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Combined PET/CT CAD improves lung nodule detection

By Eric Barnes

Researchers in Japan have developed computer-aided detection (CAD) software that detects lung nodules in PET/CT images of lung cancer screening patients. Applying a combined CAD system to both modalities instead of CT or PET alone nearly doubled the number of solitary pulmonary nodules detected.

August 5, 2010

Molecular Insight posts higher Q2 net loss

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Higher operating expenses resulted in a greater net loss for radiopharmaceutical developer Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals in its second quarter.

August 4, 2010

Cardinal gains revenue in FY10

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Revenue increases in its Pharmaceutical segment reflected overall growth for Cardinal Health in its fiscal year 2010.

August 4, 2010

AECL progresses toward restart

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) has successfully completed the replacement and testing of monitoring equipment at its National Research Universal reactor in Chalk River, Ontario.

August 4, 2010

GenSpera inks patent deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GenSpera has acquired a patent application from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark for imaging technology that incorporates derivatives of thapsigargin.

August 2, 2010

Simultaneous PET/MRI creates diagnostic-quality images

By Wayne Forrest

Structural, functional, and molecular imaging of patients with brain tumors is feasible with diagnostic imaging quality using simultaneous hybrid PET/MR image acquisition, according to a study in the August issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

August 2, 2010