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Mallinckrodt owner Tyco to split into four companies

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Conglomerate Tyco International is planning to split into four independent, publicly traded companies in a bid to increase shareholder value.

January 22, 2002

Amersham expands radiopharmacy network

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Amersham Health has signed agreements with a total of 160 independent commercial radiopharmacy groups to join its distribution network.

January 22, 2002

GE gets OK for wireless image review

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Medical Systems has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for eNtegra PE, a handheld computer designed to offer wireless image review and personal computing applications.

January 22, 2002

New year brings new coding and bundling changes

Several new coding rules went into effect in the U.S. on January 1, bringing changes that could impact your practice's finances, both positively and negatively. Ranging from a new modifier for mammograms to new bundling edits, the new rules impact several modalities.

January 17, 2002

Self-Study Program III, Nuclear Medicine Cardiology: Topic 6, Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy -- Clinical Aspects

This 396-page self-study program covers the clinical aspects of myocardial perfusion imaging. The authors are to be commended for the effective organization and presentation of complicated subject material in an understandable and logical format.

January 13, 2002

SPECT MPI predicts cardiac danger in diabetics

By Shalmali Pal

Patients with diabetes tend to develop coronary artery disease more rapidly than the general population. A multi-institutional team looked at the role of SPECT stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in diabetic patients, and found that it can predict serious cardiac events in time to save lives.

January 13, 2002