• Share on:  Texas Health offers some of the most advanced
imaging technologies available today.  Flash CT  Texas Health
offers one the world’s fastest computed tomography (CAT or CT
scan) machines, called Flash CT. The shutter speed of Flash CT’s
camera is so quick that an entire chest scan can be done in half
a second. This means that patients do not have to hold their
breath or take medications to slow the heart rate. Three-
dimensional color images of the heart help doctors evaluate
coronary blood vessels. The detail of the images allows
physicians to see some cardiac blockages that previously
required cardiac catheterization procedures to diagnose. The
high-speed scan also means that patients are exposed to
significantly less radiation than the doses delivered by
traditional CT scans.  3D Echocardiogram  Cardiovascular
surgeons and anesthesiologists on the medical staff at Texas
Health are using a new type of echocardiogram that provides the
first-ever live three-dimensional images of the beating heart mo