The SceptreP3 PET/CT scanner will be spotlighted by Hitachi Medical Systems America of Twinsburg, OH, at this year's RSNA show. SceptreP3 includes dual-attenuation correction (DAC technology), which enables the combination of both CT and cesium-source attenuation correction to effectively image patients with metal implants and prosthetics.
The system also features a nonrigid Fusion7D algorithm cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that provides image registration by correcting for respiration differences between PET and CT acquisitions. In addition, the product is integrated into the vendor's Avia PACS architecture, which improves operational communication, multimodality connectivity, and scalable RAID archiving capabilities, according to Hitachi.
The hybrid imaging system is comprised of a lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) crystal with Pico electronics, which improves image count-rate performance, energy resolution, and scatter rejection. The CT portion is a Hitachi four-slice CT, the company said. SceptreP3 has also been designed with a field-upgrade capability that allows Sceptre dedicated PET customers to upgrade to the PET/CT configuration, Hitachi said.
The product is only available in the U.S. market, according to Hitachi.
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
AuntMinnie.com staff writer
November 3, 2005
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