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Nuclear Medicine: Page 357

Hitachi to launch SceptreC at SNM
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Hitachi Medical Systems America will be launching its SceptreC cardiac PET scanner at next week's annual Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) meeting in San Diego.
May 31, 2006
AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Insider
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
May 29, 2006
UltraSPECT gets U.S. patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Israeli nuclear medicine developer UltraSPECT has received a U.S. patent, 7,026,623, for its "efficient single-photon emission imaging," according to the Haifa-based vendor.
May 24, 2006
ImaRx to go public
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biopharmaceutical firm ImaRx Therapeutics is planning to go public in an initial public offering.
May 21, 2006
International Isotopes revenues up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radioisotope manufacturer International Isotopes reported first-quarter revenues of $1.2 million, up 75% compared with the $686,000 booked in the first quarter of 2005.
May 14, 2006
PET, PET/CT help determine RFA outcomes in lung cancer treatment
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
The use of FDG-PET or PET/CT to assess the amount of tumor destruction after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) provides more valuable information than CT alone for the treatment of lung tumors, according to multicenter research presented last week at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.
May 11, 2006
Draxis posts Q1 downturn
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian pharmaceutical developer Draxis Health reported that its fiscal 2006 first-quarter (end-March 31) revenues and earnings were below the first quarter of 2005, but were an improvement over the immediately preceding fourth quarter of 2005.
May 10, 2006
Intradermal injection for breast scintigraphy allows direct access to swollen nodes
By Shalmali Pal
A few years ago, U.K. clinicians studied the optimal method for imaging lymphatic vessels of the upper limb, and found that intradermal injection provided rapid deployment of radiotracers to the vessels, making it ideal for imaging lymphatic morphology. But does this method work as well in the case of breast cancer-related lymphedema? The same researchers sought the answer to that question with a new study in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
May 9, 2006
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NOPR opens, with modifications
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) opened yesterday with the acceptance of its first patient entries. The registry permits participating Medicare beneficiaries to receive PET coverage for many types of cancers.
May 8, 2006
Siemens reports first Biograph 64 patient scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions said that the first patients have been scanned with its Biograph 64-slice PET/CT scanner.
May 7, 2006
Schering divests CIS radiopharma unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
German contrast media firm Schering has completed the divestiture of the radiopharmaceutical business of CIS bio international to a consortium formed by Belgian companies Ion Beam Applications and the Institut National des Radioéléments (IRE).
May 7, 2006
PET/CT is powerful for radiation therapy planning
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
VANCOUVER - Fusion imaging provided by PET/CT may improve the accuracy of radiation therapy planning by decreasing errors caused by organ motion and deformation, according to a presentation at this week's American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting.
May 3, 2006
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