NCPIC to provide PET breast scans for uninsured

AuntMinnie.com staff writers
May 17, 2007

Northern California PET Imaging Centers (NCPIC) has unveiled plans to use its recently purchased PEM Flex Solo II PET scanner from San Diego-based Naviscan PET Systems for uninsured breast cancer patients.

The initiative is funded by a grant from the Sacramento affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

PEM Flex Solo II uses a PET technology that Naviscan calls positron emission mammography (PEM) to allow physicians to visualize and characterize breast lesions as small as 2 mm in size.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
May 18, 2007

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Road to RSNA, Naviscan PET Systems, November 15, 2006

Naviscan refines PEM technology, June 7, 2006

Naviscan raises $6.5 million, moves headquarters, November 29, 2005

Road to RSNA, Naviscan PET Systems, November 3, 2005

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