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CMS to maintain PET payment rates
By Kate Madden Yee
PET proponents are rejoicing at the news that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will retain 2002 outpatient reimbursement rates for FDG-PET procedures next year. CMS had been proposing a 42% cut in the rate for oncology PET procedures and a 9% cut in cardiac PET payments for its 2003 outpatient payment schedule.
November 7, 2002
Toshiba names director of MRI and nuclear business unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has picked Dane Peshe as the director of its MRI and nuclear medicine business unit, responsible for developing marketing plans in these segments for the Tustin, CA-based vendor.
November 7, 2002
Stress test with SPECT remains main modality for assessing myocardial viability
Thanks to its ease of use and familiarity, SPECT is likely to remain the imaging modality of choice for myocardial viability assessment, even as other technologies emerge, according to a panel of experts at the 2002 American Society of Nuclear Cardiologists meeting in Baltimore.
November 7, 2002
Digirad tallies record Q3 sales
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Solid-state gamma camera developer Digirad recorded revenue of $11 million in the third quarter (end-September 30), up 39% compared to $7.9 million in the third quarter of 2001.
November 6, 2002
Cardinal uncovers questionable Syncor payments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare giant Cardinal Health has uncovered evidence of "questionable payments" at Syncor International, the Woodland Hills, CA-based radiopharmaceutical company that Cardinal has proposed to acquire.
November 6, 2002
Brophy joins CTI as vice president and counsel
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET developer CTI Molecular Imaging of Knoxville, TN, has hired Greg Brophy as senior vice president and general counsel.
November 5, 2002
P.E.T.Net and UCLA sign molecular imaging pact
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical provider P.E.T.Net Pharmaceuticals of Knoxville, TN has signed a licensing agreement with the University of California, Los Angeles, for development rights to molecular imaging probes for the COX-2 enzyme.
November 3, 2002
Wagner sees bright future for molecular imaging
By Robert Bruce
Perhaps no one deserves more credit than Dr. Henry Wagner for the rapid diffusion of the term "molecular imaging" into radiology’s lexicon. In an interview with AuntMinnie.com, Wagner shares his thoughts and opinions on the emerging field.
October 30, 2002
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New SNM regulatory guide for nuclear medicine
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) has published a reference guide for nuclear medicine professionals who want to bring their facilities into compliance with recently revised U.S. regulations governing the medical use of nuclear byproduct materials.
October 29, 2002
MDS Nordion medical isotope reactor restarted
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian isotope manufacturer MDS Nordion has received Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) authorization to restart low-power commissioning of its Maple 1 reactor at Chalk River, ON, near its Ottawa headquarters.
October 28, 2002
Positron emission mammography shows promise for breast imaging
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
SAN DIEGO - Positive results in mammography and ultrasound don't always correspond to malignancy, so researchers at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC, developed a technique that coregisters PET and mammographic images.
October 27, 2002
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Syncor debuts radiation emergency kits
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Syncor Radiation Management has begun marketing an emergency kit for use in possible terrorist attacks involving radiation contamination.
October 27, 2002
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