Toshiba Medical to sell CPS Innovations PET units in Japan

TriMed Staff | | Health Imaging | Molecular Imaging
Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. will distribute CPS Innovations' positron emission tomography (PET) products in Japan under a newly signed agreement.

 CPS Innovations is an affiliate of CTI Molecular Imaging Inc., of Knoxville, Tenn. The company features lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) detector technology, which can reduce PET whole-body scan time from approximately 30 minutes to 15 minutes.

 CPS Innovations' products include a new mobile PET-CT system, which features LSO crystal detector technology.

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