Nuclear Radiology: Page 47

MarketStat #53: Nuclear medicine -- Average waiting time
As of this 2008 census, 48% of the nuclear medicine sites reported waiting times for a nonemergency outpatient visit of less than one day.
November 12, 2008
2008 11 12 16 07 43 220 Marketstat 53
IMV: Nuclear med procedures up in 2007
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The number of patients receiving nuclear medicine increased in the U.S. last year, reversing a downward trend from 2006. An estimated 15.7 million patients received nuclear imaging procedures in 2007, representing a gain of 3% from 15.2 million in 2006.
November 10, 2008
2008 11 11 12 03 32 250 2008 11 11 Nuc Med Sites Patients
SPECT ties functional brain abnormalities to fibromyalgia
By Wayne Forrest
Using SPECT, researchers in France have detected functional abnormalities in certain regions of the brain in fibromyalgia patients. The findings support the idea that fibromyalgia symptoms are related to a dysfunction in the parts of the brain where pain is processed.
November 6, 2008
2008 10 31 14 13 54 360 Fibromyalgia Thumb
MedX
By Wayne Forrest
(Booth 7700) Nuclear medicine developer MedX of Arlington Heights, IL, will have its C-Quest compact dual-head dedicated cardiac gamma camera on display at RSNA 2008.
October 26, 2008
2008 10 23 16 40 10 580 Medx Thumb Mol 2008
NuView to manage Texas radiotracer facility
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical developer NuView is taking over management of a Texas facility that produces a range of radioisotopes for nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.
October 12, 2008
GE, Gamma Medica-Ideas extend pact
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and gamma camera developer Gamma Medica-Ideas have extended their product distribution relationship to include joint development of preclinical imaging systems.
October 1, 2008
IBA to develop PET market in South Korea
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has inked an agreement with a South Korean firm to market PET radiopharmaceuticals in that country.
September 24, 2008
Ultrafast cardiac camera comparable to standard SPECT
By Wayne Forrest
BOSTON - Initial results from a multicenter study on myocardial perfusion imaging suggest that images from a novel ultrafast cardiac gamma camera are comparable to those from standard dual-detector cameras, according to research presented at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) meeting.
September 15, 2008
2008 09 17 09 31 39 719 Ufc Image Thumb
Trial begins for Digirad's Cardius X-ACT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad has begun clinical trials for a new imaging module designed to correct image distortion in cardiac SPECT imaging.
September 4, 2008
Novel cardiac SPECT system improves attenuation correction
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and nuclear medicine firm Digirad are developing a new x-ray-based transmission approach for attenuation correction in cardiac SPECT, which shows that high-quality transmission scans can be completed within one minute and with negligible patient dose.
August 14, 2008
2008 08 08 15 06 44 600 Conwell Slide10 Resized
Dilon unveils new portable gamma camera
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Scintimammography developer Dilon Technologies has introduced the Dilon 6800 Access, a transportable version of its Dilon 6800 gamma camera.
August 11, 2008
Digirad posts loss in Q2
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A 5.8% increase in second-quarter revenue wasn't enough to bring profitability to nuclear medicine vendor Digirad.
July 28, 2008
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