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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
Navidea lands SBIR grant for cervical cancer trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Navidea Biopharmaceuticals said it has received a grant from the U.S. National Cancer Institute to fund a clinical study of its Lymphoseek radiopharmaceutical agent in women with cervical cancer.
September 22, 2014
GE gets FDA nod for Discovery IQ PET/CT system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Discovery IQ PET/CT system.
September 22, 2014
ASNC: Should nuclear technologists read SPECT MPI scans?
By Wayne Forrest
BOSTON - Nuclear medicine technologists were nearly as accurate as cardiologists in reading stress-first SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) studies, according to research presented at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) meeting. The study hints at a role for technologists in determining which patients could avoid the rest portion of the scans.
September 21, 2014
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FDA grants orphan designation to Navidea's Lymphoseek
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan drug designation to Navidea Biopharmaceuticals' Lymphoseek radiopharmaceutical agent for use in sentinel lymph node detection in patients with head and neck cancer.
September 18, 2014
Lantheus touts flurpiridaz F-18 clinical data
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging is highlighting clinical data that show reductions in radiation exposure and improved image quality with flurpiridaz F-18 PET myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) compared to SPECT MPI.
September 17, 2014
PET sheds light on trauma symptoms
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Using PET imaging, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have linked a receptor in the brain associated with emotions to a narrow cluster of trauma symptoms, including sadness, emotional detachment, and listlessness.
September 17, 2014
NuView inks radiopharma deal with Otsuka
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NuView Life Sciences has signed an exclusive deal with Otsuka Pharmaceutical to develop and commercialize VPAC1, NuView's investigative genomic-based diagnostic biomarker, for detecting breast and prostate cancer on PET scans.
September 16, 2014
ImaginAb teams with Novotectid
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
ImaginAb has inked an exclusive technology development partnership with fellow imaging agent developer Novotectid to develop antibody-based imaging agents to image CD4+ immune T cells.
September 16, 2014
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