The SceptreP3 PET/CT will take center stage for Hitachi Medical Systems America. The system received FDA 510(k) marketing clearance in September, and includes a range of image acquisition and processing features, according to the Twinsburg, OH-based company.
SceptreP3 includes dual attenuation correction (DAC) technology, enabling the combination of both CT and sealed-source attenuation correction to effectively image patients with metal implants and prosthetics.
The system also features a nonrigid Fusion7D algorithm that provides image registration by correcting for respiration differences between PET and CT acquisitions. Integration of Hitachi's Avia PACS architecture into SceptreP3 improves operational communication, multimodality connectivity, and scalable RAID archiving capabilities, according to the firm.
The scanner uses lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) crystal material with pico electronics, which improves image count-rate performance, energy resolution, and scatter rejection, with the CT capability coming from a Hitachi four-slice scanner, the vendor said. SceptreP3 has also been designed with a field-upgrade capability that allows owners of Sceptre dedicated PET systems to upgrade to PET/CT, Hitachi noted.
The product is scheduled for commercial release this quarter, and is only available in the U.S. market, according to Hitachi.
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
AuntMinnie.com staff writer
November 8, 2004
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