Molecular Imaging: Page 280

Indian firm gets $4M PET investment

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Indian nuclear medicine firm Nueclear Healthcare said it has received an investment of 22 million rupees ($4.09 million) from Norwest Venture Partners to improve access to PET technology in the country.

January 17, 2013

GE touts F-18 flutemetamol training program

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare said that its electronic training program to teach interpretation of images from its F-18 flutemetamol investigational PET agent appears effective for inexperienced readers, based on data the company presented at the annual Human Amyloid Imaging meeting in Miami.

January 17, 2013

Dilon points to BSGI sensitivity in 2 studies

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) provider Dilon Diagnostics is touting study results that indicate molecular breast imaging with the company's BSGI technology can achieve greater sensitivity than mammography and ultrasound.

January 17, 2013

Dual-tracer PET/CT helps pick patients for liver transplant

By Wayne Forrest

Dual-tracer PET/CT is more effective than contrast-enhanced CT for hepatocellular carcinoma staging and may warrant "serious consideration" for use in determining which patients could benefit the most from a liver transplant, according to a study published online January 15 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

January 17, 2013

Lilly's Amyvid PET agent gets European clearance

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Eli Lilly and its subsidiary Avid Radiopharmaceuticals have received approval from the European Commission for their Amyvid (florbetapir F-18) radiopharmaceutical.

January 15, 2013

ASRT: Fewer new radiography students

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

While enrollment in radiation therapy and nuclear medicine programs climbed in 2012, the number of students entering radiography educational programs dipped by 4.7%, according to a new report from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT).

January 14, 2013