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Tomotherapy changes appearance of lung inflammation on CT

By Cynthia E. Keen

Patients undergoing tomotherapy procedures may exhibit signs of post-treatment lung inflammation that differ from those found with more traditional forms of radiation therapy -- a phenomenon that radiologists should be aware of when following up patients, according to South Korean researchers.

August 30, 2009

Judge gives Bracco partial victory in patent case

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas has granted a motion by two subsidiaries of contrast firm Bracco Imaging in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Mallinckrodt, a subsidiary of Covidien.

August 27, 2009

LabLogic expands to Ireland

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

LabLogic has installed its Mini-Scan radio TLC scanner and Laura radiochromatography software in PET and nuclear medicine facilities in Northern Ireland and Ireland.

August 27, 2009

WVU wins NIH grant for PEM/PET system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a four-year, $2 million grant to researchers at West Virginia University (WVU) in Morgantown for a hybrid positron emission mammography (PEM)/PET system.

August 27, 2009

AECL: Chalk River will be back online

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) this week confirmed that its nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, can be repaired and will eventually come back online.

August 27, 2009

TomoTherapy wins Kansas contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy has won a contract with a Kansas cancer center.

August 27, 2009