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CMS corrects codes, raises MPI, CT fees
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on May 6 issued a correction to its previously announced codes for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2010, with the end result being higher reimbursement for SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and cardiac CT scans.
May 6, 2010
CMS proposes change to PET restriction
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed to remove the current restriction of coverage to one FDG-PET scan to determine the location and/or extent of a tumor.
May 6, 2010
AECL: Repairs to NRU reactor on schedule
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) reported this week that repairs to its National Research Universal (NRU) nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, are 71% complete.
May 6, 2010
Brazil plans to produce Mo-99
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Brazil has unveiled plans to build a $483 million nuclear reactor to produce molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) and industrial-grade enriched uranium.
May 5, 2010
Covidien updates May Mo-99 supply status
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare technology firm Covidien expects spot shortages of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) to continue through the month of May.
May 5, 2010
Rising service costs prompt hospitals to examine new options
By James Brice
Cash-strapped hospital administrators are turning to in-house solutions with help from original equipment manufacturers to keep their imaging equipment in good working order, according to a new survey of the diagnostic imaging equipment service industry.
May 5, 2010
VisEn adds molecular imaging agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Optical imaging developer VisEn Medical has launched its VivoTag 645 fluorescence molecular imaging agent.
May 4, 2010
FDG-PET/CT detects recurrence of colorectal cancer
By Wayne Forrest
FDG-PET/CT has a "significant role" in characterizing suspected colorectal cancer recurrence at an early stage, according to a study presented by U.K. researchers at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting this week in San Diego.
May 4, 2010
Dilon touts BSGI measurement study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) developer Dilon Diagnostics is touting the results of a clinical study indicating that BSGI can accurately measure tumor size within 5 mm after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer.
May 2, 2010
PET can help clarify dementia diagnoses
By Rosemary Frei
A study presented at last month's American Academy of Neurology annual meeting showed that adding PET to the clinical investigation of atypical or unclear dementias led to a change of 29% of the initial diagnoses.
May 2, 2010
Cardinal warns of May Tc-99m shortages
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardinal Health is warning its customers that the first week of May will see limited availability of technetium-99m (Tc-99m), as the worldwide molybdenum-99 shortage continues.
May 2, 2010
PET detecting tumor 'cold spots' may aid RT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Using PET to fine-tune radiation therapy (RT) to take into account which portions of a cancer patient's tumor grow the most rapidly may improve cancer control while subjecting the patient to lower radiation doses, Dutch researchers suggested at the European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva.
May 2, 2010
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