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Screening for CAD in diabetics: Which patient? Which test?
By Dr. Daniel S. Berman
Screening for coronary artery disease (CAD) in any population is controversial. In this editorial opinion, Dr. Daniel Berman of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center points out what he believes are shortcomings in the Detection of Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetics (DIAD) study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
April 16, 2009
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Study: Western European PET scans up 21%
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An estimated 663,000 patient studies were performed using PET in Western Europe in 2008, reflecting a 21% increase from the 546,000 patient studies conducted in 2007, according to a new study.
April 16, 2009
PET/CT shows early chemo results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles are using PET/CT to help determine treatment response following chemotherapy.
April 15, 2009
Prototype PET phantom successfully tested
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The SNM Clinical Trials Network reports that a prototype clinical PET oncology imaging simulator has been successfully scanned and imaged at four imaging centers.
April 14, 2009
GE inks deal with Brigham and Women's
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has inked a long-term PET research agreement with Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) in Boston.
April 13, 2009
Gated SPECT best indicator for cardiac events
By Wayne Forrest
Myocardial perfusion abnormalities obtained after stress, as well as the extent of scar tissue detected by gated SPECT, are the best predictors of cardiac events in patients with suspected or known ischemic heart disease, according to a new Italian study.
April 12, 2009
Single-photon cardiac camera greatly reduces imaging time
By Wayne Forrest
A clinical study has confirmed the capabilities of a novel SPECT technology that reduces imaging time for gated SPECT to as much as one-tenth the time of conventional SPECT, according to Stanford University researchers.
April 9, 2009
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MURR plans NRC filing next year
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) Center plans to file its license application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) next year, with expectations to supply the medical isotope molybdenum-99 within four years.
April 6, 2009
AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Insider
By Wayne Forrest
April 5, 2009
Baylor employs Carestream's technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Optical molecular imaging technology from the molecular imaging division of Carestream Health is now in use at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), as part of BCM's cancer, cardiovascular disease, infectious agents, and inflammatory disease research efforts.
April 5, 2009
CMS expands PET Medicare coverage for cancer patients
By Wayne Forrest
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) early Friday evening released its decision to change its policy so that all Medicare beneficiaries with certain cancers will be able to receive Medicare coverage for at least one PET scan, as prescribed by their physicians.
April 2, 2009
CT for brain metastasis unnecessary after PET/CT
By Eric Barnes
A CT scan is often ordered to find brain metastases in lung cancer patients. But if a whole-body PET/CT scan is already available from the original workup, there's no need for a dedicated CT scan, according to researchers from Belgium, who found that the CT portion of the PET/CT scan is enough for the initial diagnosis.
April 1, 2009
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