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Nuclear Medicine: Page 59

ACR, AAPM address radiation incident in Ariz. crematory
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) have issued a statement to allay growing concern over radiation exposure after researchers identified radioactivity being emitted from crematory equipment.
March 4, 2019
Siemens VP Darrow dies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Longtime medical imaging executive Doug Darrow of Siemens Healthineers has died.
March 4, 2019
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PET, fMRI shed light on alcohol's effects on brain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Data from a combination of FDG-PET and functional MRI (fMRI) scans revealed the extent to which alcohol intake can alter patterns of energy use and neuronal activity in the brain, according to an article published online February 11 in Nature Communications.
March 3, 2019
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Week in Review: News from ECR 2019 | FDA thermography warning | Mobile phones and gamma cameras
By Brian Casey
March 1, 2019
Video from ECR 2019: Thomas Beyer on going hybrid
VIENNA - How is hybrid imaging faring across Europe, and are ongoing turf battles between radiology and nuclear medicine getting resolved? We asked Thomas Beyer, PhD, MBA, to reflect on these issues and his first year as president of the European Society for Hybrid, Molecular and Translation Imaging (ESHIMT), as well as the next 12 months ahead.
February 28, 2019
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Ga-68 PSMA-11 PET/MRI improves prostate cancer detection
By Wayne Forrest
VIENNA - PET/MRI with the radiopharmaceutical gallium-68 (Ga-68) prostate-specific membrane antigen-11 (PSMA-11) could become a valuable tool in image-guided biopsy and for detecting significant prostate cancer, researchers reported on Wednesday at ECR 2019.
February 28, 2019
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Be aware of artifacts to improve hybrid imaging outcomes
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Awareness of possible artifacts and pitfalls in hybrid imaging is the first step in dealing with them, ECR 2019 delegates learned in a session during the opening day of the congress. The presenters also discussed new types of problems and challenges that may occur with the clinical application of novel specific tracers.
February 26, 2019
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Can mobile phones affect gamma camera performance?
By Wayne Forrest
Mobile phones can sometimes be a nuisance in daily life, but in a nuclear medicine suite, electromagnetic interference emitted by phones could even adversely affect the performance of gamma cameras, according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences.
February 26, 2019
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Radiotracer contaminates crematorium after patient dies
By Brian Casey
Radiation from a radiopharmaceutical used to treat a patient who later died contaminated equipment at an Arizona crematorium in 2017, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
February 26, 2019
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ImaginAb taps new CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging agent developer ImaginAb has appointed Ian Wilson as its new CEO, effective immediately.
February 25, 2019
AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Insider
By Wayne Forrest
February 24, 2019
DOE to fund U.S. Mo-99 production
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration has set the stage to begin negotiations with four companies to produce molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) in the U.S.
February 20, 2019
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