Leo Gurvich This is Me

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1. 1. SPECT/CT - The Future Is Clear

   www.radiologytoday.net/archive - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/22/2004   Last Visited: 8/30/2006

   "If you look at nuclear medicine in general, it's about 50% oncology and 50% cardiology," points out Leo Gurvich, Philips' SPECT/CT product manager. "The most important requirement is to have a high-end CT, 16-plus-slice or higher." He adds that for other proven applications, like localizing and treating infection, lower-resolution SPECT/CT scanners still perform better than SPECT alone while providing many users with a lower-cost first step toward the more powerful systems.
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   "It's an important point, the difference between where PET and SPECT are now," concurs Gurvich. While PET is extremely sensitive, capable of providing exquisite imaging quality under proper conditions, he adds, "it's often cost-prohibitive for cardiology."