Device with sci-fi name may make molecular-imaging systems better and safer

With a name like “variable angle slant hole collimator,” it’d better be impressive.

How does “getting six times better contrast of cancer lesions in the breast, providing the same or better image quality while also potentially reducing the radiation dose to the patient by half” strike you?

Click below for the story from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.

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