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FDDNP-PET helps predict Alzheimer's progression

By Wayne Forrest

Using PET to image the radiopharmaceutical FDDNP in the brain, California researchers are showing how the accumulation of abnormal protein deposits is associated with Alzheimer's disease progression, according to a study in the February Archives of Neurology.

February 13, 2012

IAC streamlines accreditation process

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) has renamed its six accrediting divisions and implemented multiple improvements aimed at streamlining the accreditation process.

February 12, 2012

Ultralow-dose CT enables PET correction

By Jude Dineley, PhD

The use of ultralow-dose CT scans for attenuation correction and respiratory gating of PET scans is feasible, concluded a recent study published in Physics in Medicine and Biology. Doses an order of magnitude lower than existing low-dose CT protocols on PET/CT scanners were achieved.

February 12, 2012

SNM board proposes name change

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Nuclear Medicine's (SNM) House of Delegates has approved a proposal to change the organization's name to the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging to better reflect its expanding scope in both disciplines.

February 9, 2012

For sale: AECL nuke research labs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canada's government is mulling whether to sell Atomic Energy of Canada's (AECL) nuclear research labs.

February 9, 2012

Choline-PET/CT changes prostate cancer treatment plans

By Wayne Forrest

Swiss researchers have found that PET/CT scans with the radiopharmaceutical choline can change treatment plans for certain patients with recurrent prostate cancer. Study results showed that choline-PET/CT significantly affected therapy management.

February 9, 2012

TC3 expands scientific council

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiovascular imaging core laboratory TC3 has added Dr. Daniel Berman, Dr. John Friedman, and Guido Germano, PhD, to its scientific council.

February 8, 2012

Siemens brings Biograph mMR to Canada

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has installed its Biograph mMR whole-body PET/MRI scanner at St. Joseph's Hospital in London, Ontario.

February 7, 2012

Zecotek partners with NuCare on PET scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine firm Zecotek Photonics has signed a joint development agreement with NuCare Medical Systems for a PET scanner using Zecotek's lutetium fine silicate (LFS) scintillation crystals, solid-state photo detectors based on the company's Micropixel Avalanche Photodiode (MAPD) technology, and a new data acquisition board and readout system.

February 7, 2012

FES-PET detects estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer

By Wayne Forrest

Dutch researchers have concluded that whole-body PET with fluorine-18 fluoroestradiol (F-18 FES) can be a useful diagnostic tool in estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer patients, according to a study published in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

February 7, 2012

GE Hitachi puts molybdenum-99 project on ice

By Wayne Forrest

More than two years after the U.S. Department of Energy selected GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to develop a new technology for producing the radioisotope molybdenum-99, the company has decided not to proceed with the project, saying it is not economically feasible at this time.

February 6, 2012

Positron signs Sr-82 deal with Russian firm

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Manhattan Isotope Technology, a subsidiary of PET developer Positron, has signed an agreement with the Institute for Nuclear Research of Troitsk, Russia, to collaborate on the production of strontium-82 (Sr-82).

February 6, 2012

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