Siemens Debuts Smallest Mobile PET/CT System

With the addition of the mobile version of the Biograph Horizon, the entire line of Biograph PET/CT systems from Siemens Healthineers is now available in both mobile and fixed configurations.

The system’s 4 mm lutetium orthosilicate (LSO) crystals scintillate faster and boast a higher light output than commonly used bismuth germanate oxide (BGO) crystals, yielding high image resolution and better image quality, thus enabling physicians to visualize small lesions earlier and contributing to a more accurate disease staging and a more accurate evaluation of therapy response. The system also enables Time-of-Flight (ToF) acquisition and offers built-in capabilities to automate routine tasks in order to increase productivity and streamline workflows.

The Biograph Horizon utilizes the new iteration of the Siemens Healthineers syngo.via molecular imaging workplace image processing solution, which offers--for the first time--single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The new iteration offers four new features; for SPECT, organ processing for nuclear medicine helps physicians visualize and quantify the physiological characteristics of organs such as the lungs, kidneys, and stomach; For PET, tMolecular Tumor Volume (MTV) and Total Lesion Glycolysis (TLG) features enable physicians to measure the standardized metabolic activity of the entire tumor mass; and hybrid gating four-dimensional (4-D) visualization of PET and CT supports therapy planning and delivery.

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