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Adding PET to 64-slice CT aids detection of heart disease
By Wayne Forrest
Adding functional data from PET to 64-slice coronary CT angiography can improve the latter's ability to detect coronary artery disease, overcoming the modality's historic weak point in specificity, according to U.K. researchers.
July 19, 2009
Positron partners with MedAxiom
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac molecular imaging company Positron has signed a partnership agreement with MedAxiom, a subscription-based service provider and information resource for cardiology practices.
July 15, 2009
Hybrid FDG-PET, MRI not ready for carotid plaque assessment
By Wayne Forrest
Although FDG-PET and MRI can contribute separately to the detection and assessment of carotid plaque, there is a lack of consensus between the two modalities when combined for hybrid imaging, according to U.K. researchers.
July 15, 2009
ACRIN develops PET scanner program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) has developed a qualification procedure for PET scanners to check basic system calibrations and to verify that clinical image quality is adequate for semiquantitative analysis of PET data.
July 14, 2009
Avid phase II results presented at Alzheimer's conference
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Avid Radiopharmaceuticals said that two presentations of phase II trial results at this week's International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease support the efficacy of its fluorine-18 AV-45 PET agent for molecular imaging of amyloid aggregates in the brain.
July 13, 2009
SPECT may aid in diagnosing early Alzheimer's disease
By Charlene Laino
VIENNA - SPECT may be useful for the very early detection of Alzheimer's disease, according to research reported at the Alzheimer's Association's 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease.
July 13, 2009
Mallinckrodt initiates product recall
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Mallinckrodt subsidiary of Covidien has begun a voluntary recall of one lot of its sodium chromate Cr-51 injection product.
July 12, 2009
U.S. government to intervene for Mo-99
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. government soon may take a more active role to help alleviate the North American medical isotope shortage.
July 9, 2009
Petten reactor set for July 18 shutdown
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The annual summer shutdown of the High Flux Reactor in Petten, Netherlands, will begin July 18.
July 9, 2009
FDA, Health Canada approve Lantheus moly
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging has won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada to offer technetium-99m in the U.S. and Canada.
July 8, 2009
MDS urges Canada to complete Maple project
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MDS Nordion continues to urge the government of Canada and Atomic Energy of Canada to complete the Maple project to address the global shortage of medical isotopes.
July 8, 2009
AECL: Chalk River will not be online before late 2009
By Wayne Forrest
Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) says its nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, will not return to service before late 2009 after the most recent assessment of the reactor's condition and consideration of various repair options.
July 8, 2009
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