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Agfa installs x-ray suite in Ontario

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has installed its DX-D 600 semiautomatic digital x-ray suite at Trillium Health Partners' Credit Valley Hospital.

July 10, 2013

CMS rule would settle Varian, Elekta payment spat

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A proposed rule issued on July 8 by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) would settle a reimbursement spat between Varian Medical Systems and Elekta.

July 10, 2013

Florbetaben-PET detects amyloid in people with Down syndrome

By Wayne Forrest

A new study using PET with a florbetaben radiopharmaceutical shows how people with Down syndrome begin to accumulate beta-amyloid deposits in their brains in their early 40s, putting this population at greater risk for the early onset of cognitive impairment.

July 10, 2013

FDG-PET, DWI-MRI help predict osteosarcoma chemo response

By Wayne Forrest

Combining FDG-PET/CT and diffusion-weighed MRI (DWI-MRI) may be useful for predicting the histologic response of osteosarcoma to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to a study published in the July issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

July 10, 2013

Esaote wins Indian G-scan installation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals of New Delhi, India, has installed one of Esaote's G-scan MRI scanners.

July 10, 2013

SNMMI touts radioimmunotherapy study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is highlighting a Journal of Nuclear Medicine study that suggests a new radioimmunotherapy treatment option is safe and feasible for patients with relapsing follicular, mantle cell, and other indolent B-cell lymphomas.

July 10, 2013