Shanghai-based United Imaging today announced the first U.S. clinical installation of the uMI 550 Digital PET/CT system. The second United Imaging PET/CT system to be installed in the U.S. in the last 30 days, the uMI 550 is now in use at Southwest X-Ray in El Paso, Texas.

The uMI 550, which is part of United Imaging’s all-digital PET/CT portfolio, was designed to offer exceptional image clarity, a large field of view, low dose, and faster patient scanning – enabling a whole-body scan in as few as four beds within eight minutes. That level of accuracy and speed can have benefits for patients and clinicians alike, according to the company.

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