Imaging technologies for nuclear medicine offering superior functional diagnosis

The nuclear medicine examination is a diagnostic procedure in which organ functions, such as metabolism, blood flow, and neurotransmission, are visualized utilizing radioisotope (RI) tracers. It is a type of molecular imaging, in which RI tracers reflect biological functions on a molecular level. To obtain images with high diagnostic accuracy, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation has developed the following sophisticated technologies for nuclear medicine: a radiation measurement technology with a high time resolution of several hundred picoseconds, a quantification method that can compensate for Compton scattering and photoelectric effects, and an image reconstruction technology. We are supplying proprietary nuclear medicine systems incorporating these technologies with the objectives of decreasing the patient burden and contributing to hospital management efficiency through reduction of radiation doses and shortening of examination times. (author)