final project presentation - baird
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“DIAGNOSING FOR TODAY’S, TOMORROW”
WE ONCOLOG
Y ▸ Dallas, TX
▸ Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care
▸ Medical and Surgical Treatments
▸ Radiation
▸ Blood Cancers
▸ Leukemia
▸ Lymphoma
‣ Process In Need Of Improvement
‣ Diagnostic rate of benign and
malignant blood tumors
‣ Concerns :
‣ Lose business to higher diagnostic rates
‣ Potentially begin to miss possible preventions
‣ The Future :
‣ Leading diagnostic center within 5-7
years, 8-10 at most (Texas)
‣ Top requested center for care and
treatment (Texas)
‣ Top requested center for diagnosis,
treatment, and care (America)
“DIAGNOSING FOR TODAY’S, TOMORROW”
REVOLUTION CT ™
BENEFITS
▸ Reduces radiation dosage needed for imaging
▸ Whole organ coverage enables 4D imaging for all
anatomies to visualize vascular flow, organ motion or
kinetic properties.
▸ Lower energy consumption and sitting costs
RISKS
▸ Hardening Artifacts
▸ Difficulties among patients with high heart rates
and/or metallic implants
▸ Expensive equipment
“DIAGNOSING FOR TODAY’S, TOMORROW”
MULTITOM RAX
BENEFITS
▸ Multiple x-rays
▸ First-time and real 3D
▸ Robot moves, not the patient
▸ Low dosage of radiation
RISKS
▸ Future availability not guaranteed
▸ Must use post-processing system to produce
3D images
▸ Pending 510(k) clearance
“DIAGNOSING FOR TODAY’S, TOMORROW”
PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION
▸ Clinical Benefits
▸ single beat, motion-
free images
▸ flexible scan modes
▸ whole organ 4D
coverage
▸ Patient Benefits
▸ reduces radiation dose
≈ 82%
▸ wider 80 cm bore
(claustrophobia)
▸ delivers personalized
patient information
‣ User Benefits
‣ Clarity Operator
Environment
‣ quick access to exams
‣ alerts tasks completed
‣ plan-ahead lists