Nuclear Radiology: Page 61

Rubidium-based PET may finally get its due

By Wayne Forrest

After languishing in the clinical shadows for the last 10 years, rubidium is starting to catch the attention of nuclear medicine specialists. The radiopharmaceutical can thank the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for its revival.

February 22, 2006

SPECT/CT helps clarify ambiguous bone foci

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Bone scintigraphy with SPECT has a good track record for detecting metastatic areas with a high lesion-to-background contrast. But a drawback of SPECT has been that anatomic details can be lacking. Researchers from Germany, however, have found that SPECT/CT can increase specificity in cases when SPECT alone is equivocal.

February 8, 2006

GE launches Ventri cardiac gamma camera

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Multimodality vendor GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., is launching a new dual-head gamma camera targeted at the nuclear cardiology market.

January 31, 2006

Scintigraphy shows breast cancer response to hormone therapy sooner

By Shalmali Pal

Only a third of breast cancer patients who have endocrine therapy respond to treatment, and the current tests for patient selection are less than optimal. Some imaging techniques may not show results for several months post-treatment. Scintigraphy could be a better, noninvasive way to predict treatment response, according to European researchers.

January 25, 2006

CardiArc receives FDA nod for SPECT unit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiac imaging device developer CardiArc has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its cardiac SPECT gamma camera.

January 24, 2006

UltraSPECT brings Xpress.cardiac to Europe

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Israeli nuclear medicine developer UltraSPECT has completed the first European installation of its Xpress.cardiac package.

January 17, 2006