Nuclear Medicine: Page 84

SNMMI posts criteria for somatostatin receptor PET

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has released appropriate use criteria guidelines for the use of somatostatin receptor PET to diagnose neuroendocrine tumors.

January 4, 2018

Digirad sells service contracts to Philips

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine firm Digirad has inked a definitive agreement to sell its Medical Device Sales and Service business unit service contracts to Philips Healthcare for $8 million.

January 2, 2018

Advanced Medical Isotope changes name

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical isotope developer Advanced Medical Isotope has changed its name to Vivos to reflect the firm's current focus on skin cancer treatments with its RadioGel yttrium-90 brachytherapy device.

January 1, 2018

Deep learning analyzes PET for signs of dementia

By Wayne Forrest

A deep-learning algorithm that analyzed FDG-PET was able to differentiate between normal cognition and dementia. Such models could someday help radiologists diagnose Alzheimer's disease, especially if they don't see the condition often, according to a study presented at the RSNA 2017 meeting.

December 21, 2017

SNMMI pushes Congress for U.S.-based Mo-99 supply

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is collaborating with other imaging- and healthcare-related organizations to once again urge the U.S. Congress to create a sufficient supply in the U.S. of the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99).

December 18, 2017

Florbetapir shows promise in preclinical Alzheimer's study

By Wayne Forrest

A preclinical study from Belgium has shown promising results with the PET tracer florbetapir for targeting amyloid plaque and tau tangles in the brain and potentially evaluating the efficacy of certain Alzheimer's treatments. Findings were published in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

December 17, 2017

SNMMI achieves policy change for wastage billing

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A Medicare administrative contractor in the southern U.S. has agreed to a recommendation from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) to allow providers to bill for wastage when single-dose vials of radiopharmaceuticals are used.

December 17, 2017

fMRI, PET could help foresee epileptic seizure issues

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers have developed a method to integrate functional MR (fMRI) and PET images to identify epilepsy patients who are at high risk of continued seizures before the patients undergo potentially unsuccessful surgery, according to a study published online December 5 in Frontiers in Neuroscience.

December 11, 2017

U.S. Nuclear signs manufacturing deal with Miftec

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation detection holding company U.S. Nuclear has signed a letter of intent with medical isotope company Miftec to be the exclusive contractor for manufacturing Miftec's medical nuclear isotope generators.

December 10, 2017

PET/CT helps identify best prostate cancer regimen

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT scans can help identify prostate cancer patients with rising levels of prostate-specific antigen after radical prostatectomy who can most benefit from salvage radiation treatment, according to a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

December 5, 2017

3D-printed kidney helps optimize SPECT/CT quantification

By Abraham Kim

Low-cost, 3D-printed kidney phantoms provide shape-specific details that improve the quantification of SPECT/CT scans, according to a study from Würzburg, Germany, published online in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

December 4, 2017

Philips highlights MRI, CT, and augmented radiology at RSNA

By Brian Casey and Erik L. Ridley

CHICAGO - Philips Healthcare is demonstrating a new value-oriented MRI scanner for international markets, an upgrade to its spectral CT platform, and new gamma cameras in its booth at RSNA 2017. The vendor is also giving attendees a look at the future of augmented radiology, as well as new relationships in 3D printing.

November 28, 2017

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