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GE recalls gamma cameras after fatal accident
By Brian Casey
In the wake of a fatal accident in which a patient was crushed by one of its gamma cameras, GE Healthcare has advised users of many of its nuclear medicine systems to stop using the products until they have been inspected by GE service engineers.
July 8, 2013
MRI-glucose combo finds cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
London researchers have developed an imaging method that uses MRI to detect signs of glucose uptake that could indicate the presence of cancer, according to a study published online July 7 in Nature Medicine.
July 8, 2013
SNMMI disagrees with CMS PET decision
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) expressed its disappointment with the July 3 draft decision from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the use of beta-amyloid PET imaging agents.
July 8, 2013
Half dose of MRI contrast feasible for rheumatoid arthritis
By Wayne Forrest
A half dose of the MRI contrast agent gadobenate dimeglumine provides just as much relevant diagnostic information as a full dose in 3-tesla imaging of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study published in the July issue of Radiology.
July 8, 2013
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MMP inks deal with NY practice
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical billing and practice management firm Medical Management Professionals (MMP) has been awarded a billing contract with NRAD Medical Assoc. in Garden City, NY.
July 7, 2013
Toshiba donates US unit to Gorilla Doctors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has donated an ultrasound system to Gorilla Doctors to aid gorillas in the wild.
July 7, 2013
HIMSS Asia-Pacific forum to start August 1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT industry experts will congregate at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) AsiaPac13 Greater China eHealth Forum this summer to discuss strategies, challenges, and outcomes of IT adoption in the healthcare industry.
July 7, 2013
Algorithm identifies misfiled chest x-rays in PACS
By Brian Casey
The adoption of PACS hasn't eliminated the problem of lost x-ray films, as any healthcare facility knows. But Japanese researchers believe they've found an answer through a computer algorithm that locates misfiled chest radiographs based on unique anatomical data, which they call "biological fingerprints," found in each x-ray.
July 7, 2013
Lilly 'disappointed' with CMS draft decision
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eli Lilly and its subsidiary Avid Radiopharmaceuticals are expressing disappointment in the July 3 draft decision by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that stopped short of fully endorsing PET beta-amyloid imaging for dementia or neurodegenerative disease.
July 4, 2013
NRC accepts Shine's isotope permit application
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for review the first part of medical isotope firm Shine Medical Technologies' construction permit application.
July 3, 2013
CMS again withholds endorsement of PET beta-amyloid imaging
By Wayne Forrest
For the second time this year, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has stopped short of fully endorsing PET beta-amyloid imaging for Medicare beneficiaries with dementia or neurodegenerative disease.
July 2, 2013
Elekta wins Wash. Versa HD contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta has won a contract with the Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle for four of its Versa HD radiation therapy systems.
July 2, 2013
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