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Bracco debuts new CardioGen pump at SNM show
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
TORONTO - Contrast developer Bracco Diagnostics launched a new infusion pump for its CardioGen-82 PET radiopharmaceutical at this week's SNM show.
June 14, 2009
NeuroLogica shows portable gamma camera at SNM meeting
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
TORONTO - Portable scanner developer NeuroLogica is launching a work-in-progress portable gamma camera called inSPira HD at this week's SNM meeting.
June 14, 2009
Philips launches SPECT camera at SNM 2009
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
TORONTO - Philips Healthcare launched a new SPECT camera, as well as the latest generation of its time-of-flight PET technology, at this week's SNM meeting.
June 14, 2009
Hybrid coronary CTA, SPECT offer less radiation, shorter scan time
By Wayne Forrest
TORONTO - Swiss researchers have developed a hybrid cardiac imaging method that combines coronary CT angiography (CTA) with SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging to predict relevant coronary lesions with considerably less radiation dose and scanning time.
June 14, 2009
DIAD follow-up confirms SPECT MPI guidelines for diabetic patients
By Brian Casey
TORONTO - Asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes who have abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) results should receive myocardial perfusion SPECT workup due to their worse prognosis compared to those with normal ECGs, according to follow-up research to the Detection of Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetics (DIAD) study that was presented Sunday at the SNM meeting.
June 14, 2009
UPPI-PET inks deal with Lantheus
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmacy organization UPPI-PET has signed a deal with Lantheus Medical Imaging to collaborate in developing a new PET myocardial perfusion agent.
June 14, 2009
GE debuts PET/CT system at SNM show
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is launching a new scanner in its Discovery PET/CT line at this week's SNM meeting in Toronto.
June 14, 2009
SNM study: Radiopeptides for prostate cancer look promising
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A potential new weapon in the arsenal for treating prostate cancer is being discussed at this week's SNM annual meeting in Toronto.
June 14, 2009
SNM study: Radioactive skin patches treat basal cell carcinoma
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radioactive skin patches can safely and successfully treat basal cell carcinoma, a disease that is diagnosed in 1 million Americans each year, according to research presented at this week's SNM annual meeting in Toronto.
June 14, 2009
Final results reported for glioblastoma clinical trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A final analysis of a large clinical trial spanning two continents confirms that a combination of postoperative radiation therapy and chemotherapy rather than radiation therapy alone better prolongs survival for patients with glioblastoma throughout the remainder of their lives.
June 14, 2009
Cardiac MR techniques improve myocardial assessment
By Eric Barnes
New cardiac MR techniques reported in two studies in the American Journal of Roentgenology may increase the modality's flexibility for assessing myocardial infarction (MI). The first study offered clinical validation for free-breathing cardiac MR for MI assessment, while the second evaluated myocardial viability on a 3-tesla MRI scanner.
June 14, 2009
Fuji gets Amerinet RIS contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has had its Synapse cardiovascular and Synapse RIS products added to its existing contract agreement with group purchasing organization Amerinet of St. Louis.
June 11, 2009
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