| | UCSF - Radiology - External Review - PRL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Historically, the PRL is the base from which electron-beam computed tomography was developed, now manufactured and sold by Imatron Incorporated, which recently announced that it is the process of being acquired by GE Medical Systems. |
 | | The PRL also was the first to develop and implement an x-ray bone densitometry system with significantly better spatial resolution, accuracy, precision, and scan time over dual-photon absorptiometry systems for bone densitometry. |
 | | Finally, the PRL is collaborating with scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory to develop a new digital mammography system that uses gamma-ray optics and high-resolution silicon detectors, with the goal of reducing radiation dose by 10-fold in comparison to conventional screen-film mammography. |
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