New PET imager cleared for U.S. sales
A Canadian manufacturer of positron emission tomography equipment has received FDA’s OK to market a small-footprint scanner that images targeted organs bearing radiotracers at close range.
Announcing the clearance July 18, Thunder Bay-based Radialis said its new PET system is designed to supply expanded views of molecular activity, yielding functional organ images with high spatial resolution.
“Able to visualize any positron-emitting radiotracer, the system is particularly promising for imaging novel radiotracers targeting biomarkers in a specific organ,” the company says, adding that the machine’s relatively diminutive size is intended to accommodate sites looking to complement PET/CT capabilities in existing nuclear medicine service lines.
Radialis says it bases its technology on research conducted at Thunder Bay’s Lakehead University.
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