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Mobile PET creates fixed-site subsidiary
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mobile PET Systems has created Molecular Imaging, a wholly owned subsidiary that will develop stationary PET centers through partnership agreements with healthcare facilities.
October 22, 2001
PET procedures up 7% in second quarter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
More than 40,000 PET procedures were performed in the U.S. between April 1 and June 30, 2001, an increase of 7% over the fourth-quarter-2000 estimate of 37,400 procedures.
October 22, 2001
Bracco rations popular gall bladder agents
By Robert Bruce
Nuclear medicine physicians and technologists have been scrambling for replacements following Bracco Diagnostics' announcement that its imaging pharmaceuticals Kinevac and Choletec will no longer be available.
October 21, 2001
US Oncology opens 10th PET unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cancer-care service provider US Oncology has installed its 10th PET unit.
October 18, 2001
Mobile PET loss grows despite revenue surge
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mobile PET Systems reported fiscal 2001 revenues of $7.2 million, up 537% compared with $1.1 million posted in fiscal 2000. The San Diego-based firm had a net loss for the year (end-June 30) of $9.8 million, compared with a net loss of $6.6 million in fiscal 2000.
October 17, 2001
Alzheimer's disease Part III: Donepezil's benefits may not endure
By Eric Barnes
Researchers at this year's Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting used SPECT and digital autoradiography to measure cerebral blood flow in patients undergoing drug treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The benefits are only temporary, one group concluded.
October 17, 2001
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P.E.T.Net licenses beta-amyloid plaque-labeling technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
P.E.T.Net Pharmaceuticals has licensed a technology portfolio from the University of California, Los Angeles for labeling beta-amyloid plaques, which may be useful in detecting and treating Alzheimer's disease.
October 9, 2001
GE finalizes Coincidence Technologies purchase
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems has completed its acquisition of Coincidence Technologies, a Belgium-based manufacturer of synthesis and handling units for PET radiopharmaceuticals.
October 3, 2001
Therapy-eluding metastases caught with FDG-PET
By Shalmali Pal
Some thyroid cancer patients with elevated serum thyroglobulin (Tg) levels may not benefit from conventional iodine therapy. However, FDG-PET can detect the tumors 131I imaging misses, according to French researchers.
October 2, 2001
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Alzheimer's researchers tackle progression, prediction
By Eric Barnes
PET images of Alzheimer's disease patients show a typical pattern of hypometabolism in the temporal and parietal regions of the brain. However, metabolic patterns vary widely among AD patients. Researchers at the 2001 Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Toronto offered important insight into this issue.
October 1, 2001
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Syncor extends Catholic Healthcare West deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical provider Syncor International has signed a three-year extension of its current purchasing agreement with Catholic Healthcare West.
September 26, 2001
SpeedyCE, Volume 4: Oncology and Therapy
SpeedyCE, Volume 4: Oncology and Therapy offers four articles covering several topics: Tc-99m labeled monoclonal antibody fragments (CEA-Scan), bone malignancy therapy, Indium-111 Satumomab Pendetide, a monoclonal antibody for tumor imaging, and breast tumor scintigraphy.
September 26, 2001
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