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FDA OKs Intelerad PET/CT product
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor Intelerad Medical Systems has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market and distribute its PET/CT Image Fusion product.
August 19, 2009
NIH center to record radiation exposure
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center has taken a step to further safeguard its clinical research patients who are exposed to radiation during certain imaging tests. CT and PET/CT equipment purchased by the center now will be required to routinely record radiation dose exposure in a patient's electronic medical record.
August 17, 2009
Petten reactor back online
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group High Flux Reactor in Petten, Netherlands, is back online ahead of schedule.
August 17, 2009
Moly crisis to continue as AECL pushes reactor restart to 2010
August 12, 2009
Moly crisis to continue as AECL pushes reactor restart to 2010
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine physicians may have to wait a little longer for the shortage of the radioisotope molybdenum-99 to abate. Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) has pushed back the anticipated restart of its Chalk River, Ontario, nuclear reactor to the first quarter of 2010.
August 12, 2009
Molecular Insight reduces net loss
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cost-cutting initiatives helped radiopharmaceutical developer Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals reduce its net loss in the second quarter of 2009.
August 12, 2009
PET sales slump; AFIP housing woes; infection control in portable x-ray
By Brian Casey
August 12, 2009
U.S. PET sales drop 17% in 2008, but optimism remains
By Wayne Forrest
As healthcare providers continued to react to reimbursement and financing pressures, PET scanner sales in the U.S. decreased 17% in 2008, while the demand for PET procedures grew at a slower rate, says a new report from market research firm Bio-Tech Systems.
August 12, 2009
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Noncontrast CT with PET reduces melanoma radiation dose
By Wayne Forrest
Using a low-dose protocol and eliminating contrast from the CT portion of PET/CT studies resulted in only slightly lower sensitivity for detecting metastases in melanoma patients, while delivering less radiation and no exposure to potential contrast reactions, German researchers found.
August 11, 2009
FDA panel recommends GE's DaTSCAN
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has cleared one more hurdle in its quest to bring a new brain SPECT radiopharmaceutical called DaTscan to market.
August 10, 2009
GE installs first Discovery SPECT/CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has completed the first installations of its new cadmium zinc telluride-based SPECT/CT nuclear cardiology camera, Discovery NM/CT 570c.
August 10, 2009
NMPI launches 5th nuclear cardiology route
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mobile imaging services firm Nuclear Medicine Professionals (NMPI) has launched a fifth mobile nuclear camera route.
August 9, 2009
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