FDA announced today that it has cleared Siemens Healthineers’ Naeotom Alpha, describing the device as the first major computed tomography advancement in nearly a decade. The Naeotom Alpha uses the emerging CT technology of photon-counting detectors. The sensors measure each X-ray that passes through a person’s body. Previously, CT detectors have measured the total energy […]
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GE Healthcare acquires Prismatic Sensors and its advanced photon-counting CT sensors
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) said today that it has acquired Prismatic Sensors, a Swedish startup with deep silicon detector technology for photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT). The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. GE Healthcare expects to close the deal in January 2021; its held a minority position in the company since 2017. Photon-counting CT technology, […]
CT scans may catch more low bone density sufferers before spine surgery
A CT scan before spine surgery turned up a significant number of patients with previously undiagnosed low bone density, according to a new study out of Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City. The study, presented yesterday at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, suggests there may be […]
This total body scanner shows 3D images of the whole body
A University of California Davis-developed medical imaging scanner has produced the first 3D picture of the whole human body at once. The scanner, known as the Explorer, is a combination of a positron emission tomography (PET) and X-ray computed tomography (CT). It is able to image the entire body using both scanning methods and can […]
