Next-gen CT scanner boosts diagnoses, treatments

Dr Dzulkefly (right) and Cheah standing beside the new PCCT scanner at Sunway Medical Centre. To demonstrate the machine’s highly detailed imagery, a hibiscus plant is being prepared for scanning. — LOW BOON TAT/The Star

ONE of the world’s most advanced computed tomography (CT) scanners is now available at a hospital in Selangor with an image clarity unlike anything consultants have seen before.

Since October, Sunway Medical Centre patients have had access to a photon-counting CT (PCCT) scanner, a next-generation imaging system that delivers faster, safer and more detailed results.