Kromek Group PLC on Monday said its digital detectors have been used in the world’s first digital SPECT/CT scanner for higher energy imaging.
Kromek is a Durham, England-based radiation and bio-detection technology solutions provider, that produces CZT solid-state radiation detectors and scintillation radiation detector components. CZT, or cadmium zinc telluride, is a room temperature semiconductor that directly converts x-ray or gamma photons into electrons and holes.
Spectrum Dynamics Medical Inc has created the VERITON-CT 400 Series, the world’s first digital SPECT/CT scanner using Kromek digital detectors.
Kromek’s digital detectors, combined with Spectrum’s 360-degree, wide-bore scanner and its advanced image reconstruction algorithms, increase the energy range up to 400 kiloelectronvolts to support the throughput demand of current and new emerging nuclear medicine clinical applications.
Kromek said the technology was setting new standards in the field, with significant improvements in energy range, system sensitivity, and energy resolution.
‘The increased sensitivity, improved energy resolution, and broader energy range of Kromek’s detector technology make it the right choice for the 400 Series,’ affirmed Spectrum Dynamics Chief Executive Officer Gilad Yoeli.
Kromek shares were trading 6.3% higher at 8.40 pence each in London on Monday afternoon.
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