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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
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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
Digirad posts Q2 profit as sales dip
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine firm Digirad swung to a profit for the second quarter of 2009, even though the company saw sales decline for the period.
July 23, 2009
SNM extends trials network to Europe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine society SNM announced that its Clinical Trials Network has expanded its membership with several European commercial providers of PET radiopharmaceuticals.
July 22, 2009
Pharmalucence gets OK for generic sestamibi
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical product supplier Pharmalucence has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to manufacture and market its kit for preparing technetium-99m sestamibi injection.
July 20, 2009
AuntMinnie Buyer's Guide: Nuclear medicine and PET
By Brian Casey
July 19, 2009
IBA secures Italian installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has signed a deal to build a proton therapy center in Trento, Italy.
July 19, 2009
PETNet to supply F-18 FLT to SNM
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PETNet Solutions, a subsidiary of Siemens Healthcare, has been tapped to supply the investigational fluorine-18 fluorothymidine (F-18 FLT) radiotracer to the SNM's Clinical Trials Network.
July 19, 2009
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
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