CT scanners. Without doubt, we can produce and deliver 250 16-slice CT scans to the Health Ministry within one year,” said Khosro Heydari, the managing director of the knowledge-based company.
“By producing certain parts of CT scanners, the company has joined the club of manufacturers of CT scan parts in the world, and in the future we can mass-produce and export the CT scan parts,” he added.
CT scanning uses special x-ray equipment that produces cross sectional images of the body. The unit comprises a gantry which is large squarish machine with a wide hole in it and a table which the patient lies on.
Conventionally, images were obtained slice by slice sequentially but with multidetector-CT in the spiral mode, large volumes of the body can be scanned rapidly and accurately. The digital information for the scanner is converted to images that can be viewed in any 3D orientation.
The 16-Slice CT Scanner captures multiple images of a patient’s anatomy in a matter of seconds and presents information 3-dimensionally. This means the images of the body are now taken much faster, therefore reducing the examination time and increasing your comfort.
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