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PET imaging technique lessens motion effects
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Finnish researchers have developed an imaging technique to reduce the effect of respiratory motion on PET image quality, according to a new study published in Physics in Medicine and Biology.
October 12, 2014
SNMMI opposes proposed changes in tech duties
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is asking its members to contact the Joint Commission to object to proposed changes regarding which tasks technologists can perform.
October 12, 2014
Shine secures $125M in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope firm Shine Medical Technologies has won $125 million in debt and equity financing with Deerfield Management of New York City.
October 9, 2014
Gamma Medica taps new sales VP
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging developer Gamma Medica has appointed a new vice president of sales.
October 8, 2014
CMS delays PET payments during system check
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it will hold claims for FDG-PET scans for solid tumors while it checks its payment system.
October 5, 2014
PET/MRI matches PET/CT with less radiation for children
By Wayne Forrest
German researchers have found promising evidence that PET/MRI is equivalent to PET/CT for lesion detection in pediatric cancer patients, while at the same time delivering just one-quarter of the radiation dose, according to a study published in the October issue of Radiology.
October 5, 2014
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Monarch Medical resolves legal dispute
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Monarch Medical PET Services, Monarch Medical Imaging Equipment, and former Monarch PET CEO Michael Abboud announced they have resolved all litigation between the parties.
October 2, 2014
SNMMI: Mo-99 supply issues still shape nuclear medicine
By Wayne Forrest
The tenuous supply of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) in recent years has resulted in a double-digit price increase at many nuclear medicine facilities across the U.S., as well as the canceling or rescheduling of appointments and fewer after-hours exams.
October 2, 2014
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RSNA wins funding for QIBA research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering has given RSNA $1.27 million in funding to support research by the society's Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers Alliance (QIBA).
October 1, 2014
NIH releases 1st round of BRAIN research money
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun its first round of investments totaling $46 million for the 2014 fiscal year to support the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative.
October 1, 2014
Use of SPECT MPI exercise stress continues to decline
By Wayne Forrest
The convenience of pharmacologic stress agents and an increase in patient mobility issues are contributing to a decades-long decline in the use of exercise stress for SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), according to a study presented at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology annual meeting.
September 29, 2014
JAMA: PET falls short in areas with widespread lung disease
By Wayne Forrest
A new study in the September 24 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found that FDG-PET has sharply lower specificity for diagnosing lung cancer in geographic regions where infectious lung disease is common. The findings could affect how PET is used for following up CT lung screening studies.
September 24, 2014
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