Carestream Molecular Imaging markets PET/CT/SPECT system

Carestream Molecular Imaging, a division of Carestream Health has signed a multi-year agreement with Valencia, Spain-based OncoVision to sell, market and service the Albira PET/SPECT/CT imaging system for pre-clinical small animal imaging.

The Albira system features a modular architecture that introduces a patented single-crystal detector and associated electronics for acquisition and reconstruction of quantitative PET and SPECT images, according to Woodbridge, Conn.- based Carestream Molecular Imaging.

The system will be introduced at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting in Washington, D.C., April 18-21.

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