Washington, D.C. -- Royal Philips Electronics has announced enhancements to Philips GEMINI TF PET/CT, the first commercial time-of-flight PET/CT, the nuclear medicine debut of Philips "green" BrightView SPECT and the launch of MOSAIC HP, a preclinical imaging system designed to help accelerate drug development and translational studies. Additional announcements included the commercial release of the PET/CT Pulmonary Toolkit, PET/CT Viewer for Philips iSite PACS and version 1.5, NetForum PET/CT, NanoSPECT/CT and JETStream Workspace 3.0. These offerings were showcased alongside the complete Philips nuclear medicine portfolio at the 54th Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. (June 2-6).

"The breadth of our nuclear medicine products and solutions in PET, SPECT, molecular imaging (MI), preclinical imaging and radiation oncology promote clinical confidence for the physician and peace of mind for the patient," said Jay Mazelsky, senior vice president, nuclear medicine, for Philips Medical Systems. "Philips recognizes the importance of accurately viewing the physiological process at a molecular level and works to develop technologies that help our customers detect pathology earlier, faster and more accurately."

The installed base of Philips GEMINI TF PET/CT systems continues to grow globally-with more than 30 installed systems worldwide, due to strong customer satisfaction and clinical performance. The GEMINI TF with time-of-flight imaging has demonstrated improved image quality, reduced dose, faster scan times, and consistent image quality across all patient sizes.

"We've really gone another giant step forward in image resolution with time-of-flight," says Dr. Jim O'Donnell, section chief of Nuclear Imaging at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and associate professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. "And the differential improvement in moving from conventional PET to time-of-flight is most prominent in larger patients because it overcomes the inherent physiological problems of size. The system really cleans up the scans in these larger patients."

Also on display is Philips BrightView SPECT. The BrightView SPECT system offers exceptional image quality in a fast, easy-to-use package and is surprisingly compact given its capabilities. The exclusive BodyGuard feature automatically contours to the patient, using a unique customizable scan distance preset by the operator. Differentiated further by exclusive Philips CloseUp technologies that enable higher resolution through smarter software, new electronics and minimal distance between detector and patient, BrightView SPECT is outfitted with a wide range of innovations to help healthcare providers manage patient care, regardless of patient size.

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