- Acute Pain Services
- Alexa's PLAYC
- Asthma & Allergy Clinic
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Audiology/Hearing
- Autism Discovery Institute
- Behavioral Health
- Blood & Bone Marrow Transplant Program
- Brachial Plexus Treatment
- Cardiology
- Cardiovascular Surgery
- Celiac Disease Clinic
- Center For Healthier Communities For Children
- Cerebral Palsy Center
- Chadwick Center For Children & Families
- Child & Adolescent Services Research Center (CASRC)
- Child Care Center (Alexa's PLAYC)
- Child Life Services
- Children's Care Connection (C3)
- Children's Hospital Emergency Transport (CHET)
- Chronic Pain Program
- City Heights Wellness Center
- Craniofacial Services
- Critical Care Center (The Ernest Hahn Critical Care Unit)
- CT Scan
- Cystic Fibrosis Clinic
- Day Surgery Center
- Dental Care
- Dermatology
- Developmental Evaluation Clinic
- Developmental Screening & Enhancement Program (DSEP)
- Developmental Services
- Down Syndrome Center
- Emergency Care Center
- Endocrinology/Diabetes
- Endoscopy
- Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders Clinic
- Fatty Liver Clinic
- Feeding Team
- Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
- Genetic Services
- Hand Clinic
- Heart Institute
- Helen Bernardy Center for Medically Fragile Children
- Hematology/Oncology
- High-Risk Infant Program (HRI)
- HomeCare
- Hope Bereavement Support Program
- Hospice
- Infectious Disease Services
- Integrative Medicine Program
- Kawasaki Disease Clinic
- Kidney Transplant Program
- Laboratory Services/Pathology
- Limb Deficiency Clinic
- Liver Transplant Program
- Medical Practice Foundation
- Motion Analysis Laboratory
- Muscle Disease Clinic
- Neonatal Services/NICU
- Nephrology/Renal
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Newborn Screening Program
- Nutrition Clinic
- Occupational Therapy
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedic Services
- Otolaryngology/ENT
- Partnership for Smoke Free Families
- Pastoral Care
- Pharmacy Services
- Physical Therapy
- Prader-Willi Syndrome Clinic
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonary/Respiratory Medicine
- Radiology
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Rehabilitation Medicine
- Renal Clinic
- Rheumatology
- Scoliosis Center
- Sleep Studies Center
- Solid Organ Transplant Program
- Speech/Language Pathology
- Sports Medicine
- Surgery Services
- Toddler School (Alexa's PLAYC)
- Trauma Program
- Urgent Care Centers
- Urology
- Weight & Wellness Center
CT Scan
64-Slice LightSpeed CT Scanner
If you’ve ever tried to keep a child completely still — especially if he's sick or scared — you can imagine the challenges faced by the Radiology Division. Now, some of those challenges are gone forever, replaced by equipment that is not only fast, but amazing in its diagnostic capabilities.
Rady Children’s newest piece of equipment — the General Electric 64-Slice LightSpeed CT Scanner — is the first such scanner to be installed in San Diego County and the first in a children’s hospital worldwide.
It’s unbelievably fast, taking 64 “slices,” or pictures, every 1/3 of a second — and can complete an entire body scan in less than five seconds, a process that used to take five minutes. This reduces, and sometimes eliminates, the need for sedation for most patients and dramatically reduces radiation exposure.
In the case of heart exams, the new machine can often eliminate the need for invasive catheterizations through the arteries and into the heart chambers. Instead, physicians get a comprehensive tour, literally in a heartbeat.
And speed is only the beginning. The images can be reformatted almost instantly into 3-D pictures. Imagine: Now a neurosurgeon can travel around the vessels of a baby’s tiny brain without surgery. Orthopedists can examine bones to see if limbs are healing. Trauma physicians can get a complete look to check for injuries.
Please see Radiology for more information.
As incredible as the equipment is, so is the generosity of the Auxilians who helped fund its purchase. One-third of its $1.6 million purchase price was raised by these hard-working and dedicated volunteers.
