Nuclear Medicine: Page 288

Neoprobe nets $3.5 million

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Gamma camera probe developer Neoprobe will receive $3.5 million after an exercise of warrants by investment firm Platinum-Montaur Life Sciences.

July 27, 2009

Just how bad is contrast nephropathy? And, AAPM news; Congress tackles moly crisis

By Brian Casey

July 27, 2009

Markey bill would fund U.S. isotope production

By Wayne Forrest

A bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives this month will authorize the U.S. Department of Energy to spend $163 million over the next five years toward the eventual production of molybdenum-99 in the U.S.

July 27, 2009

Hybrid linac-MRI prototype may offer more precise treatment

By Cynthia E. Keen

Canadian scientists are presenting research on a new technology that places an MRI scanner onboard a medical linear accelerator at this week's American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting in Anaheim, CA.

July 27, 2009

Agilent to buy Varian Inc.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agilent Technologies has inked a definitive agreement to acquire scientific instruments developer Varian Inc. for $1.5 billion in cash.

July 26, 2009

Elekta nets FDA OK for VMAT

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish oncology firm Elekta has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for the Monaco treatment planning system.

July 23, 2009