Advanced scanner will build better cancer care for Albertans
(WorldNews Canada)

A new hybrid imaging scanner that will allow clinicians to provide more personalized treatment for patients of cancer and other diseases was unveiled today at Edmonton`s Cross Cancer Institute. The PET-MR scanner-the first in Western Canada-allows physicians and scientists to look inside the body to better understand the biology of diseases such as cancer and the effects of treatment. `It is truly the defining piece of equipment for functional imaging,` said Sandy McEwan, project lead and a professor of oncology in the University of Alberta`sFaculty of Medicine & Dentistry. `It takes an image from being a picture to being a biomarker and will start to give clinicians the...