Positron gets FDA nod for cardiac PET scanner

Cardiac molecular imaging company Positron has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a new PET scanner product line, the Fishers, IN-based company said.

Neusoft Positron Medical Systems, Positron's joint venture partner based in Shenyang, China, got the FDA nod for Positron's Attrius PET scanner. The system includes a coronary artery disease software suite that features Mercator projections, normal database comparisons, coronary artery tree and distribution overlay maps, rapid segmented attenuation correction, motion correction, and open acquisition architecture for quantitative flow reserve imaging.

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