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Evolution and fusion define lung imaging progress
By Eric Barnes
TORONTO - For evaluating patients with suspected primary lung cancer, nuclear medicine has come a long way, baby. On the road from gallium and V/Q to promising new radionuclides such as depreotide, to CT fusion techniques that could finally get radiotherapy planning right, Dr. Alan Waxman sees nuclear medicine's bright spots.
June 24, 2001
PET, SPECT differ in Alzheimer's imaging
By Erik L. Ridley
TORONTO - FDG-PET scans of Alzheimer's patients produce more distinct findings and results that correlate more closely with dementia severity than do HMPAO-SPECT studies, according to research presented yesterday at the 48th annual Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting.
June 24, 2001
Positron pushes mPower for more than cardiac PET
By Robert Bruce
At this year’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting, PET developer Positron is touting its mPower PET scanner as a versatile platform suited not only for cardiac imaging, but also for clinical PET oncology and neurology.
June 22, 2001
DuPont pharma divestiture could cast ripples in imaging
By Robert Bruce
DuPont's sale of its pharmaceuticals division to Bristol-Myers Squibb could have a wide-ranging impact in the medical imaging industry, especially in nuclear medicine, where DuPont sells the popular Cardiolite radiopharmaceutical.
June 21, 2001
GE unveils Discovery LS hybrid CT/PET system
By Erik L. Ridley
NEW YORK CITY - GE Medical Systems has laid claim to the high end of the burgeoning fusion imaging market, launching its Discovery LS hybrid CT/PET scanner yesterday at a media event at the Waldorf Astoria hotel.
June 21, 2001
Nuclear medicine is changing the course of the medical world
Innovations in nuclear medicine occur so rapidly that researching and implementing new lifesaving procedures becomes routine for nuclear medicine technologists.
June 21, 2001
PET leader Phelps gets Kettering award
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The General Motors Cancer Research Foundation has awarded the Charles F. Kettering Prize to Dr. Michael Phelps.
June 20, 2001
Marconi will develop whole-body solid-state gamma camera
By Kate Madden Yee
Marconi Medical Systems announced today that it is collaborating with partner eV Products on a whole-body gamma camera with a cadmium zinc telluride-based solid-state digital detector. Marconi believes the new technology could revolutionize the nuclear medicine industry.
June 19, 2001
DraxImage gets new president
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Draxis Health has appointed Dr. Richard Flanagan as president of its DraxImage radiopharmaceutical subsidiary.
June 19, 2001
U.S. approves PET for re-staging breast cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Despite previous rumblings that Medicare payment for imaging breast cancer with PET cancer was a no-go, an advisory committee to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services voted Tuesday to accept recurrent breast cancer as an indication for the use of PET.
June 19, 2001
US Oncology to open two more PET centers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare network US Oncology is opening PET facilities in Indianapolis and in Austin, TX, this month. With the new centers, the Houston-based firm will operate seven PET sites.
June 19, 2001
NAS names Robert Morgan as VP
Radiopharmaceutical developer North American Scientific has appointed Robert Morgan as the vice president of regulatory affairs for its Theseus Imaging subsidiary.
June 18, 2001
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