Nuclear Medicine: Page 155

CT perfusion useful for evaluating small esophageal tumors

By Rabia Mughal

CT perfusion can be used to evaluate esophageal cancers with small tumor diameters that are not amenable to assessment with PET/CT, according to a new study by Turkish researchers presented at ECR 2014 earlier this month.

March 18, 2014

IBA divests PharmaLogic PET Services

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has sold the assets of its PharmaLogic PET Services of Montreal subsidiary to a private equity firm.

March 16, 2014

NOPR: NaF-PET can change prostate cancer treatment plans

By Wayne Forrest

PET imaging with sodium fluoride (NaF) changed treatment in more than half of men with prostate cancer and could prove to be a better tool than bone scintigraphy, according to an analysis from the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) published online February 27 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

March 16, 2014

Digirad buys Telerhythmics

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine firm Digirad has acquired Telerhythmics for approximately $3.6 million.

March 16, 2014

Navidea touts Lymphoseek study results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals has announced positive results from a follow-up study of its Lymphoseek radiopharmaceutical.

March 13, 2014

Global nuclear medicine market poised for growth

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The global nuclear medicine market will reach $24 billion by 2030 (18 billion euros), with an annual average increase of 11%, according to a new market research report by MEDraysintell.

March 13, 2014

Juweid reaches deal with Iowa medical board

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Former University of Iowa nuclear medicine physician Dr. Malik Juweid has reached an agreement with the state medical board regarding charges that he engaged in disruptive behavior.

March 12, 2014

Florbetapir-PET links beta amyloid to cognitive decline at 3 years

By Wayne Forrest

Individuals who tested positive for beta amyloid on florbetapir-PET brain scans were more likely to decline cognitively over a three-year period than those with a negative scan, in a study published online March 11 in Molecular Psychiatry.

March 11, 2014

Nuclear medicine patient survey finds mixed results

By Rabia Mughal

Researchers from Egypt studied patient satisfaction at a nuclear medicine department and found that while the patients were satisfied with the department's infrastructure, they didn't like wait times and how they were informed of their procedures. Changes have already been made in response to the survey.

March 11, 2014

Study finds PET/CT can help diagnose CUP syndrome

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - FDG-PET/CT can identify a possible primary tumor in patients with carcinoma with unknown primary tumor (CUP) syndrome at a rate comparable to that found in autopsy studies, German researchers reported on Monday at ECR 2014.

March 9, 2014

Nordion files positive Q1 financial results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nordion reported an increase in revenue for the first quarter of its fiscal 2014.

March 9, 2014

Controversy breaks out over how to study cell death in cancer

By Philip Ward

VIENNA - When Dr. Uwe Haberkorn drew breath after his ECR presentation during a New Horizons session on imaging the hallmarks of cancer, he probably didn't anticipate the lively debate that was to follow.

March 8, 2014

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