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PET/CT Systems

New PET/CT System Boosts Patient Comfort, Enables Efficient Care

A new PET/CT scanner has been introduced that helps address the increasing cost pressures faced by healthcare providers. GE Healthcare’s Optima PET/CT 560 combines superb image quality, high productivity and a patient-friendly experience that can...

SNM Clinical Trials Network Validates 100th Scanner

SNM's Clinical Trials Network (CTN) last week validated its 100th scanner, an important milestone in CTN's two-and-a-half year history. Scanner validation is an essential component of the CTN imaging site qualification program, which works with si...

Siemens’ New Biograph mCT PET/CT System Receives FDA...
February 16, 2012 — Siemens Healthcare announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared the features associated with the new...
Philips Offers First Ambient Experience With PET/CT
November 7, 2011 -- Philips combines its Ambient Experience with Gemini TF Big Bore positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) at Sparks...
New Data Demonstrates Positron Emission Mammography Has...
October 31, 2011 – The Breast journal published new data from a prospective study conducted at the Seoul National University College of Medicine in...
Imaging Technology Effective in Evaluating Heart Disease...
September 16, 2011 — Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have for the first time used several imaging techniques to prove the efficacy of a...
Siemens’ New Biograph mCT PET/CT System Receives FDA Clearance
Siemens Healthcare announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared the features associated with the new
Biograph mCT 20 Excel Offers Affordable, High-Quality PET/CT
The Biograph mCT 20 Excel addition to the Biograph family of PET/CT imagers offers good hybrid imaging performance at a lower cost....
PACS Adds PET/CT Imaging Direct to the Desktop
Telemis released software for its medical image-management system that provides a full-featured dual-modality PET/CT viewer on any PC...
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Articles

PET Imaging Market: Overview and Trends
Despite its first commercial appearance in the late 1970s, positron emission tomograpnhy (PET) did not begin gaining widespread acceptance as a viable clinical...
The Gemini TF 16 from Philips
Hybrid Systems Increase Their Market Presence
The medical imaging market is poised for growth, and among the areas showing great promise are hybrid systems, especially positron emission tomography/computed...
Open for Business
Launching a new cancer center can be a long process, taking several months or even years to see a return on investment. But a new approach that includes the...
Hybrid Economics: Get the Most Out of a Modality
In these challenging economic times, hospitals are seeking to maximize their investment in technology. To justify purchasing any imaging modality, such as...

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MDCT Imaging 2012: Advancing the Science of Imaging
As modern multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) becomes a primary imaging modality across all specialties, there has been increased focus on lowering the radiation dose required to create...
Initial Experience with 3T Wide Bore System in High-Resolution MSK MRI
The presentation is designed to introduce the audience to the new wide bore 3T MRI systems recently brought to market. The new systems offer several advantages including improved field homogeneity,...
Cardiac CT in the Emergency Department: Are You Ready?
Performance of cardiac CT (CCTA) in the emergency department (ED) is rapidly becoming the standard-of-care in patients presenting to the ED with chest pain that are at low to intermediate risk for...

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