Nuclear Medicine

World's First Total-Body PET/CT Enables Entire Body to Be Scanned in One Bed Position
United Imaging Healthcare (UIH, Shanghai, China) has unveiled the world's first total-body PET/CT, uEXPLORER, with a 194cm axial PET field of view (FOV) that enables the entire body to be scanned in one bed position. More...25 Oct 2022

SPECT Imaging Technology Shortens Cardiac Scan Time
A cardiac SPECT imaging system uses self-collimation to perform cardiac scans 10 to 100 times faster than current SPECT systems, dramatically shortening scan time, generating better quality images, increasing patient throughput, and reducing radiation exposure to patients. More...16 Jun 2022



Sun Nuclear Introduces New SaaS Option for Its SunCHECK Quality Management Platform
Sun Nuclear Corporation (Melbourne, FL, USA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mirion Technologies, Inc. (Atlanta, GA, USA), has released an enhanced Cloud-hosted, SaaS option for its SunCHECK Quality Management Platform. More...15 Apr 2022

Novel Nuclear Imaging Probe Rapidly Assesses Treatment Response in Gastric Cancer
A novel nuclear imaging probe can measure a gastric cancer patient’s response to treatment within days, marking a potential breakthrough that could enable patients who aren’t responding to treatment to get moved quickly to potentially more effective therapies. More...13 Jan 2022

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