Next-gen scanner at NUH to make cancer detection faster and safer

A new scanning system at the National University Hospital (NUH) will help medical professionals here to diagnose cancer and determine its spread faster, while also making the process more comfortable for the patients.

- Zhaki Abdullah Correspondent

A senior radiographer and mock patient demonstrating the PET/CT system at NUH. It is expected to be operational by early November and will serve about 2,900 patients per year.

(LIANHE ZAOBAO)

The Siemens Biograph Vision Quadra is a total-body PET/CT scanner which combines two imaging techniques - positron emission tomography (PET) and computerised tomography (CT) - to produce highly detailed images of the body.

It is expected to be operational by early November and will serve about 2,900 patients per year, while also supporting a wide range of clinical trials and research programmes.

Produced by German medical technology firm Siemens Healthineers and located at the NUH Medical Centre in Lower Kent Ridge Road, the new system is believed to be the first total-body PET/CT scanner in Singapore.

Professor Khong Pek Lan, who heads the diagnostic imaging department at NUH, described the next-generation scanner as a “transformative leap forward in medical imaging”.