Nuclear Medicine: Page 350

SLN procedure in pregnant breast cancer patients leads to negligible fetal dose

By Shalmali Pal

Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy and lymphoscintigraphy are becoming the standard of care for pregnant breast cancer patients. Fortunately, this radiocolloid-based technique doesn't pose significant risk to a fetus, according to research in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

August 13, 2006

Draxis reports income, revenue gains in Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian pharmaceutical firm Draxis Health posted a 19% increase in its fiscal 2006 second-quarter (end-June 30) revenues of $24.3 million (U.S.), compared with the $20.5 million shown in the same period of fiscal 2005.

August 9, 2006

PET/CT implementation needs investigation

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Launching a PET/CT program can put a practice on the cutting edge of diagnostic medicine and bolster its capture of other imaging services. However, implementing PET/CT is not a trivial undertaking, and practices need to do some careful background investigation work before implementation.

August 8, 2006

Dilon raises more than $7 million

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Gamma camera developer Dilon Technologies said it recently completed an equity offer of $7.25 million.

August 7, 2006

Spectrum Dynamics taps Gurewitz

Nuclear medicine vendor Spectrum Dynamics of Tirat Hacarmel, Israel, has named industry veteran Josh Gurewitz as its vice president of marketing.

August 3, 2006

Digirad posts revenue gains, trims loss

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad reported second-quarter consolidated revenues of $19 million, up 23% compared with the $15.5 million recorded in the same period a year ago.

August 2, 2006

UltraSPECT taps Schaumberg

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine firm UltraSPECT has appointed John Schaumberg as director of sales, North America.

July 30, 2006

CardiArc gears up for launch of nuclear cardiology camera

By Brian Casey

Nuclear medicine start-up firm CardiArc is planning to hit the market with a dedicated cardiac SPECT camera featuring a novel new design that's a departure from traditional nuclear medicine instrumentation.

July 30, 2006

JNMT names Neagley as new editor

Frances Neagley of San Francisco has been named editor in chief of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Technologist Section's Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology.

July 27, 2006

AuntMinnie's IMV MarketStat #42: Nuclear medicine -- Camera installed base

As of this census, the total nuclear medicine camera installed base is estimated to be 12,860 stationary installations at 7,005 sites (excluding mobile units serving multiple sites). This includes 3,935 hospitals that have 8,850 stationary cameras and 3,070 nonhospitals that have 4,010 cameras.

July 27, 2006

Positron's IS2 unit notches 150th SPECT sale

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

IS2 Medical Systems, an Ottawa, Ontario-based subsidiary of PET developer Positron of Houston, has sold its 150th SPECT camera system.

July 26, 2006

3D PET/CT demonstrates virtual vigor

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

The combination of 3D imaging technology with PET/CT holds the potential for guiding surgical procedures and for adding important diagnostic information that may herald new applications for the use of PET/CT, according to a pilot study by researchers at Stanford University.

July 26, 2006

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