Nuclear Medicine: Page 301

Eckert & Ziegler hits Q1 highs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Powered by its nuclear imaging products, radiotherapy and radioisotope developer Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products set a sales record in the first quarter of 2009.

May 4, 2009

SPECT with OSEM-3D reconstruction lowers pediatric radiation dose

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School have found that they can get better image quality and lower radiation dose in pediatric SPECT renal studies by using a data reconstruction technique based on ordered subset expectation maximization with 3D resolution recovery (OSEM-3D).

May 4, 2009

DraxImage gets FDA nod for generic sestamibi

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian radiopharmaceutical firm DraxImage has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its generic sestamibi offering.

May 3, 2009

SNM hosts cardiovascular symposium

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The SNM Symposium on Multimodality Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging convened for a second day on May 1 at the U.S. National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, to discuss the prevention of cardiac events as a next step toward improving cardiovascular health and patient care.

May 3, 2009

MRI, PiB-PET may help distinguish dementias

By Edward Susman

SEATTLE - Researchers at last week's American Academy of Neurology conference suggested that MRI and PET may be able to help physicians distinguish between dementia patients with Alzheimer's disease and those with Lewy body dementia.

May 3, 2009

Covidien adds to Q2 sales

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical firm Covidien notched a double-digit gain in net sales in its second fiscal quarter, despite a decline in its Imaging Solutions business.

April 30, 2009