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Miami Children’s Hospital (MCH) is now offering the EOS Imaging System, the first technology capable of providing full-body images of patients in a natural standing position, in 3D and with a low radiation dose. MCH is the first facility in Miami-Dade and second in the state to acquire the EOS Imaging System.
 
Patients with scoliosis typically undergo imaging every three to six months over a period of several years, which can amount to more than 20 total scans over the course of treatment. This technology makes possible high-quality images with a radiation dose up to nine times less than a computed radiography X-ray and up to 20 times less than a CT scan. The device also reduces the amount of time it takes to conduct a radiological scan.
 
Pictured is Dr. Harry Shufflebarger, Director of the Division of Pediatric Spinal Surgery at MCH, and Elizabeth Martinez, 17, the first patient to receive a scan through the EOS Imaging System at MCH. Photo credit: Edgar Estrada for Miami Children’s Hospital.