16-Slice CT — Known as the sweet-spot for facilities with a higher patient-flow and a need for reduced scanning times. read more
Generally it does. Better detail, higher accuracy and takes shorter time to scan and can get better scans in different vascular phases. However some scans like head scans, non contrast chest scans may not require a 64 slice scanner all the time. read more
The 64 slice CT scanner can perform the same task as a 16-slice CT scan in just a few seconds and the images are much better. The speed of the 64-slice CT scanner can gather a high-resolution image of a heart, brain or both lungs in less than five seconds. read more
The 256-slice system scans much faster than 64-slice systems, so patient throughput is faster, meaning more patients can be seen in a day, he said. There are other fixed costs beyond the scanner that facilities need to think about, Vannier added. read more