Positron deploys second PET scanner at Nashville hospital

Positron Corp. has delivered and installed a second mPower PET scanner to Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tenn.

The company is primarily engaged in designing, manufacturing, marketing and supporting medical imaging devices utilizing PET technology under the trade name Posicam systems. Posicam systems incorporate patented and proprietary technology for the diagnosis and treatment of patients in the areas of oncology, cardiology and neurology.

Posicam systems are in use at leading medical facilities, including the University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center; Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel; The Coronary Disease Reversal Center in Buffalo, N.Y.; Emory Crawford Long Hospital Carlyle Fraser Heart Center in Atlanta; and Nishidai Clinic (Diagnostic Imaging Center) in Tokyo.

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