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Moly crisis to continue as AECL pushes reactor restart to 2010
August 12, 2009
Moly crisis to continue as AECL pushes reactor restart to 2010
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine physicians may have to wait a little longer for the shortage of the radioisotope molybdenum-99 to abate. Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) has pushed back the anticipated restart of its Chalk River, Ontario, nuclear reactor to the first quarter of 2010.
August 12, 2009
Molecular Insight reduces net loss
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cost-cutting initiatives helped radiopharmaceutical developer Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals reduce its net loss in the second quarter of 2009.
August 12, 2009
Ultrasonix wraps up milestone install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Ultrasonix Medical has completed the first integrated installation of its SonixTouch ultrasound system and SonixHub emergency medicine data management system.
August 12, 2009
PET sales slump; AFIP housing woes; infection control in portable x-ray
By Brian Casey
August 12, 2009
U.S. PET sales drop 17% in 2008, but optimism remains
By Wayne Forrest
As healthcare providers continued to react to reimbursement and financing pressures, PET scanner sales in the U.S. decreased 17% in 2008, while the demand for PET procedures grew at a slower rate, says a new report from market research firm Bio-Tech Systems.
August 12, 2009
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Study finds bacterial contamination on portable x-ray units
By Brian Casey
Is your portable radiography machine a bacterial breeding ground? Israeli researchers who examined portable x-ray units at their hospital found inadequate levels of infection control practice among equipment operators and also signs of drug-resistant bacterial contamination on the surfaces of a number of systems.
August 12, 2009
Biotronics3D, Merge partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging software developer Biotronics3D and Merge Healthcare have teamed to release three Biotronics3D applications for downloading from Merge's eFilm Web site.
August 11, 2009
Intraop adds Colombian customer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Intraoperative radiation therapy firm Intraop Medical has signed Instituto Nacional de CancerologĂ­a in Bogota, Colombia, as a new user for its Mobetron linear accelerator.
August 11, 2009
Elekta nets U.S. orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish oncology firm Elekta has added ProCure Treatment Centers of Bloomington, IN, and Integris Health of Oklahoma City to its customer stable.
August 11, 2009
ACR schedules cardiac CT test
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has set a date in September for the first exam in its testing program to qualify physicians with the required skills in cardiac CT.
August 11, 2009
CardioDynamics OKs SonoSite deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Shareholders of impedance cardiography developer CardioDynamics have voted to approve the San Diego company's sale to compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite of Bothell, WA.
August 11, 2009
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