Safer, Simpler Scanning

With breakthrough technology, Imaging3 has the potential to make some vast improvements in healthcare. The company's Dominion equips healthcare professionals with an alternative to the CT scanners currently used. With this new alternative, for the first time healthcare workers are able to instantly view 3D, highresolution images of virtually any part of the human body.

Imaging3 Technology 3D images are instantly constructed using highresolution fluoroscopy and can be used as real time references for any current or new medical procedures in which multiple frames of reference are required to perform medical procedures on or in the human body. Dean Janes, chairman and CEO shared the fact that the Dominion has a one-of-a-kind patented. "It has 360° rotation, real time 3D imagining and is mobile," Janes adds.

Devices built with Imaging3 Technology can perform several functions and can replace or supplement a number of exiting devices, resulting in considerable cost savings for hospitals and healthcare centers. Some of these functions include: performing real time, 3D medical imaging; emulating a CT scanner, at a fraction of the capital cost; performing standard fluoroscopy, and crossing over to other modalities such as mammography and digital radiography. Adding to the Dominion's capabilities is the fact that it is safer for patients than standard CT scanners. "Patients have much less cumulative exposure to radiation with our Dominion Volumetric Imaging Scanner," Janes states.

Medical Applications

Imaging3 Technology has the capabilities to serve an almost unlimited number of medical applications, which dramatically increases the return on investment. By using this patented technology in the orthopedic arena, surgeons could use the Dominion for alignment purposes. This would be especially beneficial when performing hip and fracture pinning, saving time without having to reposition the patient or imaging device. Using this technology would also increase the speed and accuracy of diagnosis in a trauma environment where seconds matter. Having the ability to view images of patients in 3D, in real time, could be the difference in providing the correct diagnosis. It could be the difference between life and death. Pain management is another sector that could benefit from this technology. For example, Imaging3 Technology would provide a real time, 3D view of the spine to assist physicians in guiding needle placement for nerve blocks and discograms. By viewing multiple angles simultaneously, a physician's accuracy and throughput is increased. Superior image quality would also provide for better diagnosis.

This technology would also be extremely beneficial when assisting in computer guided surgeries. By using P.A.I.L.S., Patient Anatomy Identification & Location Software, physicians could have control of the image information and could relate this information, in any form of guided surgical technique, to the patient. This would save time, money and equipment used to interface with existing equipment, as well as equipment being developed in the future. Physicians could also utilize this technology in work with pediatrics because of the lower dose of standard fluoroscopy. The benefits of being able to diagnose children quickly and with a lower fluoroscopy would be a very attractive attribute to any facility.

Janes makes the observation, "Everything is going toward minimally invasive procedure." With this becoming a growing trend, the Dominion would be a great alternative to cater to the needs of such procedures. Imaging3 provides an easier and safer method for diagnostic views; it provides a much needed alternative to CT scanning. "With our Dominion, and its breakthrough technology, the physicians aren't adding unnecessary trauma to patients," Janes says.

One point that Janes really wants to get across is the speed of Imaging3's Dominion. Its quickness eliminates repositioning of patients, increases accuracy, allows procedures to be done more quickly, and wipes out the need for adjusting any equipment.