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Radiotherapy exploits advances in diagnostic imaging
By Tami Freeman
Imaging plays a major role throughout the entire cancer management process -- from diagnosis and staging, to therapy planning and delivery, to response monitoring and surveillance, according to a presentation at the recent American Society for Radiation Oncology meeting in Chicago.
November 12, 2009
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Positron touts new Medicare PET rates
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging vendor Positron expects the shift from cardiac SPECT to cardiac PET imaging will accelerate now that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
November 11, 2009
Mirada lands Louisiana installs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging software developer Mirada Medical of Oxford, U.K., has installed its software at a Louisiana health system.
November 11, 2009
CMS expands cervical cancer coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has given final approval for coverage of one FDG-PET exam for the initial staging of patients with biopsy-proven cervical cancer.
November 10, 2009
Molecular Insight reports lower net loss
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Reduced operating expenses helped radiopharmaceutical developer Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals improve its net loss in the third quarter.
November 9, 2009
SNM contests proposed CMS payment rules
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine society SNM has raised significant concerns about proposed reimbursement rules for imaging procedures, announced by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on October 30.
November 5, 2009
ACRIN seeks research sites for clinical trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) has put out a call seeking sites to participate in a multicenter trial of the use of FDG-PET/CT for the staging of head and neck cancer.
November 5, 2009
U.S. House approves bill to fund U.S. Mo-99 production
November 5, 2009
U.S. House approves bill to fund U.S. Mo-99 production
By Wayne Forrest
On a roll-call vote of 400-17, the U.S. House of Representatives last night approved the American Medical Isotopes Production Act (HR 3276) to help fund production of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) in the U.S. and gradually eliminate the export of highly enriched uranium.
November 5, 2009
Eckert & Ziegler reports Q3 sales growth
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiotherapy and radioisotope developer Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products has reported a sharp increase in sales in the company's third quarter.
November 4, 2009
CMS cuts SPECT MPI payments 36%, sets CCTA rates
By Eric Barnes
Cardiac imaging is scheduled for reimbursement cuts -- including a 36% hack at SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) -- under the final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2010. On the plus side, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) also published base rates for coronary CT angiography (CCTA) and increased cardiac PET reimbursement by about 17%.
November 4, 2009
AMIC tests new Mo-99 technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical developer Advanced Medical Isotope (AMIC) has announced promising results from initial tests of a new medical isotope production method that could be used to create molybdenum-99 (Mo-99).
November 3, 2009
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