SAN DIEGO, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Naviscan PET Systems, Inc., a privately held company that manufactures and develops high-resolution PET scanners, announced today the newest installation of the PEM Flex(TM) Solo II scanner at Rockville PET Imaging, P.C. in Rockville Centre, New York. This installation marks the beginning of a multi-unit deal between Naviscan and the operators of Rockville PET Imaging that will bring organ specific, molecular imaging technology to multiple centers throughout the New York state area.
“We are pleased and excited at the growing strategic relationship between Rockville PET Imaging and Naviscan PET Systems,” said Paul J. Mirabella, Chairman and CEO of Naviscan. “Both of us believe that this leading-edge technology will significantly and positively influence the effective management of breast cancer patients. Moreover, this multi-unit order represents a highly visible commitment on the part of Rockville PET Imaging to provide differential, personalized healthcare and diagnostic services throughout the greater New York metropolitan area.”
The PEM Flex utilizes PET technology for the breast cancer clinical application known as positron emission mammography, PEM. The PEM Flex scanner is similar to the size of a mammography unit, and consists of two high-resolution detector heads, mounted directly to breast immobilization paddles, that are positioned to optimize imaging of the breast. The close proximity of crystal detectors and limited angle tomographic reconstruction produces the high-resolution images. The PEM Flex has proven imaging resolution of 1.5 millimeters, allowing physicians to visualize breast tumors about the size of a grain of rice.
“Throughout my 30 year career as a radiologist, I have been introduced to many new technologies and PEM is certainly one of the most impressive imaging technologies I have seen,” said Lucille P. Taverna, M.D., Medical Director of Rockville PET Imaging. “The earliest and smallest breast cancers are the most difficult to detect. We require a more precise imaging device, such as PEM, to identify and treat them quickly.”
Imaging scans using the PEM Flex system are reimbursed by both Medicare and an increasing number of private insurance companies, when used for pre-surgical planning, staging of breast cancer, suspicious recurrence and neoadjuvant chemotherapy response.
About Naviscan PET Systems, Inc.
Naviscan PET Systems(R), founded in 1995, develops and markets compact, high-resolution PET scanners intended to provide organ-specific molecular imaging, guide radiological and surgical procedures and advance new clinical therapies. The PEM Flex(TM) Solo II, is currently installed and available in breast centers and imaging centers throughout the U.S. PEM Flex is also utilized in clinical research studies, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health. The Company is headquartered in San Diego, California and is the first company to obtain FDA clearance of a high-resolution PET scanner designed to image small body parts. For more information, call 1.858.587.3641 or visit http://www.naviscanpet.com
About Rockville PET Imaging P.C.
Rockville PET Imaging is an established out-patient medical diagnostic imaging facility. The facility works hand in glove with Radiological Associates of Long Island, PC, both of which are under the medical direction of Lucille P. Taverna, MD, whose services compliment one another offering a full and comprehensive range of medical imaging services to its patients. Diagnostic services provided at Rockville PET Imaging include PET, PET/CT and CT for oncology, neurology and cardiac studies as well as nuclear breast scanning using positron emission mammography (PEM), the only facility in Long Island to have this technology available to its patients. Quick study turn-around, superior reading capability, a skilled, compassionate medical staff and state-of-the-art imaging equipment make Rockville PET Imaging one of the most respected medical imaging facilities in Long Island. Rockville PET Imaging’s board certified radiologists provide patients and their referring physicians with diagnostic test results with 24 hours of the examination. Accredited with the American College of Radiology (ACR) and a certified facility for the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR), Rockville PET Imaging is conveniently located at 119 North Park Avenue, Suite 101, in Rockville Centre, New York. Call 516.255.9555 or visit http://www.rockvillepet.com for more information.
CONTACT: Sherri Antoniak, Corporate Development, Inc., +1-858-587-3641,
ext.113, santoniak@naviscanpet.com, or Skip Mendelson, Vice President,
Sales, +1-925-372-9818, both of Naviscan PET Systems
Web site: http://www.naviscanpet.com/
http://www.rockvillepet.com/
