Molecular Imaging: Page 172

PET study links menopausal status to Alzheimer's

By Wayne Forrest

Could menopausal status be a factor in why women are more frequently afflicted with Alzheimer's disease than men? Using PET scans, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of Arizona Health Sciences may have found a connection. Results of their study were published online October 10 in PLOS One.

October 11, 2017

Dilon points to new ACR practice parameter

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Molecular breast imaging technology developer Dilon Diagnostics said the American College of Radiology (ACR) has adopted its first practice parameter for molecular breast imaging.

October 10, 2017

ImaginAb nabs $8M for new imaging agent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging agent developer ImaginAb said it has raised $8 million in an equity funding round led by Adage Capital.

October 8, 2017

Researchers question whether brain injury causes Alzheimer's

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Traumatic brain injury, the signature injury of military veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, does not necessarily lead to Alzheimer's disease, according to research groups at the University of Washington and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

October 8, 2017

CMR Naviscan acquires Gamma Medica

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET developer Compañía Mexicana de Radiología (CMR) Naviscan has acquired certain assets and intellectual property from molecular breast imaging developer Gamma Medica.

October 5, 2017

Novel PET tracer could identify bacterial infections

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers from Stanford University are reporting promising early results in the development of a novel PET radiopharmaceutical designed to identify most bacterial infections. Their findings were published in the October issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

October 5, 2017

JNM articles focus on NM training requirements

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Should prospective nuclear medicine (NM) clinicians learn in partnership with radiology or stay within their own specialty? That question is debated in two opinion pieces in the October issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

October 4, 2017

Oncovision unveils Mammi software update

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Spanish medical technology developer Oncovision has introduced version 2.2 of its Mammi software, which is used on the company's Mammi dedicated breast PET system.

October 3, 2017

Rad-Aid and the search for meaning in retirement

By Dr. Sam Friedman

What do airships, 747s, William Shatner, radiology, and giving back have in common? Semiretired radiologist Dr. Sam Friedman explains how these things are all connected -- and how he found meaning as he transitions away from the daily grind as a radiologist -- in this new column.

October 1, 2017

Shine receives new isotope production patent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical isotope firm Shine Medical Technologies said it has been awarded a new patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

September 28, 2017

PET, EEG show treatment effectiveness in comatose patient

By Wayne Forrest

Imagine being able to restore consciousness to a patient who has been comatose for 15 years. French researchers succeeded in accomplishing that goal, with the help of PET and electroencephalography (EEG) to confirm the efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation, according to a study published online in Current Biology.

September 27, 2017

South African Mo-99 maker completes LEU conversion

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

South African Nuclear Energy's NTP Radioisotopes, in collaboration with the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration, has completed the conversion of its molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production process to low-enriched uranium (LEU).

September 26, 2017

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