Philips Healthcare

(Booth (7713) Philips Healthcare of Andover, MA, will offer RSNA attendees its BrightView XCT, which integrates Philips BrightView SPECT in a coplanar design with advanced flat-panel detector CT technology.

BrightView XCT is designed to acquire low-dose, high-resolution CT images and provide enhanced registration functionality, according to Philips. It features technology that enables low patient dose levels, high-resolution localization, and high-quality attenuation correction with the potential for fewer artifacts and shorter exam times, features that are beneficial in cardiology studies, according to the company.

In addition, the system's coplanar SPECT and CT capabilities limit -- and in some cases eliminate -- the need to move the table between scans, the company said. Reduced movement can help improve patient comfort and allow for more confidence in image registration.

BrightView XCT is scalable and fits into a 12 x 15.5-ft room without special certification for nuclear medicine technicians.

Philips also will showcase new 4D time-of-flight technology on its Gemini TF PET/CT and Gemini TF PET/CT Big Bore systems. The feature is designed to better manage respiratory motion by offering tools for combined CT, PET, and PET/CT correlated imaging.

Gemini TF Big Bore features a full 85-cm bore diameter for both PET and CT scans, and it combines Philips' time-of-flight PET imaging technologies with its Brilliance CT Big Bore simulation scanner to optimize oncology workflow, accuracy, and patient comfort.

Gemini TF PET/CT Big Bore is designed for radiation oncology applications, providing enhanced planning for patients in extended positions, such as with breast and colorectal cancer treatments.