Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center Installs New Nuclear Medicine Camera

Description: (L to R) Justin Quagliato and Curt Kelly, AVRMC's Nuclear Medicine Technologists. (Courtesy Photo)

AVRMC Press Release

ARKANSAS VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INSTALLS NEW NUCLEAR MEDICINE CAMERA

LA JUNTA, CO-As part of an ongoing effort to offer its patients the most cutting-edge medical imaging technology available, Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center recently acquired new Nuclear Medicine Equipment, the Symbia EVO from Siemens Healthcare.

Nuclear Medicine determines how the body is functioning at a cellular level. This imaging modality is able to find disease at its earliest stages. A radiotracer is injected into the body and will build up in certain areas of the body. Radiotracers go to the area of the body being examined and will bind to certain proteins in the body. Common anatomy imaged by utilizing Nuclear Medicine includes the heart, lungs, bones, gallbladder, thyroid, and brain.

After the radiotracer is injected into the patient, the Nuclear Medicine equipment will be able to detect the energy emitted from the radiotracer and convert it into an image. Once the image is created, the radiologist will review the images and provide an interpretation to your physician. The radiologist is a physician who is specially trained to interpret imaging procedures. A radiologist who interprets nuclear medicine studies has had additional training in Nuclear Medicine and radiation safety procedures.

A team of specialized healthcare professionals completes the Nuclear Medicine procedures. At AVRMC, we have two registered Nuclear Medicine technologist who perform your procedure. Curt Kelley, CNMT and Justin Quagliato, ARRT (R)(CT)(NM) have both completed specialized education in Nuclear Medicine and radiation safety procedures. This specialized education requires two years of Nuclear Medicine- specific education. After you have graduated from the Nuclear Medicine program, you are required to complete a specialized test (registry) prior to being allowed to perform Nuclear Medicine studies. The technologists have a combined 40 years of experience completing Nuclear Medicine studies.

Physicians at AVRMC can now serve a broader range of diverse patient populations and have access to industry-leading image quality to help inform care decisions and improve patient outcomes. The Symbia EVO utilizes a high-capacity patient bed, a 30% larger bore than previous systems and highly flexible detectors. These features are optimized to accommodate obese or critically ill patients and increase the variety of applications physicians can offer, providing comprehensive imaging configurations for general purpose, cardiology, oncology and neurology studies.

"We are thrilled to bring the Symbia EVO to our community," said Andy Flemer, AVRMC CEO. "The Symbia EVO enables our facility to image a wider variety of patients than ever before with higher image quality and increased comfort."

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