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.

Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

The more knowledge a physician has about a disease, the better equipped he or she is to care for the patient. That is ...

Time November 14, 2007
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The PEM Flex Solo II from Naviscan PET Systems is an organ specific, high-resolution PET scanner for breast cancer ...

Time November 01, 2007
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October 31, 2007 - GE Healthcare brought to ASTRO 2007 its next-generation volume PET/CT application PET VCAR that ...

Time October 31, 2007
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October 29, 2007 - Philips unveiled its next-generation, work-in-progress large bore PET/CT based on the Philips GEMINI ...

Time October 28, 2007
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October 29, 2007 - E-Z-EM Inc. announced that the company has been named under Forbes Magazine’s 2007 List of Best Small ...

Time October 28, 2007
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The PEM Flex Solo II, by Naviscan PET Systems, images small body parts such as breasts and hands with optimized PET ...

Time October 28, 2007
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October 26, 2007 - GE Healthcare will feature its LightSpeed, Discovery VCT, PET VCAR. AdvantageSIM MD and Signa MR ...

Time October 25, 2007
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SceptreP3 is a hybrid PET/CT system that integrates the “Power of Three” suite of differentiating capabilities. It ...

Time October 18, 2007
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October 17, 2007 - Positron Corp. introduced its dedicated Cardiac PET system that is expected to receive 510k FDA ...

Time October 16, 2007
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October 17, 2007 - Positron Corp. introduced its new dedicated-Cardiac PET system, Attrius, at the annual meeting of the ...

Time October 16, 2007
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GE Healthcare will showcase several new interventional cardiology products during RSNA. The SnapShot Pulse reduces a ...

Time October 15, 2007
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September 27, 2007 - Researchers in Australia have shown that positron emission tomography (PET) that uses a radioactive ...

Time September 26, 2007
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September 10, 2007 - For the fourth year in a row, Siemens Medical Solutions, Molecular Imaging Division presented the ...

Time September 09, 2007
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The continued merging of imaging modalities such as PET/CT, SPECT/CT and MR-PET enable clinicians to better integrate ...

Time September 06, 2007
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Feature | Amy M. Ballard, MEd

In most cases, neurodegenerative diseases are detected after the patient has already suffered the majority of neural ...

Time September 06, 2007
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Feature | Michael Haas, J.D.

We are living in the dawn of molecular medicine, and biomarkers represent the technology that is opening the doors to an ...

Time September 06, 2007
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The Siemens Inveon is a modular concept that offers flexibility, working to enable PET, SPECT and CT data acquisition ...

Time September 05, 2007
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August 1, 2007 - Positron Corp. announced that a recent study by The State University of New York at Buffalo reveals ...

Time July 31, 2007
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August 1, 2007 – Siemens recently revealed HD PET, reportedly the world's first high definition PET technology to offer ...

Time July 31, 2007
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July 30, 2007 – Siemens Medical Solutions announced today that it has been granted an Investigational New Drug (IND) ...

Time July 29, 2007
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