Molecular Imaging: Page 447

Siemens makes FLT available to NCI research sites

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions said that the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) has filed a cross-reference letter related to the company's investigational F-18 FLT imaging biomarker.

November 20, 2007

Post-treatment PET scans can reassure cervical cancer patients

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Whole-body PET scans done three months after completion of cervical cancer therapy can ensure that patients are disease-free, or warn that further interventions are needed, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, published in the November 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association(JAMA).

November 19, 2007

Dilon hires new sales VP

Scintimammography developer Dilon Technologies of Newport News, VA, has hired a new vice president in charge of sales and business development.

November 18, 2007

New PET imaging techniques; Colombini MRI suit moves forward

By Brian Casey

November 14, 2007

New PET tracer may improve atherosclerotic imaging

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers in Massachusetts are showing progress in the development of a new PET tracer that could enhance the view of atherosclerotic inflammation, and also has potential for use in other imaging applications. The tracer could be useful in future hybrid imaging modalities like PET/MRI.

November 14, 2007

FDG-PET works for nose cancer staging, study finds

By Kate Madden Yee

FDG-PET can replace conventional workup in primary M staging of nonkeratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), according to researchers at Chang Gung University College of Medicine in Taipei, Taiwan. The team compared the diagnostic efficacies of FDG-PET and CWU, as well as a combination of the two, in detecting distant metastasis.

November 14, 2007