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US Oncology adds two PET sites
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Houston-based cancer care services provider US Oncology has installed two mobile PET units to serve the east Texas and Rio Grande Valley regions of Texas.
December 17, 2001
AuntMinnie's IMV MarketStat #3: Nuclear medicine productivity
The productivity of nuclear medicine gamma cameras increases steeply as patient volume grows, according to IMV's 2000 Census of Nuclear Medicine Sites.
December 6, 2001
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Clinical trials begin for beta radiation treatment of peripheral vessel stenosis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional cardiology firm Radiance Medical Systems has enrolled the first group of U.S. patients in its RAPID (radiation after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is done) peripheral vascular clinical trial.
December 6, 2001
Self-Study Program III, Nuclear Medicine Cardiology: Topic 5, Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy -- Technical Aspects
This well-written self-study program covers the technical aspects of nuclear cardiology. A highlight of the 218-page book is the section on standard software display programs, which explains a pair of topics that many texts barely touch on, or do not mention at all: circumferential profiles and polar maps.
December 5, 2001
Digirad names John Dahldorf CFO
Gamma camera manufacturer Digirad has named John Dahldorf chief financial officer, and appointed Brad Nutter to the company’s board of directors.
December 2, 2001
NAS unit begins clinical Apomate trials
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
North American Scientific subsidiary Theseus Imaging has begun clinical enrollment and has imaged the first subject in a phase II/III clinical study of the use of Apomate for the detection of early response to chemotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
November 29, 2001
GE and Amersham to collaborate in PET
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems and Amersham Health (formerly Nycomed Amersham Imaging) have inked a broad research agreement to develop new PET-based molecular diagnostic imaging technologies and systems.
November 29, 2001
CMS locks in 41% PET reimbursement cut
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced yesterday that the ambulatory payment classification (APC) for PET in 2002 will be $1368.13.
November 29, 2001
Integrated RIS/PACS tops GE RSNA highlights
CHICAGO - An integrated RIS/PACS topped the list of new product introductions at GE Medical Systems at this week’s RSNA meeting. The Waukesha, WA, company is also highlighting new developments in CT, MRI, and digital mammography, as well as a unique technology pavilion that provides a roadmap of future GE technology.
November 28, 2001
CT/PET scanner, 16-slice CT are Philips RSNA highlights
CHICAGO - No company has been more active in the consolidation of the medical imaging market than Philips Medical Systems, which has purchased Marconi Medical Systems, ADAC Laboratories, and Agilent Technologies' Healthcare Solutions Group in the last year. The results of the integration are prominent in the Best, Netherlands-based firm's booth, one of the biggest on the exhibit floor.
November 27, 2001
New 16-slice scanner tops Siemens RSNA highlights
CHICAGO - A new multislice CT scanner that collects 16 slices of data with a single rotation is among the highlights in the RSNA booth of Siemens Medical Solutions of Iselin, NJ. Called Somatom Sensation16, Siemens claims that the scanner provides up to 12 times the acquisition speed of existing four-slice scanners.
November 26, 2001
Reimbursement changes could sabotage PET growth in U.S.
After showing so much promise in the first half of 2001, a reality check hit the U.S. PET market in August when the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed drastic cuts in reimbursement. Nuclear medicine advocates are organizing resistance to the cuts, which they fear will eviscerate PET's growth by making it economically impossible to operate a PET center profitably.
November 24, 2001
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