The Biograph mMR
(Credit: Siemens)
(Credit: Siemens)
First private clinic order for Siemens' PET-MR hybrid
August 22, 2011
by Brendon Nafziger, DOTmed News Associate Editor
A German clinic is the first private radiology office to order Siemens Healthcare's hybrid PET-MR device, the Biograph mMR, for the routine scanning of patients, the Erlangen, Germany-based company said Monday.
Doctors with the practice, called MRI, Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Center Bremen Central, said they wanted the new device to speed up scans and to potentially reduce radiation exposure to patients, in comparison with PET-CT exams.
The Bremen clinic is also getting a new Magnetom 3-T MRI from Siemens installed at the same time, the companies said. The group practice already owns another Siemens 3-T MRI, and two 1.5-T MRIs.
Previous installations of the PET-MR machine have been mostly at teaching hospitals, such as Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
The Biograph mMR, considered the first new modality in a decade, was cleared by the Food and Drug Administration for sale in the U.S. in June. It received Canada's OK earlier this month.
Doctors with the practice, called MRI, Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Center Bremen Central, said they wanted the new device to speed up scans and to potentially reduce radiation exposure to patients, in comparison with PET-CT exams.
The Bremen clinic is also getting a new Magnetom 3-T MRI from Siemens installed at the same time, the companies said. The group practice already owns another Siemens 3-T MRI, and two 1.5-T MRIs.
Previous installations of the PET-MR machine have been mostly at teaching hospitals, such as Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
The Biograph mMR, considered the first new modality in a decade, was cleared by the Food and Drug Administration for sale in the U.S. in June. It received Canada's OK earlier this month.