The 128-Slice Multidetector helical computed tomography is an ultra fast low radiation dose CT scanner.  It is equipped with the latest technology, offering superior resolution and unprecedented image quality of the soft tissues, vascular system, heart and coronary arteries and bone.

The system covers 128 slices in a single rotation. This results in improved temporal resolution (the ability to image organs that are in constant motion, such as the heart, coronary arteries and bowel sharply and without blur).  The CT has a spatial resolution of 0.24 mm and acquires images so quickly (in seconds) that less contrast media is required. Shorter examination times make patients comfortable. The scanner has a large gantry width of 78 cm and 485 pound table-weight capacity.

The CT scanner has one of the lowest radiation doses in the market.  Unnecessary radiation dose is physically blocked from the patient.  Only the dose that is clinically relevant to the patient is applied.  Zilkha Radiology is always investigating ways to decrease radiation dose.  We have acquired additional hardware and software that further decreases the radiation dose to the patient (up to 80%). This FDA approved cutting edge technology is currently used in children’s hospitals around the country where low dose CT is the highest priority.  Zilkha Radiology is the first and only practice in the Northeast and New York State to acquire and provide this new low dose technology.  We optimize diagnostic quality while keeping patient safety our number one priority.

Dosage Card - Front
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Dosage Card - Back
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The patient may request and receive this radiation dose card after undergoing the CT examination.

Zilkha Radiology Offers In-Office Anesthesia.

 
 
 
 

Albert Zilkha, MD, D.A.B.R.

After completing his Residency in Radiology in Montreal, Canada and Fellowship in Neuroradiology at the Albert Einstein College Hospital in New York City, Dr. Zilkha joined the Radiology Department of St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center in Manhattan as Attending Radiologist. Dr. Zilkha served in the U.S. Army as a Major and was stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington State. He then joined the Nassau County Medical Center as a Radiologist and Chief of Neuroradiology.

Dr. Albert Zilkha served as a Professor of Clinical Radiology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine. He has published extensively in the field of radiology.

Dr. Zilkha decided to enter private practice and established the Long Island Medical Imaging in West Islip, on Long Island, in 1984 and Long Island Medical Diagnostic Imaging and Long Island MRI in East Islip, Long Island, in 1989. His outstanding reputation as a Radiologist in computed tomography and MRI lead to the rapid growth of the practice in both locations.

Dr. Albert Zilkha is board certified by the American Board of Radiology, and is a member of the following societies:

  • Radiological Society of North America
  • American Roentgen Ray Society
  • American College of Radiology
  • American Society of Neuroradiology
  • The American Medical Association
  • Long Island Radiological Society
  • Nassau County Medical Society
  • Suffolk County Medical Society
  • Medical Society of the State of New York