Why PET Will Beat SPECT

The next generation of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents will herald an age when PET will eclipse single photon emission computed tomog- raphy (SPECT) as the “go to” modality for molecular imaging. It will do so by enabling personalized medicine through precision diagnostics, the ability to be delivered cost-effectively in a manner with less radiation to patients, by leverag- ing hardware advances already being commercialized, and by taking advantage of the extra throughput capacity present in the U.S. installed base of PET/CT scanners