Hong Kong Baptist Hospital has produced a registered, combined CT-PET oncological image in under 20 minutes, according to Siemens Medical Solutions, which sells the Biograph hybrid CT-PET LSO scanner used to create the image.
The Biograph LSO imager utilizes lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) as the PET scintillator. The use of LSO rather than bismuth germanate (BGO) confers high-speed properties, according to the Iselin, NJ-based vendor.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersApril 25, 2002
Related Reading
Impac renews Siemens relationship, April 24, 2002
Siemens unveils head-mounted display device, April 23, 2002
Siemens to move U.S. headquarters to Pennsylvania, April 18, 2002
Siemens adds 3-D imaging to Adara, March 28, 2002
Siemens gets FDA clearance for new Omnia system, March 19, 2002
Copyright © 2002 AuntMinnie.com
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
