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Lung Cancer Detection

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Lung Cancer Detection

Computed Tomography (CT)

Our 64-slice helical CT scanner can be used for screening patients who have a high risk for developing lung cancer, for follow up imaging of suspicious lung lesions (spots) and for helping to stage lung cancer. CT is short for a medical imaging exam known as Computerized Tomography. The CT scanner is a doughnut-shaped machine with an x-ray source that takes multiple pictures of the inside of your body as it rotates around you. A sophisticated computer stores the images and creates three dimensional, cross sectional pictures or “slices” of the part of the body being scanned. CT can produce images of bone as well as soft tissue and blood vessels, making it possible to detect disease earlier than with regular x-rays. A 64-slice CT scanner can produce high quality images in a relatively short time.

Bronchoscopy Suite

Pulmonologists are doctors specializing in diagnosing and treating diseases of the lungs. They use our bronchoscopy suite to perform minimally invasive lung diagnostic procedures and treatments using a bronchoscope inserted through the nose or mouth. The bronchoscope allows the pulmonologist to determine if there are any foreign bodies, tumors, bleeding or inflammation in the airways and lungs.

The pulmonologist is able to retrieve specimens lodged in the airways or remove tissue samples for biopsy. In addition, pulmonologists use the bronchoscopy suite to perform airway stenting and thoracoscopy/pleuroscopy. Our bronchoscopy suite includes a pathology station where a pathologist examines tissue samples. This minimizes the time it would otherwise take to confirm a diagnosis and decreases the amount of time the patient needs to be under anesthesia.

superDimension inReach™ System

Our superDimension inReach System helps pulmonologists reach previously inaccessible regions of the lung to detect small lung lesions (spots) for diagnosis and treatment. A CT scan serves as a map for the superDimension inReach catheter to find and target lesions in the lung. Once the catheter is removed, a sheath provides a channel for diagnostic or therapeutic tools. Using the minimally invasive inReach System, pulmonologists are able to biopsy distant lung nodules and diagnose lung cancer at an earlier stage, reducing the need for higher-risk procedures and increasing patients’ treatment options. Our inReach System now has radial probe technology used to reach even further into the lungs to biopsy areas that could not be reached before. Learn more»

Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)

Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) is a diagnostic tool that provides a more precise determination of a patient’s lung cancer stage. Using this less invasive approach, the pulmonologist passes a small bronchoscope, with a special ultrasound at its tip, through the patient’s mouth and down into the windpipe. Many patients evaluated with EBUS are able to forego more invasive surgical procedures.