LITTLE ROCK - Cutting edge imaging equipment and technologies recently introduced at CARTI are designed to significantly improve physician diagnosis and staging of cancer, according to officials with the statewide network of cancer care facilities.

The Discovery MI, a new PET/CT system developed by GE Healthcare that just received US FDA clearance in October 2016, was recently installed and unveiled at the CARTI Cancer Center in Little Rock.

The introduction of the Discovery MI at CARTI is part of the statewide healthcare network's ongoing mission of providing the highest quality of cancer treatment and compassionate patient care by making new, state of the art equipment and technologies available to physicians for their patients.