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.
April 22, 2014 — Loyola University Medical Center is now offering patients the most advanced positron emission ...
April 8, 2014 — GE Healthcare received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its Q.Clear ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
December 13, 2013 — Philips unveiled the Vereos PET/CT fully digital positron emission tomography/computed tomography ...
October 22, 2013 – Nuclear Imaging Services LLC (NIS) has completed the first U.S.-based ECAT Scintron installation into ...
October 7, 2013 — Claron Technology will announce extended modality support for its Nil universal zero-footprint medical ...
July 29, 2013 — GE Healthcare has initiated a Class I recall of most of its SPECT nuclear imaging systems and called for ...
Just when positron emission tomography (PET) appears to be eclipsing single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) ...
June 19, 2013 — Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the world’s most prevalent and silent killers. Positron emission ...
June 13, 2013 — Mirada Medical collaborators presentnew positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI ...