Aster International Institute of Oncology

Philips Astonish True Flight Select PET-CT with Time Of Flight (TOF) Technology

• Works in full 3D mode, enabling better lesion detectability

• Provides accurate anatomical details with minimal PET radiation dose, as the FDG dose injected is considerably less

GE SPECT-CT OPTIMA NM 640 Gamma Camera

• Provides exceptionally clear images at a very high speed, facilitating high-precision diagnosis

• Low on radiation dose and examination time, it also allows hybrid imaging by integrating the most advanced general-purpose gamma camera with a newly developed four-slice CT

Two Dedicated Isolation Rooms

• For high dose radioactive iodine therapy of patients with thyroid malignancies and I-131 MIBG therapy of malignant neuroendocrine tumours like phaeochromocytoma

Cardiology

• Myocardial perfusion imaging (Stress MIBI, Rest MIBI)

• Pharmacological stress MIBI using dobutamine/adenosine

• MUGA scan

• First pass studies

Neurology

• Brain perfusion imaging

• Ictal SPECT imaging

• Technetium TRODAT imaging

Nephrology & Urology

• Technetium DTPA RENOGRAM

• DMSA scan

• Captopril renogram

• Direct/Indirect radionuclide cystogram

Orthopaedics & Plastic Surgery

• Whole body bone scan

• Regional three phase bone scan

• Regional infection imaging

• Bone graft viability

• Lymphoscintigraphy

Oncology

• Scintimammography

• Sentinal node imaging and gamma probing

• I-131 whole body imaging

• Technetium HYNIC-TOC imaging

Gastroenterology & Hepatobiliary

• HIDA scan (hepatobiliary scintigraphy)

• Liver spleen scintigraphy

• GI bleed scintigraphy

• GI motility studies

• Technetium RBC labelled blood pool scintigraphy

Paediatrics

• GE reflux scintigraphy (milk scan)

• Salivagram

• Meckel’s scan

Endocrinology

• Technetium thyroid scans

• Parathyroid scintigraphy

• I-131 MIBG scan

ENT

• Three phase bone scan + regional FDG PET-CT in skull base osteomyelitis evaluation

18 F FDG PET-CT

• Whole body PET-CT imaging for identifying extent of certain types of cancers

• Assess response to chemotherapy/radiation therapy and to detect disease recurrence/disease progression

• To detect foci of infection in fever of unknown origin

• Regional infection PET imaging to diagnose/rule out osteomyelitis in patients who have undergone hip replacement surgeries

• Detect diabetic foot osteomyelitis

• Assess myocardial viability

• Cardiac sarcoidosis evaluation

• Interictal PET to localise seizure foci before planning for surgery

68 Gallium Whole Body PET-CT

• 68 Gallium PSMA PET-CT for prostate carcinoma

• 68 Gallium DOTATOC PET-CT for neuroendocrine tumours

• 68 Gallium Exendin PET-CT for insulinoma

Therapeutic Applications

• 177 Lutetium DOTA-TATE Therapy for neuroendocrine tumours

• 177 Lutetium PSMA therapy for prostate carcinomas

• Strontium therapy for bone pain palliation

• Low dose radioiodine - 131 therapy of hyper functioning thyroid

• High dose Iodine I-131 therapy for thyroid cancer

• Recombinant TSH assisted I-131 therapy for thyroid cancer

• I-131 MIBG therapy for malignant neuroendocrine tumours

• 188 Rhenium Lipoidol therapy/Yttrium 90 SIR sphere therapy for metastatic liver tumour patients who are no longer responding to chemotherapy/those with primary liver cancer that cannot be surgically

Site specific disease management groups: Haemato oncology and BMT Neuro-Oncology, Orthopedic Oncology, Gastro Intestinal, hepatobiliary and pancreatic oncology group, Womens Cancer clinics Genito Urinary Oncology clinics Pediatric Oncology group Head and Neck oncology group Thoracic Oncology group

ORI Fusion Digital Integrated Operation Theatres With 22 Operating Rooms that are on par with some of the largest in the world, Aster Medcity, for the first time South India, introduces ORI Fusion Digital Integrated Operation Theatres using Karlstorz OR1 Fusion - Asia Pacific’s first complete digital integration system.
The integration enables real-time sharing of images, videos and medical reports, which not only facilitates virtual participation from any location in the world but also helps the rest of the surgical team to monitor the patient closely during the operative procedure, much to the benefit and safety of the patient undergoing the surgery.
Aster Medcity is also the first surgical facility in the state to offer Robotic Surgery using a high-precision da Vinci Surgery Robot.

