Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. will distribute CPS Innovations' positron emission tomography (PET) products in Japan under a newly signed agreement.

 CPS Innovations is an affiliate of CTI Molecular Imaging Inc., of Knoxville, Tenn. The company features lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) detector technology, which can reduce PET whole-body scan time from approximately 30 minutes to 15 minutes.

 CPS Innovations' products include a new mobile PET-CT system, which features LSO crystal detector technology.