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Manufacturer specifications infinia hawkeye 4, ge healthcare please note. Ges new infinia hawkeye hd enhanced spectct system. Jun 07, 2000 ge takes on hybrid nuclear imaging with hawkeye gamma camera addon by brian casey, staff writer. The ge hawkeye 4 option for dualhead variable angle gamma camera is a modification of, and is comparable and substantially equivalent to the currently marketed hawkeye option for dualhead variable angle gamma camera k991841 this system has. Goldseal infinia hawkeye 4 ge altae the goldseal refurbished infinia hawkeye 4 is a premium, g oa all o al tto secc agg t t ta lag tagla o tto oto. Feb 14, 2020 your guide to medical imaging equipment. Our nuclear equipment knowledge includes the entire nm product lines for ge, siemens, philipsadac and digirad. Absolute imaging solutions po box 687 oak ridge, nc 27310 usa. Used ge infinia hawkeye 4 spectct nuclear gamma camera for. We sell preowned and refurbished gamma camera including ge infinia hawkeye 4 gamma camera in alaska, texas, california, nevada, oklahoma, michigan, arizona, florida, new york, georgia and other states of the usa and worldwide. Put children first with the ge adventure series, an experience designed to make imaging more inviting for pediatric patients. Basic principles of gamma camera imaging and quality control sharon l.
Enjoy these tips, tricks and insights that answer 100s of questions weve received from radiology and imaging professionals that need help buying, selling, servicing and maintaining their medical imaging equipment. The applications of scintigraphy include early drug development and nuclear medical imaging to view and analyse images of the human body or the distribution of medically injected, inhaled, or ingested radionuclides. The freegeometry gantry design enables both 180 and 90 orientations of the detectors for high. Helping you obtain a clear, more complete understanding of the challenges you face, from heart disease and stroke to bone disease, neurological disorders and renal failure.
Clinica auhaweye spectct haweye spectct and ge medical systems now ge healthcare to develop gamma camera technology. By using a detailed monte carlo simulation of a ge infinia hawkeye 4 spectct camera as used at the christie we can fully track gamma rays and beta particles interactions from the initial decay within a patient body until detection in the spect camera. The lowdose, helical hawkeye ct provides excellent image quality for localization and attenuation correction. Ge takes on hybrid nuclear imaging with hawkeye gamma camera.
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On b6 20, while a b6 pt was undergoing an indium111 octreoscan full body scan, the top detector of the ga infinia hawkeye 4 spectct gamma camera experienced a catastrophic mechanical failure. The first commercial spectct combination that was designed as a single unit was the ge millenium hybrid spectpositron emission tomography petct camera equipped with the hawkeye singleslice ct ge healthcare, haifa, israel. List basic gamma camera calibrations and how they affect performance. Planar scintigraphy used in nuclear medicine imaging emission imaging radioactive source inside patients body in both spect and planar scintigraphy radiation source used mainly 99 a 140 kev rays hence the name gamma camera. Ge healthcare has released the latest version of its spectct system, the infinia hawkeye hd enhanced. Lars johansson, in principles of translational science in medicine. A recent multicenter study performed by our laboratory comparing 7 commercially available attenuation correction ac camera systems in a cardiac phantom showed the best performance with the ge hawkeye a hybrid gamma camera ct scanner and the university of michigan mstep unique feature a camera orbit of 360. Pdf optimization of uniform field of view and centre. Ge millennium mg specifications parameter range data available imaging area 37 x 52 cm no cutoff corners 14. This quality control atlas for scintillation camera systems has been developed under the auspices of the iaea. Ge infinia hawkeye 4 spectctthe best spectct system, the best resolution and a very low xray dose. Find nuclear gamma camera equipment for sale, or wanted from the worlds largest medical equipment marketplace.
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