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    EQ•PET Brings SUV Comparison to Daily Routine

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    Greg Freiherr
    Published on January 18, 2018

    “It was very simple to compare the values obtained with our new scanner, which are much higher, with those from the old one.”

    Carsten Kobe, MD
    Medical image analysis turns into a medical standardization.

    The drawback of reference regions

    Professors Drzezga and Kobe stand in front of their Biograph PET/CT system.

    Potential for multicenter trials

    EQ PET offers the needed medical standardization for oncologists as well as patients.
    Greg Freiherr shares his opinion on what digital technologies in healthcare can do in times of the pandemic.
    Greg Freiherr shares his opinion on what digital technologies in healthcare can do in times of the pandemic.
    By Greg Freiherr
    Greg Freiherr is a contributing editor to Imaging Technology News, or ITN. Over the past three decades, he has served as a business and technology editor for publications in medical imaging, as well as a consultant to industry, academia, and financial institutions.
    1. [1] Kuhnert G, Boellaard R, Sterzer S, et.al. Impact of PET/CT image reconstruction methods and liver uptake normalization strategies on quantitative image analysis. EJNMMI 2016 43(2): 249-258.
    2. The statements by Siemens Healthineers’ customers described herein are based on results that were achieved in the customer’s unique setting. Since there is no “typical” hospital and many variables exist (e.g., hospital size, case mix, level of IT adoption) there can be no guarantee that other customers will achieve the same results.