Infinia™ VC Hawkeye® SPECT/CT

Sutter Roseville Medical Center is the first hospital in the country to install a unique Infinia™ VC Hawkeye® SPECT/CT camera with one-inch scored crystal technology—the most advanced SPECT/CT system available. The system combines single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging to detect metabolic abnormalities with CT scanning to localize lesions within the body. Typically, SPECT/CT cameras are limited to detecting only certain types of radioactive tracers or must compromise image quality to cover the full range of energy levels. The one-inch scored crystals provide better detection of higher energy radiopharmaceuticals and allow doctors to use the complete selection of SPECT radiopharmaceuticals available. This improves image quality in a number of studies currently performed and provides new opportunities for future radiopharmaceuticals. The Infinia™ VC Hawkeye® SPECT/CT camera can also accommodate a large variety of patient sizes and imaging positions — whether they are sitting, standing or lying down.

Millennium VG Hawkeye™

In addition to the Infinia™ VC Hawkeye® SPECT/CT, the department has multiple camera systems for imaging. Sutter Roseville was the first hospital to install the Infinia™’s predecessor the Millennium VG Hawkeye™. This camera system is also a hybrid technology of SPECT/CT imaging. The CT portion of the image data can be used for correcting images for the amount of tissue that is between the area of interest and the body surface. This is called attenuation correction and is used to improve image quality.

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