Greg Freiherr

A new type of MR scanner began operating in October. Staff at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic owned by Nevada Imaging Centers claim the 1T scanner produces images as good as or better than those of 1.5T systems, scans patients as fast as a closed high-field system, and does so using an open design.

Hybrid imaging dominates the nuclear medicine section of the RSNA exhibit floor. Philips and Siemens are promoting multislice SPECT/CT, while GE, which pioneered the idea five years ago, is showing an upgraded version of its Infinia gamma camera coupled to a single-slice, nondiagnostic CT for attenuation correction.

GE Healthcare is framing 4D ultrasound as the way to accelerate workflow, using protocols developed for the company’s new version of the Logiq 9. The scanner, outfitted with 4D algorithms and three volumetric probes, debuted this week at the company’s booth on the RSNA exhibit floor.