PET/CT: Toshiba presents new large-bore system

Kathy Mahdoubi | | Health Imaging | Molecular Imaging

Toshiba is bringing what is being called the industry’s largest-bore PET/CT to the upcoming Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting next month in Chicago from Nov. 30-Dec. 5, according to an Oct. 27 announcement.

The Celesteion has received FDA approval and the company claims that not only does it have the largest bore on the market, but it also has the widest field-of-view of any PET/CT in the industry.

Timing resolution on the system is gauged at 450ps. The Celesteion also comes with 4mm PET crystals and a 70cm PET and CT field-of-view. There are 0.5mm CT detector elements and 20cm PET Z-axis coverage. Dose reduction software is on-board.

The system was first debuted during the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting in June.

Kathy Mahdoubi

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