Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (VA)
Mangalore, Jun 29: The A J Hospital & Research Centre here has announced the launch of most advanced MRI and Cathlab. Medical director Prashanth Marla informed about the same at a press meet here on Monday June 28.
The new Digital flat panel Cathlab is first of its kind, with lot of advanced features for cardiac investigation and intervention. It has additional software support and gives a better quality of images and help Cardiologists in performing complex procedures.
The MRI is a high field 1.5 Tesla, 18 channel, supercon system with Total Imaging Matrix (TIM). It comes fully loaded with the neuro, ortho, cardiac, onco, body, angio, paediatric and breast suites.
This advanced machine is capable of - whole body - head to toe imaging in a very short time,
better image clarity leading to improved diagnosis, faster imaging – leading to better patient compliance, especially sick and restless patients, spectroscopic studies are possible, which help in better characterization of tumours and malignancies, diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, etc.)
These new machines have been imported from Siemens, Germany. In addition to the above, Cancer Therapy Unit – advanced linear accelerator will be installed in few months.
The hospital came into existence in the year 2001. Ever since its inception, it has always been in the forefront in providing state of the art technology in medical care, in this region.
A J Shetty, president, Laxmi Memorial Trust, Prashant Shetty, vice-president, Ramesh Pai, dean, AJIMS, Dr B V Manjunath, interventional cardiologist, Dr Ganesh, radiologist and Dr Jayashankar Marla, cardio-thoracic surgeon among others were present at the press meet.