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Covidien pharma sales fall in Q2
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A double-digit increase in radiopharmaceutical sales failed to lift Covidien's pharmaceuticals unit to an overall sales gain in its fiscal second quarter.
April 20, 2010
Dilon scores 1st U.S. GammaLoc install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast-specific gamma imaging developer Dilon Diagnostics has installed its first GammaLoc lesion-localization system in the U.S.
April 20, 2010
Siemens aids molecular breast cancer study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center have presented a study that detailed the successful utilization of in vivo PET and SPECT molecular imaging techniques in animal subjects with triple-negative breast cancer to better enable patient selection for targeted therapies.
April 19, 2010
SNM applauds SGR delay
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SNM is applauding President Obama's decision to sign into law a bill that temporarily delays the 21% cut in physician reimbursements mandated by the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, this time through May 31.
April 18, 2010
Skeletal PET gains support for pediatric bone scans
By Cynthia E. Keen
BOSTON - Skeletal scintigraphy with F-18 sodium fluoride is a safe and effective way to diagnose skeletal disorders in children and could be used instead of bone SPECT exams, according to research presented on Wednesday at the Society for Pediatric Radiology meeting.
April 14, 2010
PET finds risk factor for Alzheimer's in Latinos
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET imaging has shown that a major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease in whites is also a risk factor for the disease in Latinos, according to a new study published in the Archives of Neurology.
April 14, 2010
Hybridyne debuts endocavity gamma camera
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian gamma camera developer Hybridyne Imaging Technologies has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its ProxiScan gamma camera.
April 14, 2010
SNM nets AHRQ grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SNM has received a $48,000 grant from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to hold a conference to develop research on the comparative effectiveness of PET and other molecular imaging techniques.
April 13, 2010
Carestream inks deal with OncoVision
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Molecular Imaging has signed an exclusive, multiyear, worldwide agreement with OncoVision to sell, market, and service Carestream's Albira PET/SPECT/CT imaging system for small animal research.
April 12, 2010
GE touts research on PET agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare said results from a multicenter phase II study of its PET imaging agent flutemetamol for brain imaging look promising.
April 11, 2010
Canadian group hopes to develop technetium-producing cyclotron
By Wayne Forrest
The Canadian government has awarded a $3 million grant to the University of Alberta in Edmonton and the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec to develop a new type of cyclotron that can produce technetium-99m -- helping alleviate the shortage of medical isotopes in North America.
April 8, 2010
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ACRIN launches PET/CT cancer study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) has started a multicenter trial designed to assess the value of FDG-PET/CT staging for head and neck cancer patients.
April 6, 2010
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