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Canada invests $35M in Tc-99m production
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Canadian government has allocated $35 million ($35 million U.S.) to four projects to develop new ways to produce the radioisotope technetium-99m (Tc-99m), which is widely used in nuclear medicine.
January 24, 2011
Philips nets CE Mark for PET/MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has received the CE Mark for its whole-body Ingenuity TF PET/MRI system.
January 24, 2011
Immunomedics touts pancreatic drug studies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Antibody-directed drug and radionuclide therapeutics for pancreatic cancer improved efficacy with minimal toxicity in preclinical studies, according to results presented at the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium held last week in San Francisco.
January 23, 2011
Nordion's loss increases in FY10
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The turbulent medical isotope market took its toll on Nordion in the company's fourth quarter and fiscal 2010 financial results.
January 23, 2011
FDG-NaF 'cocktail' beats FDG in detecting malignant lesions
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers at Stanford University in Stanford, CA, are finding that the combination of FDG and F-18 sodium fluoride (NaF) with PET/CT increases sensitivity for detecting malignant lesions when compared to FDG alone.
January 20, 2011
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FDA panel gives Amyvid PET agent conditional approval
By Wayne Forrest
With a unanimous 16-0 decision, an advisory committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted on January 20 to conditionally recommend approval of Eli Lilly's PET imaging agent Amyvid (florbetapir) for detecting beta amyloid plaque deposits that could be precursors to Alzheimer's disease.
January 19, 2011
ASRT: RT enrollment drops for 3rd year
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The number of first-year students enrolled in radiologic technologist programs in the U.S. dropped for the third straight year in a row, according to the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT).
January 19, 2011
VC offers 2-for-1 density screening; FDA makes headlines
By Brian Casey
January 19, 2011
Study questions PET efficacy with gliomas
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A report from the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care has determined that "no robust conclusions are possible" on the advantages or disadvantages of using PET to detect recurrences of malignant gliomas.
January 19, 2011
PET with florbetapir may help detect Alzheimer's signs
By Wayne Forrest
PET imaging with the biomarker florbetapir is showing promise in preliminary research to detect the presence of beta amyloid in the brains of living patients to potentially confirm Alzheimer's disease, according to a study in the January 19 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
January 17, 2011
Lantheus promotes Gaffey to CFO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging has promoted Robert Gaffey to the position of chief financial officer (CFO).
January 17, 2011
AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Insider
By Wayne Forrest
January 16, 2011
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