Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 454

MRI and SPECT garner high marks for glioma grading

By Shalmali Pal

VIENNA - In a comparison of gadolinium contrast-enhanced MRI and 123I-IMT SPECT for the preoperative grading of malignant gliomas, MRI fared slightly better, but both modalities proved efficient for noninvasive imaging.

March 4, 2001

MR perfusion helps diagnose brain lesions

By Eric Barnes

In traditional MRI, both cerebral abscesses and high-grade tumors can be depicted as rim-enhancing lesions, rendering them indistinguishable. But researchers at Duke University say MR perfusion imaging can tell the two apart, based on tumors' increased vascularity.

February 15, 2001

Radiolabeled breast cancer agent to begin clinical evaluation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego Cancer Center have filed an application with the Food and Drug Administration to begin investigational clinical evaluation of a radiolabeled agent.

February 13, 2001

ADAC gets FDA nod for IMRT software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine and radiation therapy firm has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its P3IMRT intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) inverse planning software.

February 11, 2001

Histograms: the next step towards rapid tumor measurement?

By Eric Barnes

Precise tumor volume measurement is critical in cancer therapy, but most measurement techniques are still slow and labor-intensive. Now researchers at the University of Chicago say histograms may be accurate enough to help bridge the gap between today's manual measurements and the fully automated future.

January 30, 2001

Nycomed acquires Bruker contrast injector

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Today Nycomed Amersham Imaging announced its acquisition of the Bruker Tomojet power injector system from Swiss firm Bruker.

January 23, 2001