Chennai, Jan. 22 -- The Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER) today launched South Asia's first state of the art fully loaded the GE Revolution Apex Elite 512-slice Spectral CT scanner at its faciliy in suburban Porur.

It was inaugurated by Dr. T.S. Swaminathan, Former Director, Barnard Institute of Radiology, Madras Medical College in the presenceof the Chancellor V.R. Venkataachalam.

On the salient features of the CT scanner, a SRIHER release said it was ECG less and drug less cardiac CT in a single breath hold,Non dependent on heart rate, Low radiation dose using AI based deep learning image reconstruction, Fast Stroke protocol in lessthan 5 minutes; Fastest rotation time with highest temporal resolution; ...