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Setting up a solid PET/CT program takes planning and forethought
Adding new technology, such as a PET/CT program, can help bring in new customers and additional revenue. But careful planning and consideration are needed to help avoid major headaches and unanticipated problems.
September 1, 2005
Kodak debuts digital molecular imaging products
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The molecular imaging systems unit of Eastman Kodak Health Group of Rochester, NY, has unveiled two new digital imaging systems for in vivo molecular imaging research.
August 31, 2005
Siemens logs 1,000th PET sale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Siemens Medical Solutions announced the 1,000th installation of its PET technology this week.
August 30, 2005
CMS seeks to rein in nuclear medicine self-referral
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
The growth of nuclear medicine services in recent years has attracted the notice of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This month, CMS proposed a rule barring physician self-referral for nuclear medicine procedures, raising more questions than answers.
August 30, 2005
Positron, Neusoft enter joint venture
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET vendor Positron has formed a joint venture with Neusoft Medical Systems in Shenyang, China.
August 29, 2005
AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Radiology Insider
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
August 28, 2005
Gamma Medica-Ideas debuts Biomolex 700 Imager
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging system developer Gamma Medica-Ideas of Northridge, CA, in conjunction with Biomolex of Oslo, Norway, has released the Biomolex 700 Direct Digital Imager, a device for imaging radiolabeled genomic microarrays, proteomic microarrays, and tissue sections.
August 25, 2005
Gadonanotubes developed for MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers have created a new class of MRI contrast agents called gadonanotubes, which may be many times more effective than agents currently in use.
August 23, 2005
FDG-PET predicts early response to chemo in metastatic breast lesions
By Shalmali Pal
Properly identifying tumor response in the early treatment stages is vital, either to determine if additional courses of therapy are needed or if treatment should be discontinued. A group of gynecologists and radiologists have proposed using sequential F-18 FDG-PET for the early prediction of chemotherapy response, and hypothesized that changes in the pattern of FDG uptake would correlate with overall survival rates.
August 16, 2005
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SPECT/CT pilots prostate brachytherapy in community setting
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
It can be difficult to adapt a technique that was developed in an academic venue for use in a community hospital environment. However, a group from Aultman Hospital in Ohio has taken a research-based SPECT/CT immunoscintigraphy-guided radiation therapy methodology developed at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and successfully adopted the protocol into its practice.
August 14, 2005
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Cedara releases PET/CT workstation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Cedara Software unit of Merge Healthcare has released new software for viewing and processing PET/CT images.
August 11, 2005
American Shared opens new Gamma Knife center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
American Shared Hospital Services of San Francisco has opened its 21st Gamma Knife radiosurgery center, at a hospital in Oklahoma.
August 11, 2005
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