Philips Healthcare is introducing BrightView XCT, a new SPECT/CT scanner, at this week's annual SNM meeting in New Orleans.
BrightView XCT integrates the vendor's BrightView SPECT coplanar gamma camera with flat-panel detector CT technology, according to the Andover, MA-based vendor. Philips believes the coplanar SPECT and CT capabilities will limit the need to move the table between scans. It can also fit into a 12 x 15-ft room, the company said.
In other Philips SNM announcements, the company is demonstrating its Gemini TF Big Bore scanner and a new nuclear medicine application portfolio on its Extended Brilliance Workspace application.
Designed for use in radiation oncology applications, Gemini TF Big Bore features an 85-cm bore for PET and CT scans, according to the firm. It combines Philips' Gemini TF time-of-flight PET imaging functionality with its Brilliance Big Bore CT localization technology. The first system will be installed later this year at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia.
The firm's new nuclear medicine application portfolio provides a common analysis and viewing environment for SPECT, PET, and CT images, as well as support for hybrid imaging, Philips said.
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