Nuclear Medicine: Page 319

AECL monitors isotope supply after Dutch shutdown

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian isotope supplier Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) is ready to increase production to cover a potential shortfall in isotope supply after the recent shutdown of a nuclear reactor in the Netherlands.

August 25, 2008

FDG-PET may supplement MRI for acute osteomyelitis

By Wayne Forrest

FDG-PET is a highly specific imaging modality for excluding acute osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot and is a useful imaging complement to MRI, according to a University of Pennsylvania study. The results also indicate that FDG-PET should be the preferred imaging modality over plain film radiography when MRI is not allowed because of contraindications.

August 24, 2008

FDG-PET may help detect infection in knee prostheses

By Wayne Forrest

FDG-PET is showing early promise in accurately detecting infected knee prostheses, but researchers caution that more patient samples are needed to verify the imaging technique's efficacy. In a retrospective study, FDG-PET was performed on the affected knees in 52 patients with a painful prosthesis.

August 17, 2008

Novel cardiac SPECT system improves attenuation correction

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and nuclear medicine firm Digirad are developing a new x-ray-based transmission approach for attenuation correction in cardiac SPECT, which shows that high-quality transmission scans can be completed within one minute and with negligible patient dose.

August 14, 2008

IBA, NeuroSurvival Technologies partner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Belgian radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has signed a collaboration agreement with molecular imaging and therapy developer NeuroSurvival Technologies (NST).

August 13, 2008

Naviscan nets NYC customer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET developer Naviscan has added Manhattan Diagnostic Radiology in New York City to its client list.

August 12, 2008