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Nuclear medicine procedure volume grows 10%

An estimated 18.4 million nuclear medicine procedures were performed in the U.S. in 2002, up 9.8% compared with the 2001 volume of 16.8 million procedures, according to a report from research firm IMV Medical Information Division.

January 18, 2004

New 10-minute dynamic PET scan generates useful results for oncology

By Tracie L. Thompson

Studies have shown that quantifying 18F-FDG kinetics with dynamic PET data can characterize many lesions more accurately than a single static measurement of uptake. The routine clinical use of dynamic PET, however, has been precluded by the long scanning time required.

December 29, 2003

NAS Q4, 2003 numbers down

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical developer North American Scientific (NAS) of Chatsworth, CA, reported fourth-quarter and year-end results for the 2003 fiscal year (end-October 31).

December 17, 2003

Cambridge Isotope completes facility expansion

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical developer Cambridge Isotope Laboratories has completed the expansion of its oxygen-18 distillation facility at its site in Xenia, OH, according to the Andover, MA-based firm.

December 15, 2003

MDS Life Sciences posts Q4 downturn

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MDS, the Toronto-based parent company of Canadian medical isotope supplier MDS Nordion, reported that its Life Sciences division, which includes MDS Nordion, had fiscal 2003 fourth-quarter revenues of $275 million, Canadian ($207.2 million) a downturn from the $283 million, CAD ($213.2 million) posted for the same period in 2002.

December 10, 2003

Digirad signs Johns Hopkins

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The nuclear imaging services division of nuclear medicine vendor Digirad has signed a lease agreement with Johns Hopkins University.

December 9, 2003

SenoRx launches new gamma probe

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Breast cancer interventional device company SenoRx of Aliso Viejo, CA, has debuted a battery-powered gamma detection probe for intraoperative lymph node mapping.

December 8, 2003

NeoRx makes executive moves

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Skeletal radiotherapy provider NeoRx has promoted COO Karen Auditore-Hargreaves to president.

December 7, 2003

Nuclear medicine group finds making FDG in-house to be feasible and affordable

By Paula Moyer

CHICAGO - Access to 18F-FDG need not be a problem to the enterprising imaging facility that makes its own, according to Italian physicians who presented here at the 2003 RSNA meeting.

December 2, 2003

CTI unveils Reveal Hi REZ for PET/CT

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET development firm CTI Molecular Imaging has introduced its Reveal Hi REZ, a detector that improves the 3-D resolution of its system, according to the Knoxville, TN-based company.

November 29, 2003