Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2021
FDA clears first major imaging device advancement for computed tomography in nearly a decade
30 September 2021 - The device uses the emerging CT technology of photon counting detectors which can measure each individual X-ray that passes through a patient's body, as opposed to current systems which use detectors that measure the total energy contained in many X-rays at once.
By ‘counting’ each individual X-ray photon, more detailed information about the patient can be obtained and used to create images with less information that is not useful in the review and analysis.
