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Biodex debuts new PET table
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging table and accessory supplier Biodex Medical Systems has introduced a redesigned version of its PET Unit Dose table.
April 15, 2008
Bayer awarded Amerinet deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals of Wayne, NJ, has received a two-year supply contract for its Magnevist and Ultravist contrast agents from group purchasing organization Amerinet.
April 13, 2008
NOPR asks CMS to expand FDG-PET coverage
By Wayne Forrest
The National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) has formally asked the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand reimbursement for the use of FDG-PET in oncology applications. The request asks CMS to expand FDG-PET coverage for the diagnosis, staging, and restaging of all oncology applications not currently covered by Medicare and Medicaid.
April 10, 2008
Dilon nets nine Q1 orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Scintimammography developer Dilon Technologies of Newport News, VA, received orders for nine Dilon 6800 gamma cameras in the first quarter.
April 10, 2008
New York hedge fund attempts to split MDS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MDS, the parent company of radioisotope developer MDS Nordion of Kanata, Ontario, is the target of a New York City-based hedge fund that wants to break up the company to boost its stock price, according to the Calgary Herald.
April 10, 2008
Carestream releases new image analysis software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Molecular Imaging of New Haven, CT, a division of Carestream Health, has released a new image analysis software package, the company reported.
April 10, 2008
Cedars-Sinai explores PET's future in nuclear cardiology
By Wayne Forrest
Dr. Daniel Berman has followed the progress of PET for more than three decades, to a point in which today Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is committed to exploring the modality's efficacy in a wide range of nuclear cardiology applications. He discusses Cedars-Sinai's latest research with rubidium-based PET for cardiac imaging.
April 10, 2008
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Gambhir's newest research project; new VC findings
By Brian Casey
April 9, 2008
Stanford researchers on path to novel molecular imaging technique
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, CA, are developing a new molecular imaging system and technique designed to illuminate tumors and acquire data on numerous tumor-related functions simultaneously. The group is exploring Raman spectroscopy, and if proved safe and beneficial, the technique could provide information unavailable with current molecular imaging modalities.
April 9, 2008
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FDG-PET is effective for diagnosing spinal tumors
By Barbara Boughton
F-18 FDG-PET can effectively distinguish benign spinal lesions from malignant ones, according to researchers from North Carolina. They imaged 53 patients with sarcomas and biopsy-proven spinal or paraspinal tumors using FDG-PET, and found that the modality proved to be precise for identifying malignant lesions.
April 8, 2008
MedX releases NuQuest V3.0
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine developer MedX of Arlington Heights, IL, has released NuQuest V3.0, the latest version of its nuclear medicine image acquisition and processing software.
April 7, 2008
Digirad fined by NRC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine firm Digirad of Poway, CA, has been fined $6,500 by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for two violations.
April 7, 2008
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