Advanced visualization firm TeraRecon of San Mateo, CA, made its Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) debut by highlighting its new MGC500 mini gamma camera.
MGC500 uses a detector based on cadmium telluride solid-state digital technology, and the system is targeted at lymphoscintigraphy applications. The company is aiming to use it as an adjunct to gamma probes for detecting cancerous lymph nodes during surgery, according to Kevin Oakley, director of sales and business development for the company's mini gamma camera and ultrasound business units.
TeraRecon highlighted the high spatial resolution (1.4 line pairs/mm) made possible through the use of the CZT detectors. The company displayed an image in which MGC500 detected three cancerous spots on a lymph node where a conventional gamma camera seemed to indicate just one hot spot.
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| TeraRecon showed its MGC500 system to an SNM audience for the first time. |
Other applications could include the use of the system during parathyroid surgery or stress-fracture imaging. Small-animal imaging is also a possible future use, Oakley said.
The company is launching the system after getting U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval in 2004. The system carries a list price of $160,000.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
June 7, 2006
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