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Medicare expands PET coverage for cervical cancer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it will extend Medicare coverage for the use of an FDG-PET scan for staging newly diagnosed cervical cancer subsequent to conventional imaging that is negative for extrapelvic metastasis.

January 30, 2005

Implant Sciences gets 510(k) for ytterbium-169

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology and interventional cardiology firm Implant Sciences said it has received clearance of its 510(k) application from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

January 26, 2005

Avid gets funding for new radiotracer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Molecular imaging developer Avid Radiopharmaceuticals of Philadelphia has received $500,000 in seed capital from BioAdvance, a life-sciences investment fund formed by the state of Pennsylvania.

January 24, 2005

Nuclear Medicine and PET: Technology and Techniques

Representing the current standard of practice in nuclear medicine, Nuclear Medicine and PET: Technology and Techniques is well-designed and meaningful. New students, as well as seasoned veterans, will benefit from this contribution by recognized leaders in the field.

January 23, 2005

Palatin nets Medicare reimbursement code

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contrast agent developer Palatin Technologies has received a temporary Medicare HCPCS reimbursement code for its NeutroSpec radiopharmaceutical.

January 23, 2005

IBA adds radiopharmacies

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ion Beam Applications has acquired two new PET tracer production and distribution centers from the Isorex Group.

January 20, 2005

Aw shucks! Corn-oil-based scintigraphy makes good in gallbladder disorder

By Shalmali Pal

A tall glass of citrus-and-vanilla-flavored corn oil may not whet your whistle, but it is an effective, inexpensive, and palatable gallbladder stimulant for the scintigraphic diagnosis of chronic acalculous cholecystitis (CAC), according to nuclear medicine specialists from -- where else? -- Iowa, a state that grew more than 2.2 billion bushels of corn in 2004.

January 19, 2005

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Immunomedics gets Canadian nod for LeukoScan

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical firm Immunomedics has received clearance for its LeukoScan agent in Canada.

January 18, 2005

International Isotopes sets warrant redemption date

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radioisotope manufacturer International Isotopes has set a mandatory redemption date of February 25 this year for its September 2003 Series A warrants.

January 17, 2005

IBA sells cyclotron to University of Florida

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ion Beam Applications is preparing to ship one of its largest cyclotrons (model 235) to the University of Florida Proton Therapy Center in Jacksonville, where it will be used for proton therapy cancer treatment.

January 9, 2005

AMI announces award winners

Dr. Anthony Shields and Joanna Fowler, Ph.D., have been named as recipients of distinguished scientist awards by the Los Angeles-based Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI).

January 6, 2005

Cardinal sells RMS business

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare products giant Cardinal Health has sold its Radiation Management Services division to Fluke Biomedical of Everett, WA.

January 5, 2005

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