Molecular Imaging: Page 504

Gamma Medica-Ideas raises $7 million

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Molecular imaging system developer Gamma Medica-Ideas of Northridge, CA, said that it has successfully completed a private equity placement of 45.6 million Norwegian Kronor ($7.1 million U.S.).

October 27, 2005

Thinking Systems adds University of Miami

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS vendor Thinking Systems has installed its PACS product at the University of Miami's School of Medicine.

October 18, 2005

Scintimammography-SPECT valid as secondary test for ambiguous breast cancer

By Shalmali Pal

Thus far, scintimammography's value has been proved in women with dense breasts or those who have breast cancer recurrence. Now researchers from Belgium have studied the impact of scintimammography in a clinical setting for women with inconclusive or contradictory results on routine breast imaging workup.

October 17, 2005

Oncologic PET/CT: A primer for radiologists

AuntMinnie.com is pleased to present this white paper by Dr. Stephen Humes for our members to download. This primer is intended as a succinct guide to practicing radiologists for interpretation of oncologic PET/CT images, as well as a quick reference when consulting with referring physicians as to the appropriateness of performing PET/CT to address a specific clinical question.

October 13, 2005

Alliance buys PET Scans of America

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging services provider Alliance Imaging has purchased mobile PET and PET/CT services provider PET Scans of America (PSA).

October 12, 2005

AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Radiology Insider

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

October 9, 2005

A new use for SPECT/CT: Tracking stem cell migration

By Kate Madden Yee

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Department of Radiology and Institute of Cell Engineering in Baltimore, MD, have successfully used SPECT/CT to track bone marrow stem cells injected into dogs whose hearts were damaged by heart attack, according to a study published in Circulation.

October 6, 2005

Draxis taps Brazier as COO

Canadian pharmaceutical developer Draxis Health has named Dan Brazier as its chief operating officer (COO).

October 3, 2005

Nitrates enhance tetrofosmin SPECT viability capabilities

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Establishing viable myocardial tissue is a crucial factor when considering patients with previous myocardial infarction and severe left ventricular dysfunction for coronary artery bypass grafting. A research team from Italy recently compared semiquantitative rest and postnitrate Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT with contrast-enhanced MRI (ceMRI) in detecting myocardial viability.

September 28, 2005

FDA issues draft CGMP for PET radiopharmaceuticals

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Food and Drug Administration has drafted a current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) regulation for the production of pharmaceuticals used in PET imaging, the agency reported.

September 25, 2005

Merge signs CDI

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Merge Healthcare has received an order from imaging center chain Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) of Minneapolis.

September 20, 2005

ECR offers molecular imaging grant

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) has announced the availability of a molecular imaging scholarship grant sponsored through the ECR/European Association of Radiology (EAR) research and education fund.

September 20, 2005

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