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Nuclear Medicine: Page 134

Canadian authorities tell McGill to fix nuc med safety issues
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has cited McGill University Health Centre in Montreal for deficiencies in its nuclear medicine department's radiation safety and worker training programs.
February 10, 2015
Capintec acquires Optility nuclear medicine software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Energy measurement firm Capintec has acquired Optility software from Synergic Solutions.
February 10, 2015
Nuclear medicine physicians must change to survive
By Louise Gagnon
While nuclear medicine is not in imminent danger of extinction, it may need to reinvent itself for the future, according to the president of the British Nuclear Medicine Society. In particular, nuclear medicine physicians need to shed their self-image as purely imaging-based physicians to become more involved in clinical areas.
February 10, 2015
High cost tempers value of PET/MRI for cardiac lesions
By Wayne Forrest
The ability of FDG-PET/MRI to detail morphology and assess malignancy makes it a "powerful tool" for the diagnostic workup of cardiac tumors, but it should be used judiciously because of its high cost and limited availability, according to a new study from Germany in the February Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
February 9, 2015
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Canada may extend Chalk River license to 2018
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The government of Canada has recommended extending the production of molybdenum-99 through March 2018 at the National Research Universal reactor in Chalk River, Ontario.
February 8, 2015
CANM: Nuclear MPI tests could help ED docs rule out patients
By Louise Gagnon
The broader use of nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) stress tests could help emergency department (ED) physicians better determine which patients can be safely discharged after a normal electrocardiogram and negative biomarker results, according to a February 1 talk at the Canadian Association of Nuclear Medicine (CANM) meeting in Montreal.
February 4, 2015
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Report: MBI adoption may hinge on cost
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Manufacturers must prove that molecular breast imaging (MBI) is a cost-effective adjunct to mammography if the breast cancer detection technology is to succeed, according to a new report from research and consulting firm GlobalData.
February 2, 2015
Navidea touts Lymphoseek research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Navidea Biopharmaceuticals is highlighting clinical results regarding its Lymphoseek radiopharmaceutical that have been published in the Annals of Surgical Oncology.
January 28, 2015
FDA gives Lantheus nod for Neurolite manufacturing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a supplemental new drug application for Neurolite, Lantheus Medical Imaging's technetium-based SPECT radiopharmaceutical agent.
January 28, 2015
MILabs lands installation in China
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Preclinical imaging developer MILabs has delivered a Vector/CT system to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Fuzhou, China.
January 26, 2015
AHRA, Toshiba announce grant winners
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
AHRA and Toshiba America Medical Systems have announced the winners of their 2014 Putting Patients First grants.
January 26, 2015
Adding MBI to mammography finds more cancers in dense tissue
By Kate Madden Yee
Adding molecular breast imaging (MBI) to conventional mammography finds more cancers in women with dense breast tissue -- and at acceptable radiation doses for screening, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 26, 2015
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