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TOSHIBA SUPPORTS NEW CARDIAC IMAGING FELLOWSHIP AT SHANDS HOSPITAL,
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
New Program Uses World’s Most Advanced 64-slice CT System To Educate Physicians About ACC and ACR
Guidelines
TUSTIN, Calif., Oct. 7, 2005 – Reinforcing its position as a leader in cardiac CT education, Toshiba America
Medical Systems, Inc. today announced support of a new visiting fellowship program at Shands Hospital at the
University of Florida (UF) in conjunction with the 33 rd annual meeting of the North American Society for Cardiac
Imaging’s (NASCI), Oct. 8-11 in Amelia Island, Florida. The fellowship, which is open to cardiologists, radiologists
and technicians, is designed to provide clinicians with practical experience using the latest 64-slice CT technology,
including Toshiba’s AquilionTM 64 CFX system, to educate clinicians interested in cardiac CT.
According to Dr. Anthony Mancuso, professor and chairman, Department of Radiology at Shands and UF,
radiologists and cardiologists collaborated to develop a fellowship that would meet the most stringent requirements
of organized radiology and cardiology. “CT acquires a lot of data and it is important to learn how to interpret that
data to provide the best patient care possible. Our institution emphasizes multidisciplinary educational programs, so
it makes sense for Shands to offer a fellowship focused on this breakthrough technology that crosses specialty lines
and is significantly changing the clinical environment.”
The program curriculum was developed based on guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the
American College of Radiology to meet the needs of both specialties.
Curriculum content consists of several key elements, including hands-on manipulation and reading of cardiac CT
images, daily clinical read out sessions, online testing applications and continuing medical education opportunities.
The fellowship, which begins in early 2006, accommodates two to four students at a time and lasts from one week to
three months, depending on the level of physician training and individual goals.
“We are privileged to be working with Shands and look forward to broadening the educational body of knowledge
surrounding cardiac CT through the visiting fellowship program,” said Doug Ryan, director, CT Business Unit,
Toshiba. “This is a very important endeavor in today’s market and we look forward to its success.”
Shands UF is sponsoring CME sessions at NASCI and Toshiba contributed an unrestricted educational grant in
support of Cardiovascular Imaging 2005.
The Aquilion 64 CFX allows physicians to easily capture precise, motion-free images of the heart and coronary
arteries to identify soft plaque or measure coronary blockage, and detect signs of disease at its earliest stages. In
addition, the superb image quality provided by the Aquilion 64 CFX provides consistent, high-quality images that
can be used for instructional purposes, which is essential as much of the program relies on the manipulation of data
to create the images needed to diagnose various heart conditions.
The Aquilion 64 CFX features the industry’s most advanced multi-detector CT imaging technology available and
utilizes Toshiba’s unique 64-row Quantum detector, which enables the system to deliver high-speed, high-resolution
cardiovascular imaging with the lowest noise and most anatomical coverage. The system’s Quantum detector
enables the Aquilion to acquire 64 simultaneous slices of 0.5 mm with each 400-millisecond gantry revolution. The
result is the most precise isotropic imaging of the heart, or any region of the body, during a breath-hold under 10
seconds.
The system also features Toshiba’s proprietary SUREPlaqueTM cardiac visualization software developed to automate
complex diagnostic cardiac examinations to offer faster, more accurate diagnostic capabilities.
About Shands at the University of Florida
Shands at the University of Florida is a 618-bed private, not-for-profit hospital and one of the most comprehensive
in the Southeast, specializing in tertiary and quaternary care for critically ill patients. Shands is one of the leading
referral medical centers in the southeastern United States and continually receives recognition as one of the best
hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. This recognition was achieved by making patient care,
education and research our priorities. Shands at UF is the primary teaching hospital for the UF College of Medicine.
More than 500 physicians representing 110 medical specialties work with a team of health care professionals to
provide quality care for patients. The faculty from the UF College of Medicine includes nationally and
internationally recognized physicians whose expertise is supported by intensive research activities. Because of
Shands' affiliation with the UF Health Science Center, our patients benefit from the latest medical knowledge and
technology. For more information visit www.shands.org.
About Toshiba
With headquarters in Tustin, Calif., Toshiba America Medical Systems markets, sells, distributes and services
diagnostic imaging systems, and coordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in the United
States. Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, an independent group company of Toshiba Corporation, is a global
leading provider of diagnostic medical imaging systems and comprehensive medical solutions, such as CT, X-ray,
Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, MRI and information systems. Toshiba Corporation is a leader in information and
communications systems, electronic components, consumer products, and power systems. Toshiba has
approximately 162,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of $55 billion. For more information about Toshiba
visit www.medical.toshiba.com.
AquilionTM and SUREPlaqueTM are trademarks of Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation.