Molecular Imaging: Page 450

Draxis breaks ground for new facility

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian radiopharmaceutical developer Draxis Health of Mississauga, Ontario, reported it has started construction of its second packaging and warehousing facility in Montreal.

November 26, 2007

FDG-PET/CT accurately detects inflammatory breast cancer

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - The use of FDG-PET/CT with patients with inflammatory breast cancer can accurately detect and help treat the deadly disease, according to a study by researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. They presented their findings at the RSNA 2007 meeting on Tuesday.

November 26, 2007

IBA, PETLinQ acquire SourceMedical's radiology division

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

IBA Molecular, North America and PETLinQ have acquired the radiology division of SourceMedical. The acquisition will expand the companys' product line to include the SourceRad RIS and billing system.

November 25, 2007

New contrast agent could replace some nuclear stress testing with echo

By Eric Barnes

Researchers in the U.K. believe that an investigative echocardiography contrast agent could soon be used to replace nuclear cardiography stress exams for the initial detection of coronary artery disease. Their preliminary results of two trials suggest that perfusion stress echocardiography is as accurate as nuclear stress testing for detecting coronary artery disease.

November 21, 2007

Lack of IV contrast causes discrepancy in CT with PET scans

By Wayne Forrest

A study to determine the diagnostic limitations of low-dose, unenhanced CT scans performed for anatomic reference and attenuation correction during PET/CT has found that most discrepancies were due to the lack of intravenous contrast, which obscured liver metastases and lymph node recognition.

November 21, 2007

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

Eckert & Ziegler launch new gallium generator

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiotherapy and radiopharmaceutical developer Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products introduced a new gallium-68 generator at last month's European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark.

November 12, 2007

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