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Neuroblastoma patients benefit from 131I MIBG scans throughout treatment
By Shalmali Pal
The positive feedback for MIBG scans in neuroblastoma patients continues. In a presentation at the 2003 RSNA conference in Chicago, Dr. Soo-Ah Im from the Catholic University of Korea in Seoul shared her department’s experience with imaging neuroblastoma patients with 123I MIBG after chemotherapy.
February 3, 2004
Digirad subsidiary gets ICANL accreditation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digirad Imaging Solutions has received Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Laboratories (ICANL) accreditation for its Akron, OH, location.
February 1, 2004
Isonics raises $2.2 million to expand radioisotope line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radioisotope developer Isonics reported that it has closed a $2.2 million private placement of convertible preferred stock to Mercator Advisory Group.
January 28, 2004
Nuclear medicine procedure volume grows 10%
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
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
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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
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