Multimodality developer GE Medical Systems of Waukesha, WI, is increasing the diagnostic utility of its Infinia Hawkeye SPECT/CT system with a new detector that enables physicians to localize disease with greater accuracy and speed, according to the vendor.
The device has been enhanced with a new 1" Elite detector with 95 photomultiplier tubes. This enables imaging with high and medium energy isotopes while preserving image quality at low energies, GE said.
GE believes the Infinia Hawkeye can improve diagnostic accuracy in thyroid cancer imaging because of a high sensitivity to both medium-energy In(111) Somatostatin receptors and the high-energy I(131) tracer. In cardiology, its capability to provide high precision dual isotope simultaneous acquisition for stress/viability MIBI/FDG studies maximizes diagnostic accuracy while minimizing procedure time, according to the company.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersNovember 13, 2003
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