Wayne Forrest[email protected]Nuclear MedicineStart-up firm unveils plans for U.S.-based Mo-99 productionNorthwest Medical Isotopes has an ambitious plan to invest some $50 million to build a radioisotope production facility in Columbia, MO, to manufacture molybdenum-99 (Mo-99). If all goes as planned, the company could supply approximately half of the U.S. demand for the radioisotope by 2017.May 22, 2014MRIRadiologist training tool improves MSK interpretationsA new teaching tool called Real View Radiology is showing early success by improving the ability of first- and second-year residents to interpret musculoskeletal MRI cases. The system was developed by a group of residents at IU Health, the health system affiliated with Indiana University (IU).May 20, 2014Nuclear MedicineJAMA: Presurgical PET/CT may be overrated in colorectal cancerCanadian researchers are calling into question PET/CT's ability to improve the surgical plans of patients with potentially resectable hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer, according to a study published in the May 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.May 13, 2014MRIMRI shows smaller hippocampus among football playersMRI scans uncovered smaller hippocampal volumes among collegiate football players with a history of concussion or who had played for more years than their teammates, in a study published in the May 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.May 12, 2014Nuclear MedicineARRS: SPECT/CT valuable for finding GI bleed sourceHybrid SPECT/CT can promptly and accurately find the source of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and improve treatment of the condition, according to a study presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting in San Diego.May 8, 2014MRIDTI-MRI shows men recover more slowly from concussionsGender appears to affect how long it takes someone to recover from a concussion, according to diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI) results. Young men demonstrated longer recovery times than women in a study published online May 6 in Radiology.May 5, 2014MRIFunctional MRI finds abnormal brain regions in ADHD youthResting-state functional MRI has uncovered new abnormalities in key brain regions in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study from China published online April 30 in Radiology.May 4, 2014Nuclear MedicineStart-up firm Blue Earth Diagnostics develops prostate PET agentResearchers from GE Healthcare have set out on their own with Blue Earth Diagnostics, a start-up with plans to commercialize a PET radiopharmaceutical they hope will prove more useful than FDG for detecting and assessing recurrent prostate cancer.May 1, 2014MRIMRI shows that diabetes leads to loss of brain volumeMRI results suggest that the longer a patient has type 2 diabetes, the more brain volume is lost, according to research published online April 29 in Radiology. This was especially true for gray matter, which is associated with speech, motion, and memory.April 29, 2014Molecular ImagingAuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging InsiderApril 28, 2014Previous PagePage 116 of 239Next PageTop StoriesDigital X-Ray3D DEXA reveals lower bone density in diabetes patients3D DEXA revealed differences that conventional bone mineral density measurements did not detect.MRIGadolinium in ... beer?UltrasoundMWA safe, effective in treating hyperthyroidism with nodulesAIAI model shows promise for diagnosing prostate cancerCT'Habitat' AI model helps stratify lung nodule disease risk on LDCT
