A-10 — HERALD-CITIZEN/REGIONAL BUYERS GUIDE, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Wednesday, January 30, 2013
MEDICAL DIRECTORY
Virtual colonoscopy offers less recovery time By laura MilitaNa HERALD-CITIZEN Staff
COOKEVILLE — Screenings are essential when it comes to preventing any type of cancer. Some of those procedures can take all day — one being the dreaded colonoscopy. With technology moving at a fast pace in the medical field, there is now a less invasive method of scanning the colon with a virtual colonoscopy. “There are some advantages to having the CT colonoscopy done,” Bryan Henson, B.S., R.T., head of imaging at Premier Diagnostic Imaging said. “Mainly, there’s no sedation involved, it takes less than 30 minutes and a lot of other organs are seen as well.” The CT colonoscopy uses low dose radiation CT scanning to obtain an interior view of the colon (the large intestine) that is otherwise only seen with a more invasive procedure. However, it is not covered by most insurance plans.
tracey Payne, r.t. with Premier Diagnostic imaging, shows how the virtual colonoscopy works. Laura Militana | Herald-
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