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Germany-based medical technology firm Siemens Healthineers has introduced the world’s first CT scanner with photon-counting technology, promising to provide higher quality medical imaging impossible with conventional CT scanners.The ‘Naeotom Alpha’ was designed to excel in all technical parameters related to image quality, touting an increase in resolution and a reduction in radiation dose. As of present, the Naeotom Alpha has already been cleared for clinical use in the USA and Europe, with more than 20 systems installed, and over 8.000 patients scanned.

WORK on the CT scanning suite at Glan Clwyd Hospital has brought improved facilities and first-of-its-kind in Wales technology. The hospital’s Radiology department is the first in the country to have a Dual Source CT system, which delivers a lower dose of radiation to patients, providing increased safety for people undergoing regular scans. The new scanner also features an image-quality improving infrared camera, and remote-access training software. The work included renovation of the facilities linked to the scanner, with a new changing room and en-suite providing greater comfort a...