DECEMBER 2018 • LONGISLANDPRESS.COM 7
NYCBS Announcing Groundbreaking Technology
New York Cancer & Blood
Specialists (NYCBS) is set to
unveil their investment in the
latest and most innovative
PET/CT technology. This marvel
of modern medical imaging
technology will be housed within
their Southampton facility,
which is conveniently located
at 640 County Road 39. The
Discovery IQ PET/CT scanner
is the most sophisticated
imaging technology available,
and will be immediately
available to patients the first
week of December 2018.
Another amazing fact is that
the pioneering PET/CT scanner
will be the only one of its kind
offered to cancer patients on
the eastern end of Long Island.
Patients will benefit from the
new hybrid technology’s ability
to cut wait times in half, and
deliver half the dosage of
normal radiation. Positron
emission tomography (PET)
and computerized tomography
(CT) are both state-of-theart
imaging tools that allow
physicians to accurately find
the location of cancer within
the body before making
treatment recommendations.
This innovative system can
perform both PET and CT scans.
A PET-scan examines the
entire body, which pinpoints
the locations of an individual’s
ailment.
A CT-scan shows crosssections
of the body, which
can help determine the
characteristics of the tumor.
This 16-slice innovative CTdetector
system provides the
highest-quality imaging.
Besides offering faster imaging
times and lower radiation doses,
this innovative technology
uses fast electronics and a
dual acquisition channel that
enables high quantitative
accuracy for all clinically
relevant tracers. In addition,
the aided benefits allows
physicians to perform both
scans in as little as one
session, and the patient can
conveniently remain in the
same location.
The combination of the
of a PET/CT scan, enables
radiologists to diagnose far
more accurately than when the
two scans that are traditionally
taken separately.
Since cancer can spread at an
unpredictable rate, NYCBS will
ensure that their patients will
receive the fastest treatment
possible.
The mission at NYCBS is to
provide the highest-quality
advanced imaging in a patientcentered
environment, with
the comfort and convenience
of being treated close to home.