November 7, 2022
First Domestically Produced X-ray CT System with Photon-counting Detector Installed at National Cancer Center Japan Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center
TOKYO, November 7, 2022—Last year, Canon Inc. acquired Redlen Technologies
Inc., one of the world's leading companies in creating new technologies
related to the development and manufacture of semiconductor detector
modules. Canon Medical Systems Corporation, a group company of Canon Inc.,
has developed the first domestically produced photon-counting CT system
incorporating Redlen's advanced technologies. This system has been
installed at the National Cancer Center Exploratory Oncology Research &
Clinical Trial Center in Japan, where it is currently used to conduct
research exploring the clinical applications of PCCT.