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Nuclear Medicine: Page 333

Intelerad to debut PET/CT fusion module
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor Intelerad Medical Systems of Montreal will debut its PET/CT fusion functionality feature on its IntelePACS at this year's annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago.
October 18, 2007
MDS Nordion signs cobalt-60 supply pact
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MDS Nordion of Kanata, Ontario, has signed a 17-year contract with Rosenergoatom, the operating utility of Russia's nuclear power plants, for the supply of cobalt-60.
October 18, 2007
Molecular Insight completes phase I Azedra trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals has completed a phase I dosimetry trial of its oncology molecular radiotherapeutic agent, Azedra (Ultratrace iobenguane I-131 or Ultratrace MIBG), the company announced.
October 17, 2007
Covidien, BioSynthema enter cancer therapy deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging firm Covidien and biopharmaceutical firm BioSynthema have signed exclusive agreements to develop and commercialize a nuclear medicine therapy for neuroendocrine cancer patients.
October 17, 2007
AuntMinnie.com MarketStat #49: Budgets for nuclear medicine radiopharmaceuticals
As of IMV's 2007 Nuclear Medicine Census survey, 16% of the nuclear medicine sites had radiopharmaceutical budgets for 2007 less than $50K, 20% had budgets in the $50K to $99K range, 16% in the $100K to $149K range, 16% in the $150K to $249K range, 13% in the $250K to $349K range, and 19% had budgets of $350K or more.
October 15, 2007
2007 10 16 10 45 47 706
NM patient visits drop as discipline ponders future
By Brian Casey
October 15, 2007
Positron hires new VP
PET developer Positron of Houston has hired Kal Fishman as the company's new vice president of sales and marketing.
October 15, 2007
Report: Nuclear medicine patient visits drop in 2006
By Wayne Forrest
The total number of patient visits for nuclear medicine procedures declined in 2006, but shows a rebound in 2007, based on results for the first half of this year. The study by IMV Medical Information Division of Des Plaines, IL, estimates there were 15.2 million patient visits in the U.S. in 2006, compared with 17.2 million in 2005, a decline of 12% among 7,320 hospital and nonhospital sites.
October 15, 2007
2007 10 15 16 37 03 706
Siemens debuts Symbia E
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions is introducing its Symbia E series SPECT camera at this week's European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) annual congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.
October 14, 2007
NAS/IOM report sees hope and despair for nuclear medicine
By Cynthia E. Keen
Nuclear medicine is at a crossroads in the U.S., according to a new report by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The result of a 13-month study by a multidisciplinary team of experts, the report conveys optimism for future innovations and applications in nuclear medicine, but also reaches some sobering conclusions unless changes occur with research funding, radionuclide availability and cost, federal agency management, and the shortage of trained specialists and experts.
October 14, 2007
InSite One enters nuclear medicine market
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Archiving services provider InSite One of Wallingford, CT, has signed a co-marketing agreement with Technology Imaging Services (TIS), a company that serves the nuclear medicine, nuclear cardiology, and PET equipment market.
October 4, 2007
Gamma Medica sells units in Switzerland
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera developer Gamma Medica-Ideas of Northridge, CA, has installed several of its preclinical imaging systems at research institutes in Switzerland.
October 1, 2007
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