Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging

Vendors are focusing on fusion imaging with variations in design, logistics and more targeted, tailored imaging. As medicine moves toward achieving earlier and better disease detection, vendors are fine tuning their offerings to allow for better sensitivity and spatial resolution. Several vendors highlighted their products’ flexibility when it comes to customizing for workflow and other specific user needs. Overall, molecular imaging vendors showed off their new priority with prominent booth position, through a few alliances with pharmaceutical companies developing biomarkers and a look into clinical and preclinical applications. This market is just dawning – but there’s true excitement in the air. more»

Gamma Medica-Ideas introduced anupgrade suite for its X-SPECT Pre-Clinical Imaging System, which includes three major enhancements for pre-clinical SPECT imaging. more»

GE Healthcare at RSNA announced a new research initiative in the field of PET/CT technology to develop life-saving technologies that help doctors diagnose, manage, and treat an individual’s medical condition earlier and better. more»

Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc. showcased the “power of three” available in its suite of differentiating capabilities that drive the Sceptre P3 PET/CT hybrid system. DAC technology, non-rigid fusion, and AVIA-PACS architecture combine for high throughput applications in oncology, cardiology, and neurology. more»

MIMvista Corp. displayed its MIM image display system which enables the operator to easily display and manually overlay tomographic images including PET, MR, SPECT, and CT. more»

Naviscan PET Systems Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Mayo Clinic) to clinically validate and commercialize a dynamic patented molecular imaging agent for use with PET and other imaging modalities. more»

Philips Medical Systems highlighted developments in hybrid imaging with its GEMINI line of PET-CT systems. more»

Siemens Medical Solutions introduced a three-tiered strategy to transform the detection and treatment of disease by taking healthcare to the molecular level, including clinical and preclinical molecular imaging solutions, and biomarker development. more»

Thinking Systems introduced a range of enhancements to its multimodality, web-based ThinkingPACS specific to nuclear medicine use. more»

Toshiba America Medical Systems at RSNA showcased its t.cam signature camera, an easy-to-use system for whole body, cardiac, and general SPECT applications. more»