Siemens Installs First High-Definition PET-CT
25 March 2008 - 12:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
UT Southwestern Medical Center Patients Will Be the First to
Benefit from HD-PET Technology HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., March 24
/PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Healthcare
(http://www.siemens.com/healthcare) announces the official release
and world's first clinical installation of HD-PET technology at UT
Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. The facility will leverage
the new Biograph 40 TruePoint(TM) PET-CT system's High-Definition
PET technology to offer consistently sharper and clearly defined
images across the entire field of view. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) Patients
treated at UT Southwestern will benefit from the High-Definition
PET-CT technology because their physicians will be able to more
confidently delineate small lesions. UT Southwestern always
produced excellent PET images, even before HD-PET. But after the
installation of Siemens HD-PET technology, the medical center
produced even sharper images. Uptake in areas that previously
seemed vague is now much clearer with HD-PET. In addition, HD-PET
has added no additional processing time as compared to the previous
system. "Adding High-Definition technology to Biograph PET-CT
imaging optimizes image uniformity, resolution and contrast,
raising the bar in PET-CT imaging in oncology. UT Southwestern will
be able to use HD-PET for detection of very small lesions and could
provide physicians increased confidence for improved disease
staging" said Michael Reitermann, chief executive officer,
Molecular Imaging, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. By utilizing
a proprietary technology, HD-PET can provide high resolution,
distortion-free images throughout the entire PET field of view.
This improved 2 mm resolution enables physicians to clearly
visualize small lesions, from the center to the edges -- a
revolutionary benefit unique to Siemens' HD-PET technology. Adding
high definition to PET systems also dramatically enhances contrast.
The improvement in signal to noise, which effectively doubles,
reveals sharper and clearer images that allow the clinician to
better differentiate between healthy and suspicious tissue, which
could be useful in cases of obese patients. About Siemens
Healthcare Siemens Healthcare is one of the world's largest
suppliers to the healthcare industry. The company is a renowned
medical solutions provider with core competence and innovative
strength in diagnostic and therapeutic technologies as well as in
knowledge engineering, including information technology and system
integration. With its laboratory diagnostics acquisitions, Siemens
Healthcare is the first fully integrated diagnostics company,
bringing together imaging and lab diagnostics, therapy, and
healthcare information technology solutions, supplemented by
consulting and support services. Siemens Healthcare delivers
solutions across the entire continuum of care -- from prevention
and early detection, to diagnosis, therapy and care. The company
employs more than 48,000 people worldwide and operates in 130
countries. In the fiscal year 2007 (Sept. 30), Siemens Healthcare
reported sales of euro 9.85 billion, orders of euro 10.27 billion,
and group profit of euro 1.32 billion. Further information can be
found by visiting http://www.siemens.com/healthcare.
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Tom Schaffner of Siemens Healthcare, +1-610-448-1477, Web site:
http://www.usa.siemens.com/medical
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