Nuclear Medicine: Page 79

New Alzheimer's definition relies on imaging biomarkers

By Wayne Forrest

New research guidelines for classifying whether individuals have Alzheimer's disease rely heavily on the use of biomarkers from imaging scans. The new framework was published in the April issue of Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.

April 16, 2018

Sotera Health to sell Nordion business

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Sotera Health has signed an agreement to sell its Nordion medical isotope business to BWX Technologies, a U.S. government nuclear components supplier based in Lynchburg, VA.

April 16, 2018

Sonographers exposed to radiation from MPI patients

By Wayne Forrest

A new study found that sonographers who performed cardiac ultrasound studies on patients who received nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) scans were exposed to residual radiation from the patients. While the radiation levels were low, the researchers advised that sonographers modify their scanning techniques.

April 16, 2018

NorthStar hosts groundbreaking and speakers event

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes will host a groundbreaking and speakers event on April 17 at its corporate headquarters in Beloit, WI.

April 15, 2018

Canadians create nuclear isotope council

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A group of Canadian science, healthcare, and nuclear organizations have created a new council to ensure the country stays at the forefront of medical isotope production.

April 9, 2018

PET links sleep and beta-amyloid accumulation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A good night's sleep may help prevent Alzheimer's disease, concluded researchers in a study published online April 9 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Using PET, the group detected increased levels of beta amyloid in sleep-deprived subjects.

April 9, 2018

PET tracer may predict depression treatment success

By Wayne Forrest

A new PET tracer designed to target a certain protein in the amygdala is showing promise for determining the efficacy of treatment for major depressive disorder, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

April 8, 2018

Bracco hits Jubilant with patent complaint on rubidium PET

By Wayne Forrest

Contrast developer Bracco Diagnostics has filed a complaint against radiopharmaceutical firm Jubilant DraxImage and two of its affiliates for alleged patent infringement regarding rubidium-based radiopharmaceuticals for cardiac PET studies.

April 5, 2018

Digirad CFO to leave company

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The chief financial officer (CFO) of nuclear medicine equipment and services firm Digirad is leaving the company, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

April 3, 2018

Novel PET agent could advance neurological imaging

By Wayne Forrest

Swiss and German researchers have obtained promising results with a novel PET imaging agent that could help guide and assess treatment for people with various neurological diseases. The preclinical study was published in the April issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

April 2, 2018

Canada's NRU reactor to go offline for the final time

By Wayne Forrest

It's the end of an era in Chalk River, Ontario, as the National Research Universal (NRU) nuclear reactor goes offline for the final time on March 31. The reactor has been a key source of molybdenum-99, the precursor to the widely used radiopharmaceutical technetium-99m.

March 29, 2018

NorthStar's novel generator could relieve U.S. isotope shortages

By Wayne Forrest

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes is hoping that its isotope separation technology -- almost a decade in the making -- can alleviate worries about inadequate sources of molybdenum-99, the precursor to technetium-99m, a widely used radiopharmaceutical for nuclear medicine scans.

March 28, 2018

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