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FDA clears ‘major’ CT advance out of Siemens Healthineers

September 30, 2021 By Chris Newmarker

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 […]

Filed Under: 510(k), Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Imaging, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: CT scans, Siemens Healthineers

GE Healthcare acquires Prismatic Sensors and its advanced photon-counting CT sensors

November 20, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

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, […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diagnostics, Featured, Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well Tagged With: CT scans, GE Healthcare, Prismatic Sensors

CT scans may catch more low bone density sufferers before spine surgery

March 13, 2019 By Chris Newmarker

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 […]

Filed Under: Imaging, News Well, Orthopedics, Research & Development Tagged With: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), CT scans, Hospital for Special Surgery, spine

This total body scanner shows 3D images of the whole body

November 29, 2018 By Danielle Kirsh

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 […]

Filed Under: Imaging Tagged With: CT scans, PET scans, University of California Davis

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