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Lisa Chamoff, Contributing Reporter | June 28, 2021
From the June 2021 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
The first installation of the Biograph Vision Quadra was in the nuclear medicine department at Inselspital at Bern University Hospital in Switzerland. The facility has performed more than 1,000 scans, with a throughput of 10 to 12 patients per day, said Katherina Swystun, PET/CT global marketing manager at Siemens Healthineers. The scanner is mainly used for cancer staging and therapy response, while the whole body dynamic imaging can be used for radiotracer research.
“They can see how things are happening at the point of injection to 60 minutes’ worth of scanning, or more” Swystun said. “You have the best of both worlds. You can use it as a clinical scanner and also advance important research.”
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In late fall, the company also released a new version of its c.cam cardiac SPECT system. The system is designed to do in-office cardiology exams to avoid unnecessary visits to the cath lab.
The new c.cam has a reclining chair instead of a flat table, allowing the patient to remain seated comfortably, minimizing respiratory motion and cardiac image artifacts. The system has an integrated, bidirectional camera arm that permits easier patient positioning, and a Windows 10 operating system to enhance security.
Spectrum Dynamics VERITON-CT
Spectrum Dynamics
Spectrum Dynamics is planning an upcoming launch of the third version of the software for its VERITON-CT digital SPECT/CT system and VERITON-NM 12-detector digital SPECT system. The new software is designed to enable efficiency and reproducibility, to allow for scanning that is consistent between patients and technologists. The software includes new features 4D imaging, dynamic imaging in 3D SPECT/CT, and additional advanced reconstruction algorithms for both accurate SUV analysis and dosimetry calculations.
“We provide three touchless ways to position the patient, and now introducing P-Scope functionality,” said Nilda Rivera, senior director of global marketing for Spectrum Dynamics.
The software allows for advanced reconstruction algorithms you currently find in PET/CT systems.
“You don’t have to transfer the data somewhere else to quantify,” Rivera said. “It’s done in the TruView Console, the VERITON operator’s console.”
