GE Medical Systems introduced its Infinia Hawkeye SPECT/CT system at the annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. Infinia combines a single-head gamma camera with a dual-head design to enable all scanning positions in an rapid scan cycle, according to the Waukesha, WI-based vendor.
Infinia Hawkeye comes with GE's new Xeleris functional imaging workstation, which adds processing speed, productivity tools, and built-in PACS connectivity. The system has been installed for clinical use at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel; Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City; Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in Milwaukee, WI.; and Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, FL. GE expects to install 100 Infinia units by the end of 2003.
In other GE SNM developments, the firm said it has expanded the production and target capabilities of its MiniTrace and PETtrace cyclotrons. MiniTrace cylotrons can now produce more than 2.5 curies (Ci) of F-18 in two hours with minimal enriched water usage, while PETtrace cylotrons produce more than 3.5 Ci in one hour, and as much as 6 Ci in two hours, according to the vendor.
GE is also introducing TracerLab FXF-C , a new carbon-11 chemistry system that can synthesize carbon-11 with a variety of tracers. In addition, GE's TracerLab FXF-N platform can now produce F-18 fluoro thymidine, an oncology tracer that can help identify tumor progression by attaching to the patient's DNA, according to the firm.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersJune 23, 2003
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