Nuclear Medicine: Page 374

Siemens to buy CTI for $1 billion

By Erik L. Ridley

With the goal of expanding its presence in the molecular imaging market, Siemens Medical Solutions is moving to buy its longtime PET partner CTI Molecular Imaging in a cash deal valued at approximately $1 billion.

March 17, 2005

Declining U.S. dollar hurts MDS Life Sciences' Q1

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Life Sciences division of Canadian healthcare firm MDS of Toronto reported growing revenues for its fiscal 2005 first quarter (end-January 31), although operating income declined.

March 10, 2005

Gamma Medica names two vice presidents

Gamma probe developer Gamma Medica has selected Kevin Parnham as its vice president of engineering and Scott Longacre as its vice president of finance and chief financial officer, according to the Northridge, CA-based firm.

March 9, 2005

PET/CT demonstrates staging strength over PET, CT, and PET plus CT

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

VIENNA - The use of dual-modality PET/CT for tumor, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastasis staging is more accurate than CT, PET, or side-by-side PET and CT, according to research presented at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) on Monday. In addition, the use of PET/CT for oncological staging had a significant impact on patient therapy management when compared with the other modalities.

March 6, 2005

Digirad shows mobile triple-head gamma camera

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad is showing a prototype of its mobile triple-head Cardius-3 gamma camera at this week's American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Orlando.

March 6, 2005

MDCT staging may obviate bone scintigraphy in some patients

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - Cancer patients undergoing full CT staging may not always need a bone scintigraphy exam, thanks to the diagnostic accuracy of multidetector-row CT scanners. A study presented today at the tumor imaging sessions of the 2005 European Congress of Radiology found 16-slice CT to be statistically equivalent to scintigraphy for detecting skeletal metastases.

March 5, 2005

Lemon candy may suck for curbing dry mouth after thyroid cancer therapy

By Shalmali Pal

Mother always warned you that eating candy before dinner would spoil your appetite. She may not have known that eating candy during radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer can be just as bad. In a preliminary study, Japanese researchers have found that sucking on lemon candy too close to radiotherapy may actually worsen damage to the salivary glands.

March 1, 2005

SNM awards technologist grants

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Nuclear Medicine recently awarded $40,000 in scholarships and grants for molecular/nuclear medicine technologist students.

February 22, 2005

CMS activates CPT codes for PET

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it has adopted current procedural terminology (CPT) codes for PET procedure reimbursement, essentially discontinuing previously used G series Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes.

February 21, 2005

Medx to refurb Siemens gamma cameras

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Gamma camera refurbishing firm Medx of Arlington Heights, IL, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to remanufacture Orbiter gamma cameras originally built by Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA.

February 10, 2005

Dilon gets Washington install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Gamma camera developer Dilon Technologies of Newport News, VA, has installed its Dilon 6800 breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) system at Providence Centralia Hospital in Centralia, WA.

February 8, 2005

AMI, ACRIN partner on PET registry development

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI) is working with the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) on the development of a national registry of PET studies to help researchers comply with reimbursement rules promulgated by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last week.

February 6, 2005

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