New technology reduces radiation exposure
380 views · Published 3 July 2014 · 1:52 · Indexed 1 November 2026
Channel: KUTV 2 News Salt Lake City · 2014 · News & Politics
(KUTV) - Primary Children's Hospital is currently the only pediatric hospital in the country that is using new technology to reduce the amount of radiation exposed to children during heart procedures. The same technology is also using GPS and 3D imaging. We got to see the Mediguide during Emma Wood's heart procedure. On Monday, the 13-year-old underwent her third procedure to try and fix a condition called tachycardia. It's a heart condition that her doctors in Arizona have been trying to fix for several months. "We were in the hospital about every other week," said Emma's father Paul. "In May the decided to try and do it (the procedure) again and they went in and they couldn't find it and they couldn't fix it." Emma and her family were sent from Phoenix to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. Recently, Primary Children's Hospital installed new technology that could help correct Emma's heart problem. "We are using a new mapping technology that we just had installed last week to help us reduce radiation
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