SPECT-CT
SPECT-CT combines single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) gamma cameras and computed tomography (CT) into one imaging system.
News | April 19, 2010
April 19, 2010 - President Barak Obama signed a bill granting temporary relief through June 1, 2010, from looming...
News | April 14, 2010
April 14, 2010 – The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York has become the first facility in the United States to...
Dual-isotope imaging: reduced-dose, shorter-scan-time stress images acquired with 20 mCi Tc-99m at 10 sec/frame. Photo courtesy of Mayo Clinic.
News | March 09, 2010
March 9, 2010 – As an alternative to the technetium (Tc-99M) isotope used in many nuclear imaging studies, UltraSPECT...
Sponsored Content
A suspected pulmonary embolism on a conventional CT image (left (or top), red arrow) is confirmed on a spectral CT by the presence of a corresponding wedge-shaped perfusion defect (right (or bottom), red outline). The spectral image was reconstructed when conventional CT images were not enough to form a definitive diagnosis. All data was acquired simultaneously using a Philips IQon Spectral CT scanner. (Images courtesy of Dr. Gopal V. Punjabi, Hennepin County Medical Center)
Blog | Information Technology | March 12, 2018
It isn’t enough for engineers today to simply design what might be technologically possible. Their innovations must be...
News | February 02, 2010
February 2, 2010 - Two protocols for reduced-dose cardiac imaging, without compromising image quality, may help enhance...
News | January 26, 2010
January 26, 2010 – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) selected GE...
The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Imaging. Zamorano, J.L. Bax, J.J. Rademakers, F.E. Knuuti, J. (Eds.).
News | December 29, 2009
December 29, 2009 - Imaging is at the heart of diagnostic procedures and is the focus of the "ESC Textbook of...
News | December 28, 2009
December 28, 2009 - The Medical College of Wisconsin will license a novel molecular imaging technology designed to...
Technology | December 10, 2009
At RSNA 2009 Philips Healthcare featured the new Precedence SPECT/CT system, which unites high-end, multislice CT...
News | December 09, 2009
December 9, 2009 – Research published in the December issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) suggests SPECT,...
News | November 12, 2009
November 12, 2009 - Positron Corp. predicts an industry wide demand for cardiac PET imaging, as a result of the...
Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability in the U.S. Siemens SOMATOM CT and CT Neuro Engine offer a solution for many aspects of neuroradiology.
Feature | November 11, 2009 | Cristen C. Bolan
With the combined impact of the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), the credit crisis, the economic slowdown, and the...
News | November 03, 2009
November 3, 2009 – By relying solely on a patient’s clinical risk profile or the results of one imaging test when...
News | October 21, 2009
October 21, 2009 – King Pharmaceuticals Inc. said today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a complete...
Discovery NM/CT 670
Technology | October 12, 2009
October 11, 2009 – GE Healthcare announced the European launch of Discovery NM/CT 670, a hybrid imaging platform...
News | September 29, 2009
September 30, 2009 – Positron Corp. predicts a significant rise in demand for cardiac PET in 2010 with a proposed cut...
Inveon is a Siemens preclinical imaging platform, providing integrated small animal PET, SPECT and CT
News | September 23, 2009
September 23, 2009 - Siemens announced today the sixth annual “New Point of View” Preclinical Image of the Year awards...
James K. ODonnell, M.D., director, division of nuclear medicine and PET in the radiology department of University Hospitals of Cleveland and an associate professor of radiology at Case Western Reserve University.
Feature | September 17, 2009
“Our profession faces one of the most significant crises in its history,” said Michael Graham, M.D., president of the...
News | September 17, 2009
September 17, 2009 - Inflation rates for healthcare supplies are projected to remain unchanged through 2010,...
inSPira HD is a portable high resolution SPECT system.
Technology | September 01, 2009
September 1, 20009 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) clearance for a new portable high-...
News | August 04, 2009
August 4, 2009 - MDS Nordion, a leading provider of medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals, has submitted a...
