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Siemens, Gamma Medica expand partnership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PHILADELPHIA – Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, and Gamma Medica of Northridge, CA, have expanded their marketing relationship for Gamma Medica's X-SPECT preclinical molecular imaging system.
June 21, 2004
Postsurgical radiation improves prostate cancer survival
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A 13-year study of prostate cancer patients who underwent radical prostatectomy found that those who receive radiation therapy within six months of surgery live longer than those who are left untreated.
June 21, 2004
Sonographic sign reliably excludes ectopic pregnancy
By Tracie L. Thompson
PHOENIX - Harvard researchers have tested the intradecidual sign in obstetric ultrasound, finding overall success in differentiating normal from ectopic pregnancies at an early stage. They presented their study on Monday at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine meeting.
June 21, 2004
Philips adds to molecular imaging line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PHILADELPHIA – Philips Medical Systems has introduced a number of new product offerings at this year's annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, highlighted by its Precedence hybrid SPECT/CT system.
June 21, 2004
Eastern Isotopes, VCU collaborate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PHILADELPHIA - Ion Beam Applications (IBA) subsidiary Eastern Isotopes of Sterling, VA, has signed a collaboration agreement with Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond. The relationship will cover imaging drug development, technology development and diffusion, as well as enhanced clinical experience through training and teaching programs, according to IBA.
June 21, 2004
Brain image database wins Image of the Year
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
PHILADELPHIA - The Society of Nuclear Medicine selected a series of images from a study conducted by researchers at the Hamamatsu Medical Imaging Center in Hamakita, Japan, the University of Washington in Seattle, and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, as the winner of Image of the Year.
June 21, 2004
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FDG-PET beneficial for restaging recurrent lung cancer
By Erik L. Ridley
PHILADELPHIA - FDG-PET can play an important role in restaging patients with suspected lung cancer recurrence, according to researchers from the State University of New York in Buffalo. They presented their study Monday at the Society of Nuclear Medicine conference.
June 21, 2004
AIUM addresses risks and rewards of compact ultrasound
By Tracie L. Thompson
PHOENIX - When every clinician can carry his or her own ultrasound unit, what will happen to the practice of imaging's notoriously operator-dependent modality? Leaders of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine are taking steps to establish quality standards before clinicians have "sonoscopes" slung around their necks like stethoscopes.
June 20, 2004
Syntermed debuts NeuroQ
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PHILADELPHIA - Imaging software developer Syntermed has introduced NeuroQ, a software platform designed to assist in the interpretation of brain PET scans, at this week's annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine in Philadelphia. NeuroQ consists of quantitative software tools, including PET DP.
June 20, 2004
CTI debuts research unit, will buy Concorde
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CTI Molecular Imaging has launched CTI Molecular Technologies (MTI), a new business unit that will serve as the hub of the firm's biomarker R&D activities.
June 20, 2004
FDG-PET sensitive for assessing esophageal cancer
By Erik L. Ridley
PHILADELPHIA - FDG-PET appears to be very sensitive for assessing esophageal cancer at different stages, according to researchers from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
June 20, 2004
FDG-PET improves staging of small cell lung cancer
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
PHILADELPHIA - A group of European nuclear medicine physicians and radiologists on Sunday presented compelling evidence at the 2004 Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting that 18F-FDG-PET should be included in the diagnostic armamentarium for small cell lung cancer.
June 20, 2004
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