Hitachi Ltd. of Tokyo said it has delivered the first dedicated radioisotope production system in Japan utilizing Positron Tracer Production System, a linear accelerator developed by its subsidiary AccSys Technology for use in PET.
Hitachi General Hospital will begin PET scans using isotopes produced with the system in the spring of this year, according to the firm. Hitachi and AccSys intend to bring the radioisotope production system to market in 2005.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersJanuary 22, 2004
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