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Groups ask CMS to reconsider NaF-PET coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Three imaging organizations are urging the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider coverage for sodium fluoride (NaF) PET scans.
March 25, 2018
New budget revives pass-through status of radiotracers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
New budget legislation signed last week by President Donald Trump will reverse the decision made by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to remove the pass-through status of several radiopharmaceuticals on January 1.
March 25, 2018
SNMMI urges CMS to classify radiotracers as drugs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has joined other advocacy groups and vendors in Washington, DC, last week to campaign for a bill that would require the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reclassify diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals as drugs.
March 19, 2018
FDA report tackles Philips complaint handling
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a report on its inspection of the Cleveland-area manufacturing facility operated by Philips Healthcare.
March 19, 2018
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CereHealth gets FDA nod for image viewer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CereHealth, a subsidiary of neurodiagnostic firm CereScan, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its CereMetrix Silver image viewer.
March 12, 2018
Lantheus touts cardiac PET tracer study at ACC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging reported encouraging results from a phase II study of LMI 1195, an F-18 tracer for use in cardiac PET to evaluate myocardial presynaptic sympathetic nerve function. The findings were presented on Monday at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual meeting in Orlando, FL.
March 12, 2018
ACC: PET/CT calcium scans could foretell cardiac events
By Wayne Forrest
By using PET/CT to measure the level of calcium in the coronary arteries during stress tests, clinicians can better predict which patients are at high risk of heart disease, according to a study presented on Monday at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual conference in Orlando, FL.
March 12, 2018
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ACC: PET tops SPECT for severe coronary artery disease
By Wayne Forrest
PET is significantly more proficient than SPECT in detecting severe obstructive coronary artery disease, enabling more appropriate use of revascularization treatment, according to a study presented on Saturday at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Orlando, FL.
March 11, 2018
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Novel PET tracer may improve NSCLC patient management
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Chinese and U.S. researchers have developed a novel PET tracer that may enhance the management of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study published online in the March 7 issue of Science Translational Medicine.
March 8, 2018
Foundation awards grants for NET research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF) has awarded six new research grants totaling $1.85 million, approximately $1.5 million of which relates to nuclear medicine/radiology research.
March 8, 2018
PET/MRI falls short in lymph node metastases analysis
By Wayne Forrest
While the combination of PET and MRI has shown promise for detecting and characterizing some forms of cancer, the hybrid modality does not match the accuracy of invasive sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma patients, according to a study presented at ECR 2018 in Vienna.
March 8, 2018
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AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Insider
By Wayne Forrest
March 6, 2018
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