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FDG-PET could monitor Peutz-Jeghers treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from Harvard Medical School used FDG-PET in mice to monitor a potential new treatment for Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, a rare, inherited disease that leaves patients predisposed to colon cancer and polyps for which they often undergo repeated surgeries.
June 17, 2009
Images may look different on sitting gamma cameras
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
TORONTO - Cardiac images produced on gamma cameras in which patients are imaged in the sitting position may look different than those from standard supine-oriented gamma cameras, a phenomenon that clinicians should be aware of, according to a presentation at this week's SNM meeting.
June 16, 2009
High-efficiency SPECT MPI camera does well
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
TORONTO - SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) using a high-efficiency gamma camera turned in good results compared to the gold standard of invasive coronary angiography, according to a presentation this week at the SNM annual meeting.
June 16, 2009
High-definition PET improves cardiac studies
By Brian Casey
TORONTO - A PET/CT scanner using high-definition image reconstruction offers improvements in image quality for cardiac studies, according to presentations by U.S. researchers this week at the SNM annual meeting.
June 16, 2009
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PET/MRI breast imaging prototype shows early promise
By Wayne Forrest
TORONTO - Preliminary results of a new PET/MRI prototype breast imaging system show that the hybrid technology could produce images with enough clarity to more accurately classify lesions.
June 15, 2009
SNM news: Moly crisis nabs headlines; Image of the Year; MR/PET breast scanner
By Brian Casey
June 15, 2009
Dilon releases software upgrade
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dilon Technologies has released a software upgrade for its Dilon 6800 molecular breast imaging device.
June 15, 2009
Canada to spend $6M on isotope alternatives
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
TORONTO - The government of Canada plans to spend $6 million (Canadian) to find alternatives to radioactive isotopes currently in short supply due to the shutdown of a nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ontario.
June 15, 2009
Naviscan ships PEM biopsy device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
TORONTO - PET developer Naviscan is starting shipments of an image-guided biopsy attachment to its PEM Flex Solo II positron-emission mammography (PEM) system, the San Diego company told attendees at this week's SNM meeting.
June 15, 2009
Moly crisis overshadows SNM Image of the Year award
By Brian Casey
TORONTO - Dr. Henry Wagner's Image of the Year award is always a highlight of the annual SNM conference, but Monday was probably the first time he's given the presentation to a packed press room and a bank of TV cameras due to the ongoing molybdenum-99 crisis.
June 14, 2009
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MDS, Karpov Institute to study Mo-99 supply
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MDS Nordion and the Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry have agreed to study the feasibility of the institute providing the firm with a supply of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) for the global nuclear medicine market.
June 14, 2009
Siemens installs first U.S. Biograph mCT units
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has completed the first U.S. installations of its Biograph mCT PET/CT scanner.
June 14, 2009
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