{"id":277,"date":"2019-03-07T23:02:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T23:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fueldev.site\/~carolina\/radiology-service\/in-office-sinus-ct-scan\/"},"modified":"2019-03-15T17:43:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T17:43:21","slug":"in-office-sinus-ct-scan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carolinaearnosethroat.com\/radiology-service\/in-office-sinus-ct-scan\/","title":{"rendered":"In-Office Sinus CT Scan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Carolina Ear Nose &amp; Throat Practice brings technology closer to its patients. Carolina Ear, Nose &amp; Throat\/Head and Neck Surgery Center in Hickory became only the third ENT practice in the state to incorporate an in-office CT scanner to its clinical practice. Traditionally performed in a hospital setting, office based CT scanners are the newest trend in medicine to control medical costs, improve patient care and convenience. CT scans are used in Ear, Nose &amp; Throat practices for the evaluation of chronic sinusitis, dizziness and chronic ear disease, among other conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/carolinaearnosethroat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ct-scan-256x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-483\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The scanner utilizes ultra high resolution (0.09 mm) which delivers superior fine bony structure visualization while doing so in a comfortable upright position. The time to take the image is about 15 seconds. The radiation dose is up to 94% lower than standard conventional CT exams used in the hospital setting. The CT scan cost is also typically a fraction of what one might pay out-of-pocket in other settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Convenient, fast, accurate and less expensive. Point-of-care CT scanning enables us to begin the correct treatment to patients more quickly.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carolina Ear Nose &amp; Throat Practice brings technology closer to its patients. Carolina Ear, Nose &amp; Throat\/Head and Neck Surgery Center in Hickory became only the third ENT practice in the state to incorporate an in-office CT scanner to its clinical practice. Traditionally performed in a hospital setting, office based CT scanners are the newest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":230,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","locid":"","rating":"","footnotes":""},"service_tags":[],"class_list":["post-277","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinaearnosethroat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinaearnosethroat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinaearnosethroat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinaearnosethroat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinaearnosethroat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carolinaearnosethroat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/277\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinaearnosethroat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinaearnosethroat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinaearnosethroat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_tags?post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}