A Clearer View of High Definition: Siemens Turns the Spotlight on Pioneers of HD-PET With In-Booth Exhibit at SNM 2008
June 15 2008 - 12:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW ORLEANS, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens Healthcare
(http://www.siemens.com/healthcare) honors the early adapters of
its innovative high-definition positron emission tomography
(HD-PET) technology at the 2008 Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM)
Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, June 14-18. The Siemens booth
(#731) will feature experiences from early adopters as testament to
the power of this new technology, and highlighting how HD-PET is
enabling improved patient care all over the world. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) Siemens'
HD-PET is the world's first and only high-definition PET technology
to offer consistently sharper and clearly defined images across the
entire field of view. The clarity achieved by HD-PET is the result
of a unique and proprietary technology that optimizes the elements
of image uniformity, resolution and contrast -- that together
change the whole picture. "HD-PET is a real technological
advancement for challenging imaging situations, in particular, for
small lesions and breath-dependent lesions," said Professor Dr. W.
Mohnike, of the Diagnostic Therapy Center in Berlin. Historically
with PET imaging, intrinsic image quality has been known to degrade
with increasing distance from the center of the detector, but with
HD-PET, there is uniform resolution across the entire field of
view. The improved resolution enables physicians to clearly
visualize small lesions from the center to the edges of the field
of view. Professor Mike Fulham of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in
Sydney, Australia, agrees. "Our HD-PET studies are a major
improvement in study quality; they are clearer, provide better
delineation and detection of small foci of disease; they offer
improved confidence in diagnosis and diagnostic accuracy, which
improves patient care," he said. HD-PET could potentially improve
diagnosis and staging of disease and, hence, clinical outcomes for
patients. HD-PET, in combination with TrueV extended field of view,
maximizes patient throughput and increases overall utilization.
"Our Biograph 64 has enabled our hospital to image 49 patients in a
single day, and our monthly record is 764 patients," said Xu
Zhensheng, director of Shanghai Fudan University affiliated Huashan
Hospital PET center in Shanghai, China, An entire section of the
Siemens booth is dedicated to showcasing even more facilities using
HD-PET and changing the management of their patients' care. 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. Additionally,
Siemens is the global market leader in innovative hearing
instruments. The company employs more than 49,000 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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http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Siemens Healthcare CONTACT:
Tom Schaffner of Siemens Healthcare, +1-610-448-1477, Web site:
http://www.siemens.com/healthcare
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