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Emerging Technology Developments in Fusion Technology for Diagnostic Imaging
Frost & Sullivan, Sep 2005
Encouraging Reimbursement Drives Investment in Fusion Technology
Fusion technology has tremendous potential in diagnostic imaging to detect numerous conditions such as tumors, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and neural disorders. Interest in this technology is increasing, and additional reimbursements and clinical validation are likely to induce more healthcare providers to invest in combined scanners. Encouragingly, single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) combined procedures can potentially attract as high reimbursement levels as those for positron emission tomography (PET). This is leading radiopharmaceuticals manufacturers to enhance promotional efforts and expand training programs to include fusion imaging. Since SPECT is primarily based on radiopharmaceuticals such as technetium - that have comparatively slow decay rates compared with flurodeoxyglucose (FDG) - the logistics of handling SPECT agents becomes much simpler. Moreover, applications in cardiology are likely to provide enough patient referrals to justify healthcare providers’ investment in fusion technology.
This Technical Insights research service provides a comprehensive overview of advances in fusion technology in medical diagnostics, focusing on the most promising areas and technologies. It provides detailed coverage of key participants and their research developments. The study distinguishes itself by focusing on user concerns and examining the practical applications of key emerging technologies.
Increasing Trend toward Multidetectors and Thinner Image Slices in CT
Multidetectors are taking imaging capabilities to the next level, shortening the time it takes to perform a CT scan and offering enhanced image outputs that enable more efficient disease diagnosis and characterization. There is also a growing trend toward utilizing information from thinner rather than thicker slices of images. The shift toward multidetectors and thinner slices not only provides radiologists with more information, but also helps surgeons better plan complex surgeries, notes the analyst of this research service. Nevertheless, thicker slices continue to have some potential applications such as cardiology imaging, where it is preferable to have the entire heart imaged in every single rotation.
Increasingly, high-speed CT scanners are being combined with SPECT’s highly accurate definition of disease processes to achieve enhanced anatomical mapping and localization. SPECT/CT combined procedures have found significant application in several new research and clinical arenas, including in vivo small animal studies and CT angiography in the emergency department.
Significant Advancements in Information and Communication Technologies
Information and communication technologies are advancing at a fast pace and the issues around storing, processing, and transmitting large data files such as images are likely to be resolved shortly, says the analyst. With imaging techniques becoming more real-time, their therapeutic applications will increase. Their applications as screening technologies will also increase as the cost of the techniques decreases. Other ongoing innovations in areas such as three-dimensional visualization and virtual reality developments also spell good news for fusion imaging.
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