The Journey Begins
The journey started years before 2000 when Dr. Bill Ashburn formed what would become Digirad and began the creation of the first solid-state detector head. Throughout the late 90’s Digirad developed the technology, was awarded patents, and continued to refine the manufacturing process.
The 2020tc is Born
The result of this effort was the Digirad 2020tc. This imager was a single head, general-purpose nuclear medicine camera. The 2020tc featured an articulating arm and a unique, rotating SPECTour chair for cardiac SPECT imaging.
First Solid-State Scan
The first commercially performed solid-state nuclear medicine image was scanned in June of 2000 using a Digirad 2020tc.