title: Multidisciplinary sliding-gantry CT: from concept to reality.
abstract: Sliding-gantry computed tomography offers an interesting variety of treatment options for emergency radiology and clinical routine. The Frankfurt 2-room installation provides an interdisciplinary, multifunctional, and cost-effective concept. It is based on a magnetically sealed rail system for the permanent movement of the gantry between 2 adjacent rooms with fixed-mounted tables. In case of emergency or intensive care patients, routine scanning can be performed in room 1 until computed tomography diagnosis is required in room 2 and can then be continued in room 1 again. Moreover, this concept allows the simultaneous handling of 2 emergency patients.
authors.affiliation: From the *Institute for Diagnosis and Interventional Radiology, †Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive-Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, and ‡Department of Trauma-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main; and §Siemens AG, Healthcare Sector, Imaging and Therapy Division, Forchheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Vogl
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frellesen
authors.forename: Ralf W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kerl
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zacharowski
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marzi
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hellwig
authors.forename: Renate
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hammerstingl
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lehnert
authors.forename: Katrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eichler
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*