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Nuclear Medicine: Page 359

PET registry primed for takeoff
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
ORLANDO, FL - The National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR), which debuted last year at the Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI) annual meeting, holds the promise of broadening the scope of the types of oncologic PET scans that can be conducted on Medicare patients. Dr. Barry Siegel from the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology in St. Louis presented an update on the status of the project at the 2006 AMI meeting on Sunday.
March 26, 2006
Siemens to unveil Inveon, 40-slice PET/CT, at AMI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions is introducing a new preclinical imaging product, Inveon, at next week's Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI) meeting in Orlando, FL.
March 23, 2006
Positron gets Health Canada nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET vendor Positron said that Health Canada had granted approval to use the vendor's mPower PET scanner in oncology and cardiology clinical trials in Canada.
March 21, 2006
Keenan named president of Digirad DIS
Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad has selected Michael Keenan as president of its Digirad Imaging Solutions (DIS) leasing services subsidiary.
March 20, 2006
Dilon highlights breast gamma imaging studies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera developer Dilon Technologies is touting the results of two clinical studies of its breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) technology.
March 20, 2006
PET perfusion can predict cardiac events
ATLANTA - Stress perfusion defects found with PET/CT are good predictors of coronary artery disease, while only overall perfusion defect changes are good predictors of cardiovascular events with PET, according to two studies presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting.
March 14, 2006
IPL issues licenses
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
As part of a court settlement, Isotope Products Laboratories (IPL) has granted licenses to International Isotopes and RadQual to reproduce radioactive sources for nuclear medical imaging.
March 13, 2006
PET, SPECT measures of LVEF have superior predictive value
ATLANTA - PET and SPECT measurements of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) appear to be a better predictor of mortality than other measures in stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), according to two studies presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting.
March 12, 2006
Neoprobe renews Ethicon deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera probe developer Neoprobe said that interventional device firm Ethicon Endo-Surgery has renewed its marketing and distribution agreement with the company through December 2008.
March 12, 2006
F-18 fluoride PET/CT accurately detects bone metastases in high-risk prostate cancer
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
For high-risk prostate cancer patients, detecting osseous metastatic disease is critical in the management of their cancer. Recently, researchers from Israel studied planar bone scintigraphy, single and multiple field-of-view SPECT, PET, and PET/CT to see how they compared in detecting bone metastases in these patients.
March 9, 2006
Siemens, Cleveland Clinic ink SPECT tech deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has signed a licensing agreement with the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio to market SPECT reconstruction and calibration software developed by researchers at the clinic, according to the Malvern, PA-based vendor.
March 8, 2006
NeoRx reports 'going-concern' warning
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oncology pharmaceutical firm NeoRx said that its auditor KPMG has included a "going-concern" qualification in its audit opinion of the Seattle-based firm's 2005 financial statements.
March 8, 2006
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