WAUKESHA, WI, -- Researchers in Haifa, Israel have captured what GE believes to be the first phantom images from an innovative Computed Tomography (CT) detector. Engineers at GE's Haifa, Israel research center produced a "Spectral CT" image that provides new and different information not captured with existing CT detector technology.
According to Gene Saragnese, global vice president of Molecular Imaging & CT at GE Healthcare, this technology may allow CT to see beyond shades of gray through photon counting that could facilitate the separation of materials in stationary and moving objects such as calcium and iodine in coronary arteries. "This advanced research technology, in addition, has the potential to achieve significantly improved spatial resolution the low X-ray dose associated with photon level detection," said Saragnese.
This new detector, with its innovative approach to imaging, could change the way we look at CT imaging. When dynamically acquiring energy data, the detector counts each individual photon capturing more information on the object with the ability to break down information based on position, type and tissue characteristics.
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In mid-summer, a research system is planned to be installed at a clinical partner site in Israel.
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