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IBA to deliver cyclotron facility to Turkey

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Belgian nuclear medicine products firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) said it has reached an agreement in principle with the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) for the delivery of a facility to produce radioisotopes with a cyclotron.

August 28, 2006

AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Insider

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

August 27, 2006

IMV report finds strong PET procedure growth

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

An estimated 1.13 million clinical PET patient studies were performed in the U.S. in 2005, up 60% from the 706,100 total studies produced in 2003, according to a report released by market research and consulting firm IMV Medical Information Division.

August 23, 2006

CardiArc begins next round of funding

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

CardiArc has opened its final round of financing to raise $4 million to expand the Lubbock, TX, company's operations and begin manufacturing its nuclear cardiology gamma camera this fall.

August 20, 2006

Preop FDG-PET spots axillary involvement in breast cancer, may obviate biopsy

By Shalmali Pal

Surgeons should consider breast PET studies to determine if they can skip biopsy and proceed straight to axillary lymph node dissection (AND), according to a study in the Archives of Surgery. But the study authors cautioned that the PET exam must predict positive nodes with 100% specificity.

August 20, 2006

SLN procedure in pregnant breast cancer patients leads to negligible fetal dose

By Shalmali Pal

Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy and lymphoscintigraphy are becoming the standard of care for pregnant breast cancer patients. Fortunately, this radiocolloid-based technique doesn't pose significant risk to a fetus, according to research in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

August 13, 2006