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.

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October 10, 2008 – Siemens Healthcare is introducing molecular CT, a new concept in integrated imaging that provides a ...

Time October 09, 2008
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The Philips BrightView XCT integrates Philips BrightView SPECT in a co-planar design with advanced flat-detector X-ray ...

Time October 07, 2008
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October 1, 2008 — GE Healthcare and Gamma Medica-Ideas (GM-I) have extended their product distribution relationship to ...

Time September 30, 2008
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September 24, 2008 - Bracco Diagnostics Inc. and Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. said yesterday they entered into an ...

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September 22, 2008 - Philips displays its breadth of oncology care solutions at ASTRO 2008, showing three systems for ...

Time September 21, 2008
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September 11, 2008 - For the fifth year, Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/healthcare) presented the “New Point of ...

Time September 10, 2008
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September 10, 2008 - Cellvizio in vivo cellular imaging technology is helping researchers detect early-stage pancreatic ...

Time September 10, 2008
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The FDA has granted clearance for GE Healthcare’s newest positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) ...

Time September 03, 2008
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September 2, 2008 - Treatment plans using positron emission tomography (PET) were changed for more than half of patients ...

Time September 01, 2008
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Philips Healthcare’s GEMINI TF Big Bore features a full 85 cm bore for PET and CT scans. The new system allows for ...

Time August 14, 2008
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August 13, 2008 - Manhattan Diagnostic Radiology said today that it will be the first imaging facility in Manhattan to ...

Time August 12, 2008
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August 13, 2008 - Philips Healthcare shipped the 100th GEMINI TF PET/CT to Little Rock Hematology & Oncology in Little ...

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July 24, 2008 - FluoroPharma said it achieved positive phase I test results for BFPET, a novel Fluorine-18 labeled ...

Time July 23, 2008
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GE Healthcare’s newest positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanner is part of GE’s Discovery ...

Time July 23, 2008
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July 24, 2008 - The FDA has granted clearance for GE Healthcare’s newest positron emission tomography/computed ...

Time July 23, 2008
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July 2, 2008 - The American College of Radiology (ACR) Education Center now offers comprehensive, interactive radiology ...

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July 2, 2008 - Cancer clinicians need to understand and consider the economic impact of new interventions, which often ...

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June 19, 2008 - One of the two images selected as the 2008 SNM Image of the Year at SNM 2008 reveals a relapse of ...

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June 18, 2008 - Concerned by the growing numbers of people using stimulant medications such as methylphenidate (MP) ...

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June 18, 2008 - Positron emission tomography (PET) could be an important tool for identifying non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma ...

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