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...

Bayer Enters Agreement to Expand Markets for Medrad Intego...
Bayer Healthcare is expanding its global distribution network for the Medrad Intego positron emission tomography (PET) Infusion System through a new...
Hybrid Imaging: The Best of Both Worlds
The introduction of hybrid technology — positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/CT -—...
Manhattan Isotope Starts Formal Process to Produce Sr-82
August 27, 2012 — Positron Corp., a molecular imaging healthcare company, announced the submission of a drug master file (DMF) with the U.S. Food and Drug...
Philips Demonstrates Innovations in Nuclear Imaging With...
June 8, 2012 — At this year’s SNM Annual Meeting, June 9-13, Philips Healthcare is highlighting its portfolio of nuclear medicine (NM) applications for...
Philips Healthcare Ambient Experience RSNA 2012
Philips Ambient Experience Puts Patients at Ease
The Philips Healthcare Ambient Experience integrates architecture, design and enabling technologies, such as dynamic lighting and sound, to
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....
Philips Releases Economical Time-of-Flight PET/CT system
Philips Healthcare's TruFlight Select is the first economical positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) system equipped...
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Hybrid Imaging: The Best of Both Worlds
The introduction of hybrid technology — positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/CT -—...
Manhattan Isotope Starts Formal Process to Produce Sr-82
August 27, 2012 — Positron Corp., a molecular imaging healthcare company, announced the submission of a drug master file (DMF) with the U.S. Food and Drug...
Enhancing Cardiac Nuclear Imaging
There are currently three major trends in cardiac nuclear perfusion imaging technology: advances in detector hardware, improved software and new radiotracers....
Time for a New Normal in Nuclear Cardiology?
As production of molybdenum-99 returns to normal with the Canadian Chalk River Laboratories reactor back online and the supply of 99m-technetium stabilizes,...

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The Radial Access Adoption Report Card
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Game-Changing Technologies to Watch in 2013
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Innovation Exasperation
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Less is More — Radiation Exposure Reduction in the EP Lab
This webinar focuses on implementation of different strategies to reduce radiation exposure during interventional electrophysiology (EP) procedures. It offers an overview of the current state-of-the-...
Iterative Reconstruction in CT: Understanding and Implementation
Radiation exposure from multidetector CT (MDCT) has become a pressing public health concern in both lay and medical publications. Implementation of iterative reconstruction offers radiologists the...
Healthcare Reform: What’s the Immediate Impact on Cardiovascular IT?
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) may have significant impact on healthcare providers and their cardiovascular departments. While the ruling will...