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Neuroradiotracer may be useful in scintimammography

By Shalmali Pal

Researchers from Sweden compared the uptake of 99mTc-exametazime to that of 99mTc-sestamibi in known breast tumors and found the two radiotracers to be comparable, making the lipophilic agent a possible contender for enhancing scintimammography.

January 5, 2005

PET, SPECT show MMSE to be poor prognosticator of Alzheimer's

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is widely used to assess the severity of dementia. But in comparing MMSE scores with PET and SPECT results of Alzheimer's patients, researchers from the University of Kansas Medical Center found that the MMSE poorly predicted the severity of imaging results, and that evaluating dementia with PET and SPECT may hasten Alzheimer's diagnoses.

December 23, 2004

Digirad issues 2005 guidance

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad of San Diego said it expects total revenues in 2005 of $83 million to $86 million, according to a financial guidance issued yesterday.

December 16, 2004

Cytogen hires medical affairs VP

Biopharmaceutical firm Cytogen has hired Dr. Michael Manyak as vice president of medical affairs.

December 12, 2004

PET/CT hardware hybrid tops PET, software fusion for NSCLC staging

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Hardware-integrated PET/CT provides greater staging accuracy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) than either standalone PET imaging or software fusion of PET and CT images from nonintegrated modalities, according to research presented at the RSNA meeting in Chicago last week.

December 6, 2004

Certus appoints Taillefer director of medical imaging

Certus Imaging, which specializes in clinical research utilizing imaging modalities, announced the appointment of Dr. Raymond Taillefer as director of medical imaging.

December 2, 2004

Nuclear medicine agents can set off radiation detectors

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - Doctors who treat or diagnose patients with radioactive biological agents should warn patients that they can set off highly sensitive handheld radiation security detectors, according to a presentation at the RSNA meeting on Tuesday.

November 29, 2004

Philips introductions feature 64-slice CT and a new RIS

CHICAGO - Philips has brought a range of new products to the RSNA show floor, including a 64-slice CT scanner, a radiology information system, and a 1-tesla open superconducting MR scanner.

November 29, 2004

Gamma Medica upgrades LumaGEM

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging technology developer Gamma Medica of Northridge, CA, has introduced an upgrade to its LumaGEM 3200S breast imaging camera, the LumaGEM 3200S/12k.

November 28, 2004

GE notches Hawkeye mark

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has installed its 500th Hawkeye nuclear medicine system, according to the Waukesha, WI-based vendor.

November 23, 2004

AuntMinnie's IMV MarketStat #33: Mobile versus fixed PET or PET/CT sites and scanners

As of IMV's 2003 PET census, 510 sites indicate they have a fixed PET or PET/CT scanner, and 890 sites report they utilize a mobile service to provide PET or PET/CT imaging capability, resulting in a total of 1,400 sites offering PET imaging services.

November 21, 2004

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Molecular imaging breaks out as reimbursement expands

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Molecular imaging continued its brisk rate of growth in 2004, with U.S. procedure volume in PET imaging set to rise 35% by year-end to about 900,000 studies, compared to the 650,000 procedures performed last year.

November 7, 2004

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