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Syncor announces agreements with SEC and Justice Department

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Syncor of Woodland Hills, CA also announced today that it had reached separate agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to the previously disclosed improper payments made by Syncor subsidiaries.

December 3, 2002

Imaging agent aids diagnosis of Parkinson’s

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - European researchers said the use of a new nuclear imaging agent dramatically improves the ability to diagnose which patients with early signs of tremor have Parkinson’s disease.

December 3, 2002

Good news on PET reimbursement lifts vendors' spirits

By Robert Bruce

Nuclear medicine enjoyed some good news this year, as the fast-growing PET market escaped drastic cuts in Medicare reimbursement proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The good news came just in time for PET vendors exhibiting at this year's meeting.

November 30, 2002

Mobile PET to launch mobile PET/CT service

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mobile PET Systems has ordered a Siemens Medical Solutions' biograph PET/CT scanner to provide a combined PET/CT mobile service.

November 28, 2002

IPL debuts multimodality fusion imaging marker

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine product developer Isotope Products Laboratories has released a sealed-source multimodality marker designed for fusion imaging.

November 26, 2002

Siemens lands large nuclear medicine order

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions has signed a purchase agreement with Carolinas HealthCare System of Charlotte, NC, for 12 E.Cam gamma cameras and two PET systems.

November 24, 2002