Paul Strickland centre looks to increase Alzheimer’s imaging
PET/CT physicist Dr Bal Sanghera, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre chief executive Margaret Sullivan and Siemens Healthcare regional sales manager Andreas Hadjiphanis.
Paul Strickland Scanner Centre was looking for technology to streamline workflow and keep dose to the most appropriate level when it was selecting its new PET/CT system. The independent medical charity based at Mount Vernon Hospital in Middlesex chose a Biograph mCT hybrid PET/CT system from Siemens Healthcare.
As one of the first specialist cancer care centres in the UK to offer PET imaging, it now has four Siemens systems offering non-invasive diagnostic imaging.
Consultant radiologist Dr Anthony Chambers said: “In addition to oncology, we are using the system for a small amount of memory loss imaging and hope to increase Alzheimer’s imaging in line with the recent G8 dementia summit announcement that leading nations have committed to developing treatments for dementia by 2025.”
See the full report on page 16 of the April 2014 issue of RAD Magazine.
