PET Imaging

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear imaging technology (also referred to as molecular imaging) that enables visualization of metabolic processes in the body. The basics of PET imaging is that the technique detects pairs of gamma rays emitted indirectly by a positron-emitting radionuclide (also called radiopharmaceuticals, radionuclides or radiotracer). The tracer is injected into a vein on a biologically active molecule, usually a sugar that is used for cellular energy. PET systems have sensitive detector panels to capture gamma ray emissions from inside the body and use software to plot to triangulate the source of the emissions, creating 3-D computed tomography images of the tracer concentrations within the body.

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We are living in the dawn of molecular medicine, and biomarkers represent the technology that is opening the doors to an ...

Time September 06, 2007
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The Siemens Inveon is a modular concept that offers flexibility, working to enable PET, SPECT and CT data acquisition ...

Time September 05, 2007
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August 1, 2007 – Siemens recently revealed HD PET, reportedly the world's first high definition PET technology to offer ...

Time July 31, 2007
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August 1, 2007 - Positron Corp. announced that a recent study by The State University of New York at Buffalo reveals ...

Time July 31, 2007
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July 30, 2007 – Siemens Medical Solutions announced today that it has been granted an Investigational New Drug (IND) ...

Time July 29, 2007
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Siemens introduced at SNM its HD PET, a technology which is designed to deliver superior detection of small lesions ...

Time July 09, 2007
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Henry Wagner, M.D., one of the founders of nuclear medicine, announced the 2007 Image of the Year Title was a PET image ...

Time July 09, 2007
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July 2, 2007 - Believed to be the first study to demonstrate cost savings for radiology management with statistical ...

Time July 01, 2007
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June 27, 2007 - The University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and Royal Philips Electronics have developed a ...

Time June 26, 2007
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June 15, 2007 - Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Inc. announced that a preclinical study presented at at the Society of Nuclear ...

Time June 14, 2007
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GE Healthcare has received FDA clearance for the next-generation volume PET/CT application, PET VCAR (Volume Computer ...

Time June 10, 2007
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June 5, 2007 - Positron Corp. announced that it will launch in spring of 2008 a new dedicated-PET scanner for cardiac ...

Time June 04, 2007
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June 5, 2007 - Naviscan took the stage at SNM to showcase the PEM Flex Solo II, an organ specific, high resolution PET ...

Time June 04, 2007
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June 5, 2007 - Henry Wagner, M.D., one of the founders of nuclear medicine, announced the 2007 Image of the Year Title ...

Time June 04, 2007
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June 5, 2007 - GE Healthcare introduced at SNM a new version of the company’s Discovery Dimension designed to help ...

Time June 04, 2007
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June 5, 2007 - Siemens introduced at SNM its HD PET, a technology which is designed to deliver superior detection of ...

Time June 04, 2007
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June 5, 2007 - IBA Molecular announced the launch of www.getaPETscan.com, a new patient-focused Web Site that aims to ...

Time June 04, 2007
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June 4, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions introduced the world's first and high definition PET technology reportedly ...

Time June 03, 2007
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May 31, 2007 - The week of June 3 has been declared “Molecular Imaging Week,” which coincides with SNM’s 54th Annual ...

Time May 30, 2007
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AccSys Technology’s first mobile PULSAR PET isotope production laboratory contains a shielded mini-cell housing, a ...

Time May 09, 2007
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