At RSNA 2009 Philips Healthcare featured the new Precedence SPECT/CT system, which unites high-end,...
SPECT-CT
SPECT-CT combines single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) gamma cameras and computed tomography (CT) into one imaging system.
December 9, 2009 – Research published in the December issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM)...
November 12, 2009 - Positron Corp. predicts an industry wide demand for cardiac PET imaging, as a result of...

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)
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November 3, 2009 – By relying solely on a patient’s clinical risk profile or the results of one imaging...
October 21, 2009 – King Pharmaceuticals Inc. said today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a...
October 11, 2009 – GE Healthcare announced the European launch of Discovery NM/CT 670, a hybrid imaging...
September 30, 2009 – Positron Corp. predicts a significant rise in demand for cardiac PET in 2010 with a...
September 23, 2009 - Siemens announced today the sixth annual “New Point of View” Preclinical Image of the Year...
“Our profession faces one of the most significant crises in its history,” said Michael Graham, M.D.,...
September 17, 2009 - Inflation rates for healthcare supplies are projected to remain unchanged through 2010...
September 1, 20009 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) clearance for a new portable high-...
August 4, 2009 - MDS Nordion, a leading provider of medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals, has...
July 28, 2009 – Researchers may be able to predict future severe cardiac events in patients with known, stable...
July 8, 2009 - As part of its ongoing support of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging research, SNM—an...
June 16, 2009 – MILabs introduced at the Annual SNM meeting its novel U-SPECT/CT system, a Micro-SPECT system that...
June 16, 2009 - Royal Philips Electronics showed at the 2009 SNM Annual Conference its new BrightView X, a...
June 12, 2009 - Digirad Corp., a provider of medical diagnostic imaging products and personnel and...
June 3, 2009 – UltraSPECT said yesterday it will launch its Attenuation Correction/Scatter Correction (ACSC...
May 20, 2009 – Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. has signed an agreement with NTP Radioisotopes (Pty) Ltd., a...