California childrens hospital opts for NeuroLogica scanner

NeuroLogica has installed a CereTom CT scanner at the Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland in Calif., which will allow hospital technologists to take a CT scan of a child’s brain at their bedside, according to the based medical equipment developer.

Yearly, Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland treats approximately 300 children with head injuries and performs more than 350 neurosurgery procedures that may require an immediate CT scan.

Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland will integrate the CereTom CT scanner with its PACS, according to the Danvers, Mass.-based NeuroLogica.

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