(People's Daily Online) 15:01, March 17, 2023

A small intelligent mobile computed tomography (CT) scanner has been successfully developed by Chinese researchers in Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The CT scanner is 135 centimeters tall and weighs just 260 kg, with its exam table being 88 centimeters in both width and length, according to its developers. The machine is self-shielded, generates a small amount of radiation and boasts low energy consumption.

Photo shows a small intelligent mobile CT scanner developed by the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital and the research team of medicine and engineering interdisciplinary at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Photo courtesy of the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital)

It has other functions such as a man-machine dialogue system, voice control, route planning, target location, obstacle avoidance, three-dimensional imaging, and intelligent disease diagnosis.

Developed by the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital and the research team of medicine and engineering interdisciplinary at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in Chengdu, the machine marks a major breakthrough China has made in the area of building such CT scanners independently.

Photo shows a small intelligent mobile CT scanner developed by the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital and the research team of medicine and engineering interdisciplinary at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Photo courtesy of the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital)

The CT scanner can perform CT scans, medical diagnosis, and treatment beside beds for patients at hospitals and in patients' homes, providing a new model of treatment for critically and severely ill patients.

These include those with cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage and brain injuries, said Xu Ruxiang, the chief expert of the research and development team and a professor at the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital. 

一種小型智能移動(dòng)計(jì)算機(jī)斷層掃描儀（CT）已由中國(guó)研究人員在中國(guó)西南部四川省省會(huì)成都市成功研制。

據(jù)研發(fā)人員介紹，這臺(tái)CT掃描儀高135厘米，重260公斤，檢查臺(tái)的寬度和長(zhǎng)度都為88厘米。本機(jī)具有自屏蔽功能，輻射量小，能耗低。

它還具有人機(jī)對(duì)話系統(tǒng)、語(yǔ)音控制、路線規(guī)劃、目標(biāo)定位、避障、三維成像、智能疾病診斷等功能。

該機(jī)器由四川省人民醫(yī)院和位于成都的中國(guó)電子科技大學(xué)醫(yī)學(xué)與工程學(xué)科交叉的研究團(tuán)隊(duì)共同開(kāi)發(fā)，標(biāo)志著中國(guó)在自主建造此類CT掃描儀領(lǐng)域取得了重大突破。

CT掃描儀可在醫(yī)院和患者家中為患者進(jìn)行床旁CT掃描、醫(yī)療診斷和治療，為危重癥患者提供了一種新的治療模式。

該研發(fā)團(tuán)隊(duì)的首席專家、四川省人民醫(yī)院徐汝祥教授說(shuō)，這其中包括腦梗塞、腦出血和腦損傷。