Western Medical installs Toshiba's vascular X-ray system to provide efficiency during diagnostic procedures

Feb 28 2011

To increase diagnostic capabilities and provide patients with the highest quality care, Western Medical Center Santa Ana has installed Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s Infinix™ VF-i bi-plane vascular X-ray system with Volume Navigation 3D roadmapping. Western Medical Center Santa Ana, located in Calif., is the first hospital to install and use Toshiba's Volume Navigation 3D roadmapping software, providing greater efficiency and physician confidence during difficult interventional procedures, especially for advanced neuro applications.

Western Medical Center's Infinix VF-i bi-plane features Toshiba's new mid-sized 12" x 12" flat panel detector on the lateral plane, combined with a large 12" x 16" flat panel detector on the frontal plane to allow for increased anatomical coverage. The outstanding image quality and system design of the Infinix VF-i bi-plane has allowed Western Medical to reduce procedure times and improve patient care and safety. With the new system, Western Medical Center can now perform advanced neurovascular interventions as well as peripheral vascular diagnosis and interventions. Some of these procedures include stroke intervention, stent placement, tumor embolization and peripheral angiography.

Now available on all new Infinix-i systems, Toshiba's real-time Volume Navigation 3D roadmap facilitates the deployment of coils during intervention on a cerebral aneurysm with exceptional clarity and precision. Volume Navigation links all of the movements of the system components with the fusion 3D and fluoroscopic display, so despite changes in table and C-arm position, the 3D overlay is automatically aligned with the fluoroscopic image with high accuracy. In addition, Volume Navigation provides 2D and 3D roadmap display modes and allows physicians to fine-tune images with manual controls for device enhancement, further assisting physicians when making difficult decisions during advanced procedures. Volume Navigation is particularly helpful for procedures on intricate vascular regions, such as the brain, uterus and abdominals.

"The installation of Toshiba's Infinix VF-i bi-plane vascular X-ray system has enabled Western Medical Center to offer cutting-edge imaging technology to our patient population," said Jeff Wallace, director, Clinical Support Services, Western Medical Center Santa Ana. "Advanced features like Volume Navigation 3D roadmapping, adjustable dose levels and a five-axis C-arm for superior patient access provide our radiologists the ability to confidently perform a wide variety of complex neurovascular and peripheral vascular interventions."

The Infinix VF-i bi-plane system offers unprecedented patient access with a floor-mounted C-arm five-axis positioner, allowing for head-to-toe and fingertip-to-fingertip coverage. The freely moving components, ergonomically friendly design and five-axis positioner enable clinicians to obtain optimal angles for diagnosis and interventional procedures without repositioning the patient. The combination of the mid-sized and large detector panels makes this system the most flexible bi-plane vascular X-ray system available.

"The unique design of the Infinix VF-i bi-plane system with large and mid-sized flat panel detectors enables clinicians to obtain critical variations in angle combinations while providing the necessary anatomical coverage," said Doug Ryan, vice president, Marketing and Strategic Development, Toshiba. "The Volume Navigation 3D roadmapping software provides enhanced visualization during interventions, resulting in reduced table times and improved patient care."