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PEM may reduce false-positive reports
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Research from Florida suggests that diagnosing suspected breast cancer with positron emission mammography (PEM) has the potential to reduce false positives when compared to MRI.
December 2, 2008
PET may help differentiate dementia syndromes, uncover ALS
By Wayne Forrest
A study from the Cleveland Clinic to investigate brain metabolism of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has shown that PET imaging may be useful in distinguishing typical dementia syndromes, such as Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia, from atypical cortical changes.
December 1, 2008
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IBA opens production center in Dallas
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) is opening a new PET radiopharmaceutical production facility in Dallas, the company announced.
December 1, 2008
PET/CT finds some lesions chest CT cannot
By Wayne Forrest
CHICAGO - PET/CT showed its prowess over CT by detecting additional lesions in 23% of all cancer patients who had a conventional thoracic CT, according to a presentation at the 2008 RSNA meeting.
November 30, 2008
IBA signs deal with Biotech Cyclotron
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) announced that it has signed a cooperative agreement with Biotech Cyclotron of Texas for the delivery of PET compounds and the sale of two of its facilities.
November 30, 2008
Cardiac stress MR tops SPECT, showing cause of chest pain
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - Johns Hopkins researchers found that cardiac stress MRI not only outperforms SPECT for detecting acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting to the emergency room with chest pain, it reveals important information about the cause of the pain, even when symptoms are unrelated to coronary artery disease.
November 29, 2008
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RSNA 2008: Cab strike fails to materialize at RSNA show
By Brian Casey
November 29, 2008
Radical robotic radiosurgery produces 'distinctive' PET/CT imaging pattern
By Wayne Forrest
CHICAGO - Researchers at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, have found that radical robotic radiosurgery results in a "distinctive PET/CT imaging pattern" following treatment, which likely is related to high radiation doses delivered 1 cm or more around the tumor.
November 29, 2008
Dual-head gamma camera increases breast lesion detection
By Kate Madden Yee
In what they believe is the first clinical study conducted using a dual-head configuration of a molecular breast imaging system, researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, explored whether the use of this kind of system would increase the sensitivity of this modality.
November 27, 2008
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IsoRay taps VP
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay has appointed Anthony Pasqualone as vice president of business development in charge of sales.
November 23, 2008
Proton therapy reduces bone marrow toxicity compared with IMRT
By Edward Susman
Tighter control of how much radiation is focused on a tumor and how much affects adjacent structures appears to result in less bone marrow toxicity among patients treated with proton beam therapy, when compared with conventional intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).
November 23, 2008
Adenosine stress DECT equivalent to SPECT, MRI
By Eric Barnes
A new power combo consisting of adenosine stress and dual-energy CT (DECT) is delivering diagnostic accuracy equivalent to stress/rest cardiac MRI and nuclear perfusion (SPECT) for detecting perfusion defects, according to research presented at the American Heart Association meeting in New Orleans.
November 20, 2008
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