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NOVEMBER 6, 2006
  Newest in CT Imaging Technology -- Dual Energy Source -- Now Being Utilized on Patients at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is now offering the newest multi-slice computed tomography (CT) imaging technology to patients, becoming the first hospital in Philadelphia armed with pioneering dual x-ray source technology -- which produces amazingly detailed 3-D images of the heart. Benefits of the new technology to patients include: no medication, less radiation, and faster imaging time.

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