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Spectrum Dynamics is a pioneering medical device company that has
developed an innovative high definition functional imaging technology
that provides high speed, high resolution nuclear images in compact
systems well suited to meet the clinical and workflow demands of
this growing market. Spectrum Dynamics’s BroadView™
Technology, based on a new scanning scheme and novel image reconstruction
algorithms enables a 10 fold increase in sensitivity and a significant
improvement in image reconstruction quality and spectral resolution.
This very significant increase in sensitivity and resolution enables:
- Significantly shortened acquisition times
- High definition personalized imaging
- The use of low-dose radiopharmaceuticals
- Dynamic imaging adding a new dimension to diagnosis
with absolute measurements of tissue perfusion
- Use of multiple radiopharmaceutical cocktails creating
vast opportunities for new diagnostic procedures
Use of Spectrum Dynamics’s scanners will revolutionize the
diagnostic imaging market, a field that was void of major gamma
camera developments for the past two decades. In order to ensure
optimal imaging results, Spectrum has developed various accessories
to assure quality control and complete patient data collection and
verification throughout the entire imaging process.
Spectrum Dynamics’s first product based on the BroadView™
Technology is the D-SPECT™ Cardiac Scanner, a dedicated rapid
acquisition camera for functional dynamic imaging of absolute myocardial
perfusion and coronary flow reserve measurements. The camera was
first introduced at the 2005 RSNA meeting in Chicago and was received
with great interest by the medical and the business community alike.
Installation of four D-SPECT™ Cardiac Scanners will begin
in early 2007 for clinical trials in the U.S., with selling activities
commencing soon after.
Spectrum Dynamics protects its revolutionary technology through
a broad portfolio of over 70 patents, patent applications and applications
in preparation. The interrelationship between many of these patents
builds a significant barrier to competitive entry.
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