Nuclear Medicine: Page 366

Setting up a solid PET/CT program takes planning and forethought

Adding new technology, such as a PET/CT program, can help bring in new customers and additional revenue. But careful planning and consideration are needed to help avoid major headaches and unanticipated problems.

September 1, 2005

Siemens logs 1,000th PET sale

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Multimodality vendor Siemens Medical Solutions announced the 1,000th installation of its PET technology this week.

August 30, 2005

CMS seeks to rein in nuclear medicine self-referral

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

The growth of nuclear medicine services in recent years has attracted the notice of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This month, CMS proposed a rule barring physician self-referral for nuclear medicine procedures, raising more questions than answers.

August 30, 2005

Positron, Neusoft enter joint venture

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET vendor Positron has formed a joint venture with Neusoft Medical Systems in Shenyang, China.

August 29, 2005

SPECT/CT pilots prostate brachytherapy in community setting

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

It can be difficult to adapt a technique that was developed in an academic venue for use in a community hospital environment. However, a group from Aultman Hospital in Ohio has taken a research-based SPECT/CT immunoscintigraphy-guided radiation therapy methodology developed at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and successfully adopted the protocol into its practice.

August 14, 2005

Molecular Imaging to return leased equipment

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET imaging services provider Molecular Imaging of San Diego said that it will return four mobile scanners to GE Healthcare Financial Services after talks broke down over the restructuring of an equipment leasing deal for the units.

August 9, 2005