Ingenuity TF PET/CT
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Advanced Molecular Imaging Your scan, your way

The results speak for themselves In today’s rapidly evolving world of imaging, it can seem as though you need to compromise on virtually every front. Do you want to manage more patients, or more types of patients? What’s more important: fast scans, or personalized scans? And do you manage dose – and lower expectations of your images? Why should you have to choose? Philips Ingenuity TF PET/CT customers have discovered that they don’t have to settle when it comes to clinical performance, patient experience, and efficient, results-driven imaging. An investment in this system represents an...

• Primary focus on oncologic imaging with additional services in cardiac imaging as well as studies in neurology and inflammatory diseases • Performs almost 2,700 scans per year • Acquisition times of 75 seconds per bed; complete scan times are 22-23 minutes Prof. Dr. Christian Pirich “We have achieved exactly what we wanted to with Ingenuity TF PET/CT in every respect. Our acquisitions are shorter and we feel more confident in delineating lesions.” Head of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology at University Hospital Salzburg, Austria • Primary focus on oncologic imaging with secondary focus...

Clinical excelle

Quality can be difficult to define. Not so for Prof. Dr. Pirich at University Hospital Salzburg. “I define image quality as how well I can see small lesions,” he explains. “The ability to accomplish this was a major consideration in selecting our new system. This past week, I was reviewing a thyroid carcinoma case. But with the images from Ingenuity TF PET/CT, I also saw something beginning to develop on the pancreas.” Astonish TF, a core component of Ingenuity TF PET/CT, supports this clinical excellence with high-fidelity imaging performance. It takes advantage of proprietary Philips...

“The spatial resolution on our first Ingenuity TF PET/CT images amazed us,” recalls Prof. Dr. Santiago Ribeiro at Hôpital Bretonneau. “They generated a lot of positive discussion around how much more we were seeing.” The response of a scanner is what limits its spatial resolution, blurring small objects and sharp delineations of contrast. Astonish TF has the hardware and the processing power to take full advantage of 2mm voxels. The point spread function (PSF) then complements this by modeling the imaging physics to compensate for the limits of the scanner and recover resolution without...

Lung nodule case at Hôpital Bretonneau PET whole-body imaging is combined with CT imaging, which uses the dose index to deliver excellent image quality and low dose. PET demonstrates multiple areas of increased activity. One CT acquisition is performed with different reconstructions using iDose4. CT DLP: 188 mGy*cm CTDI: 1.9 mGy 100 kv 40-76 mAs (min.-max.) Additional PET 2mm reconstruction with PSF complements CT reconstruction. Lung cancer with metastatis case at University Hospital Salzburg Multiple-modality imaging and 2mm voxel PET reconstruction can increase clinical confidence. PET...

Low dose with a high focus on No two patients are alike. Each has his or her own medical history, age, physical condition – even comfort level in the scanner. And today’s oncology patients are living longer. This means more scans and more frequent exposure to radiopharmaceuticals. The good news: hardware breakthroughs in personalized medicine can help deliver a pleasant patient experience with a low CT dose while meeting clinicians’ demands for fast, high-quality images. Personalized care can be achieved in part by tailoring the CT dose to the specific patient. “Many of our patients are not...

patients These include: • the image quality reference setting (used to specify the image quality required for the diagnostic task at hand, known as DoseRight Index [DRI]) • the scan protocol reference size. Clinicians can also tailor care with iDose4 by personalizing image quality depending on the clinical need. Where low dose is paramount, such as pediatric imaging, iDose4 enables caregivers to manage dose without sacrificing image quality. iDose4 can also significantly improve spatial resolution at a low dose. These are conveniently displayed with other patient-specific parameters prior...

A new era in low energy, low dose, and low injected contrast imaging iDose4 gives clinicians control of the dial so they can personalize image quality based on patients’ needs at a low dose. When used in combination with the advanced technology of Ingenuity TF PET/CT, this offers a unique approach to managing important factors in patient care. As part of the Philips ongoing commitment to streamlining workflow for radiologists, iDose4 is easy to use and easy to adopt into existing standards of care. Designed to seamlessly integrate into CT departments, iDose4 provides the look and feel of...

Increasing clinical confidence through personalized image quality at University Hospital Salzburg No two scans are alike. But the nuclear medicine team can rely on Ingenuity TF PET/CT to deliver outstanding images across a wide range of parameters. Lumbar spine case PET dose: 350 MBq [18F]-Sodium fluoride (NaF) (9.46 mCi) CT DLP: 210 mGy*cm CTDI: 1.3 mGy 120 kv 60 mAs Scan began 105 minutes post-injection These images visualize an area of increased uptake around a spine implant. Neuroendocrine tumor case PET dose: 300 MBq [18F]-Dopa (8.11 mCi) CT DLP: 200 mGy*cm CTDI: 2.1 mGy 100 kv 54 mAs...

“Last Monday we had three Bowen’s disease cases along with 12 other patients,” observes Prof. Dr. Pirich at University Hospital Salzburg. “Normally, you’d face some kind of trade-off: offer fewer procedures or manage fewer patients. Ingenuity TF PET/CT, however, allows me to perform so many different kinds of scans at a high frequency – so we didn’t have to devote all morning to just three exams.” The site handles a significant number of melanoma cases, which require whole-body scans. “We’re delighted that acquisition times are down to 75 seconds per bed,” he reports. Overall scan (acquisition...