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Emerging Technology Developments in Fusion Technology for Diagnostic Imaging
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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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1. Executive Summary
- 1. Scope and Methodology
- - 1. Scope
- - 2. Methodology
- 2. Key Findings
- - 1. Noteworthy Emerging Technologies
- - 2. Noteworthy Technological Applications
2. Technology Analysis
- 1. Technology Primer
- - 1. Imaging Modalities
- - 2. PET/CT
- - 3. PET/MRI
- - 4. SPECT/CT
- - 5. SPECT/MRI
- 2. Fusion Technology Impact Analysis
- - 1. Fusion Technology in Oncology
- - 2. Fusion Technology in Cardiology
- - 3. Fusion Technology in Neurology
- - 4. Fusion Technology in other areas
3. Technology Adoption Factor Analysis
- 1. Challenges
- - 1. Patients/Physicians
- - 2. Technology
- 2. Technology Drivers and Restraints
- - 1. Key Drivers
- - - a. Advancement in Information and Communication Technology
- - - b. Developments in Storage and Retrieval Systems
- - - c. Virtual Reality
- - - d. Detectors and image slices used in CT
- - - e. MRI's ability in non-invasive procedure
- - - f. Cheaper attenuation Correctors
- - - g. Reimbursement issues
- - 2. Key Restraints
- 3. Future of Fusion Technology
- - 1. PET/CT
- - 2. SPECT/CT
- - 3. Others
4. Advancements in Fusion Technology
- 1. Fusion Technology in Diagnostics
- - 1. Introduction to Fusion Technology
- - 2. Current Technology Trends
- 2. Research Trends in Companies
- - 1. The First Hybrid SPECT/CT System With a High-end and Multi-Slice Diagnostic CT
- - 2. A New Fusion PET/CT scanner Helps Detect and Diagnose Cancer in Early Stages of Disease
- - 3. A New Product With the 'Power of Three' PET/CT Technology
- - 4. A New Technology Combining the State-of-the-Art SPECT with Multislice CT
- - 5. A New PET/CT scanner with Gantry-Based Travel Feature
- - 6. A Innovative PET/CT scanner with HI-REZ LSO Technology
- - 7. A New PET/CT Workstation with PACS Integration
- - 8. The First Tri-Modal Flex PET/SPECT/CT System for Small Animal Imaging
- - 9. A New Software for the Automatic Registration of Multimodalities
- - 10. The First Open PET/CT scanner
- - 11. The First Mobile PET/CT scanner
- - 12. A Software Based Fusion Solution Combining the Latest Advances in Image Fusion
- 3. Research Trends in Universities-- 1. Applications of Hybrid SPECT/CT Imaging
- - 2. SPECT/CT Image Fusion in Prostate Cancer
- - 3. Combined SPECT/CT in the Nuclear Medicine
- - 4. Combined SPECT/CT or conventional SPECT System-A Retrospective Study
- - 5. Combined PET/MRI to Measure the Pharmacokinetics of Cocaine in Material and Fetal Organs
- - 6. Significance of Incidental FDG Uptake in Gastrointestinal Tract PET/CT
- - 7. Automatic Registration of Micro PET-CT-SPECT Whole Body Images
- - 8. PET/CT In the Detection of Ovarian Cancer Recurrence in Inguinal Hernial Sac
- - 9. Conventional CT over PET/CT and SPECT/CT in Oral Cavity Cancer
- - 10. Combined SPECT/CT in the Detection of Recurrent or Persistent Head and Neck Cancer
- - 11. SPECT/CT Imaging for Diagnostics of Recurrent Cerebral Gliomas
- - 12. 4D-PET/CT In Small Cell Lung Cancer
- - 13. PET/CT Diabetic Foot Infection
- - 14. CT/MRI To Prevent Erectile Dysfunction
- - 15. Technical Considerations in PET/CT scanner during Radiotherapy Planning
5. Patents and Key Contacts
- 1. Patents
- - 1. US-Patents
- - 2. Patents in Other Regions of the World
- 2. Contact Details
- - 1. Key Contacts-Companies
- - 2. Key Contacts- Universities
6. Frost & Sullivan 2005 Science and Technology Awards
- 1. Technology Leadership
- - 1. Award Description
- - 2. Award Recipient
- 2. Technology Innovation
- - 1. Award Description
- - 2. Award Recipient
- 3. Product Innovation
- - 1. Award Description
- - 2. Award Recipient
7. Critical Reference Tables
- 1. Decision Support Database
- - 1. Incidence of Brain Cancer
- - 2. Incidence of Breast Cancer
- - 3. Incidence of Lung Cancer
- - 4. Incidence of Prostrate Cancer
- - 5. Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease
- - 6. Prevalence of Dementia-- 7. Incidence of Stroke
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