 

Advanced Features

• PACS, HIS, and video recording integrated for single monitor control by Surgeons
• Each Operating Room has 3 cameras and 6 monitors for Doctors to monitor patient parameters and the surgical procedures
• Operative procedures can be transmitted live to various locations within and outside the Hospital
• Facilities for interactive sessions during operation through live transmission of the procedure
• Doctors can join the Surgical team and monitor the patient from any location outside the hospital
• Da Vinci Surgical Robot for performing minimally invasive Robotic Surgery
• State-of-the-art engineering techniques to maintain positive pressure within operating rooms along with heap filters to reduce infections
• Individual air handling unit for each Operating Room
• Equipped with Isocentric C Arm
• Advanced facilities to monitor including depth of Anaesthesia, Neuromuscular Monitoring, Transcranial Doppler and 3D Echocardiogram
• High-end Anaesthesia workstation with precision delivery of Anaesthetic gases
• Autopilot facility Anaesthesia machines
• Capability to export information to all ICUs within the hospital
• Induction bay with facilities for parents to be with children during induction of Anaesthesia
• As all Operating Rooms here are approximate of the same size, they can accommodate a variety of equipment- surgical, as well as those for ensuring the safety and protection of the patient
• Stringent Infection Control measures followed under the surveillance of experienced Doctors
   

Anesthesia Team

• Perioperative anesthetic care
• Anesthesia for solid organ transplant
• Invasive monitoring of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and associated techniques
• Anesthetic support for SSEP and MEP
• Anesthesia for infants, neonates, and children
• Anesthesia for craniofacial reconstructive and cosmetic surgery
• Labor analgesia and obstetric Anaesthesia
• Regional anesthetic techniques with ultrasound and PNS
• Transesophageal echocardiography
• Fiber optic bronchoscopy
• Difficult intubation maneuvers
• Intar aortic balloon support
• Inotropes vasodilators and vasopressors
• ECMO and LVAD assistance
• Neuro monitoring: BIS, NIRS, neuromuscular monitoring, TCD
• Special anesthetic techniques for awake craniotomies
• Blood conservative measures

Seamless Team Work

The ORI Fusion Digital Integration system in the Operating Rooms helps create a workflow that’s seamless by enabling virtual participation of Doctors in the procedure, from whichever part of the world they are in at that point in time. As all medical reports and image modalities including the operation procedure can be transmitted live to any location inside or outside the hospital, Doctors can become a part of the Surgery Team on a real-time basis, wherein they can interact with Surgeons in the OR, closely monitor the procedure as well as patient parameters and contribute their expert suggestions.

• Karl Storz OR1 Fusion Technology
• Single monitor control enabled through integration of PAC, HIS & Video Recording
• Live to share all image modalities & medical reports
• 3 cameras and 6 monitors in every OR.

Waiting Lounge

Aster Medcity understands that the time of surgery is stressful for the family of the Patient as well, which is why the bystander’s waiting lounge has been designed in such a way that it provides a calming, comforting ambiance

Scenic view of the backwaters from the visitor's lounge, Recliner Chairs, Cafeteria

Guest Relation Team who updates the bystanders on patient’s progress at regular intervals and ensures a warm, hospitable atmosphere.

 

PET-CT scanning, and Nuclear Medicine Therapy using Radio-pharmaceuticals like Iodine-131 PET –CT based radiotherapy planning

CT scan based radiotherapy planning CT Simulator CT –MRI fusion Image based interventional ooncology (RFA , TACE)

Early screening of cancers in the Breast, Cervix, Head and Neck, Colorectum, Prostate and Lung