PET-CT

PET-CT combines positron emission tomography (PET) detectors and computed tomography (CT) into one imaging system. PET requires the use of CT for image attenuation correction. The CT scanners that can be installed on these systems include 4-slice, up to workhorse 64-slice or higher systems. High slice CT is usually an option picked by  hospitals that plan to use the PET-CT scanner for standard CT only imaging exams as well. The CT scan anatomical imaging can be fused with the nuclear PET imaging to show anatomical landmarks. The CT component can also be used in cardiac PET to perform a coronary calcium scoring exam to offer a risk assessment for future heart attack risk.

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May 4, 2010 - Currently, using conventional imaging modalities to distinguish between acute and chronic aortic ...

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April 28, 2010 - Molecular imaging can help physicians identify aortic dissection and help guide treatment ...

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April 2, 2010 – The FDA, Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) ...

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March 11, 2010 - A new PET/CT (postitron emission tomography/computed tomography) system provides imaging for both ...

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March 10, 2010 - To help clinicians communicate about radiation dose exposure during radiological procedures, a ...

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The syngo Dynamic PET software with myocardial blood flow is a cardiac imaging application for the Biograph PET ...

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February 23, 2010 - The American College of Radiology (ACR) has launched an online nuclear medicine and positron ...

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February 19, 2010 – The use of medical technology in the United States increased dramatically between 1996 and ...

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February 12, 2010 - After the U.S. FDA announced it is launching a program designed to reduce unnecessary medical ...

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January 25, 2010 - Heart failure is a serious medical condition, in which the heart muscle progressively loses its ...

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December 29, 2009 - Imaging is at the heart of diagnostic procedures and is the focus of the "ESC Textbook of ...

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November 12, 2009 - Positron Corp. predicts an industry wide demand for cardiac PET imaging, as a result of the ...

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October 6, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare announced the availability of syngo Dynamic PET with myocardial blood flow, a ...

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September 21, 2009 – IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.), a provider of PET radiopharmaceuticals, and Aposense Ltd ...

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In the pre-clinicial trial Expanding the Versatility of Cardiac PET/CT: Feasibility of Delayed Contrast ...

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