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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

Immunomedics loss widens

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical firm Immunomedics reported fiscal second-quarter revenue of $1 million, down 9% compared with the $1.1 million reported in the second quarter last year.

February 6, 2005

PEM development picks up pace

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Although FDG-PET has demonstrated its capability to identify breast lesions, whole-body PET may not be the most efficient technology to image breast cancer. Positron emission mammography (PEM), however, has several potential benefits over whole-body PET for breast imaging, according to researchers from Duke University in Durham, NC.

February 6, 2005

AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Radiology Insider

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

February 1, 2005

PET scanner sales pace CTI revenues

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A big jump in sales of PET scanners helped propel CTI Molecular Imaging to strong revenue growth for the company's first quarter of fiscal 2005 (end-December 31).

January 31, 2005

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

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