SYMBIA PRO.SPECTA

The Symbia Pro.specta Q3 device is a radiological imaging system that combines a single photon emission computed tomography(SPECT) camera system for nuclear medicine images, and a computed tomography (CT) camera system for x-ray images. The SPECT system is intended to detect the location and distribution of gamma ray radionuclides in the body and produce cross-sectional images through computer reconstruction of the data, and the CT system is intended to produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data from the same axial plane taken at different angles. The nuclear medicine images and the x-ray images may be registered and displayed in a fused format (overlaid in the same orientation) for the anatomical localization of the nuclear medicine data (that is, distribution of radiopharmaceuticals). The SPECT and CT portions of the system may be used independently or in combination, and may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient and equipment supports, radionuclide anatomical markers, component parts, and accessories. The SPECT and CT images may be transferred to other systems for radiation therapy planning or additional uses. The Siemens Pro.specta series is intended for use by appropriately trained health care professionals to aid in detecting, localizing, diagnosing, staging and restaging of lesions, tumors, disease and organ function for the evaluation of diseases and disorders such as, but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders and cancer. The images produced by the system can also be used by the physician to aid in radiotherapy treatment planning or additional uses. SPECT: The SPECT component is intended to detect or image the distribution of radionuclides in the body or organ (physiology), using the following techniques: planar imaging, whole body imaging, and tomographic imaging for isotopes with energies up to 588 keV.