BodyScan Imaging LLC Announces Purchase of Second Imatron EBT Scanner; Scanner to Be Located in Scottsdale, Arizona.Business Editors/Health and Medical Writers IRVINE, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Dec. 15, 2000 BodyScan Imaging LLC, as trustee for Heart Imaging LLC, announced today that it has purchased its second Electron Beam Tomography Electron beam tomography is a specific form of computed axial tomography (CAT or CT) in which the X-Ray tube is not mechanically spun in order to rotate the source of X-Ray photons. (EBT) scanner from Imatron Inc., to be placed in Scottsdale, Arizona. This EBT system sale will be reflected in Imatron's fourth quarter financial results. Heart Imaging LLC will provide imaging services to detect coronary artery disease coronary artery disease, condition that results when the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded, most commonly by atherosclerotic deposits of fibrous and fatty tissue. , carotid artery disease, lung cancer and osteoporosis. In addition, Heart Imaging LLC will offer heart, lung and full body scans and Electron Beam Angiography (EBA). Heart Imaging, to be located in Scottsdale, Arizona, will market its preventive health services to physicians and the general public throughout Scottsdale and Phoenix. The facility is anticipated to be operational in March 2001. Additional Heart Imaging LLC centers are in the planning and development stage. Anthony Sciuto, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. and General Manager of BodyScan Imaging LLC, stated, "We are looking forward to opening our new diagnostic imaging center in Scottsdale, Arizona and continue to develop strong medical alliances in Scottsdale and Phoenix to build a strong support base for our success. Our aggressive expansion of Heart Imaging LLC centers demonstrates our firm belief in Imatron's EBT technology as the 'Gold Standard' for cardiac diagnostics in preventive medicine." Dr. Julie Keck, Ph.D., Director of Medical Services, stated, "We are pleased to open a diagnostic imaging center in Scottsdale featuring Imatron's proprietary EBT technology. We look forward to building our business and providing the public and medical community with cutting-edge technology to assist physicians in detecting coronary artery disease and lung cancer, among other preventable and treatable diseases." S. Lewis Meyer, CEO of Imatron, commented, "We are gratified by this continuing vote of confidence in Imatron's EBT technology by BodyScan Imaging. We are aware of BodyScan Imaging's aggressive growth plans and look forward to future EBT scanner sales and system placements by the BodyScan Imaging team. There is clearly a trend in the country today toward supporting broad scale preventive imaging with Imatron's EBT technology at the center of this new medical paradigm. Companies like BodyScan Imaging are playing an important role in accelerating this phenomenon by combining private capital and local medical expertise to build a clinically viable business model." For additional information about Heart Imaging LLC, visit the company's web site at www.bodyscanimaging.com. Imatron Inc. is primarily engaged in designing, manufacturing, marketing, and supporting high performance electron beam tomography (EBT) scanners based on the Company's proprietary EBT technology. Imatron's EBT scanner is now in use at more than 150 major medical facilities and imaging centers around the world, including the Mayo Clinic, Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) is a 781-bed non-profit, research and teaching hospital located just seven miles west of New York City, in Hackensack, New Jersey, providing tertiary and healthcare needs for northern New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area. , Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as , Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, Mount Sinai Medical Center, University of Iowa Not to be confused with Iowa State University. The first faculty offered instruction at the University in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, situated where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855, the student body numbered 124, of which, 41 were women. , National Institutes of Health, UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. , St. Francis Hospital St. Francis Hospital may refer to:
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