Nuclear Radiology: Page 63

SPECT/CT brightens nuclear medicine's prospects
By Brian Casey
July 6, 2005
Can SPECT/CT revitalize nuclear medicine?
By Marvin Burns
SPECT/CT has been introduced recently with the expectation that it will emulate PET/CT's success as a hybrid imaging modality. Proponents are confident that the addition of CT will provide a new springboard for SPECT in nuclear cardiology as well as other functional studies, revitalizing traditional nuclear medicine.
July 6, 2005
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PET can help heart patients avoid cardiac cath
By Brian Casey
TORONTO - PET scanning with a rubidium-82 radiopharmaceutical can be a cheaper and less invasive alternative to cardiac catheterization in patients who have a nondiagnostic SPECT study, according to research presented Monday at the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) meeting.
June 20, 2005
Shared PET launches software business
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
TORONTO - PET imaging services provider Shared PET Imaging of Canton, OH, is launching its new software business at this week's Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) meeting. The company's ClarityFusion division was formed to market a new line of software for viewing fused hybrid images such as PET/CT.
June 19, 2005
Siemens debuts Symbia S
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions will introduce its SPECT-only offering, Symbia S, this week at the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) meeting in Toronto.
June 19, 2005
Philips adds 64 slices to hybrid scanners
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
TORONTO - Multimodality vendor Philips Medical Systems has added a 64-slice CT capability to its PET/CT and SPECT/CT systems. The company made the announcement at this week's Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) meeting.
June 19, 2005
PET and PET/CT best bone scan in detecting breast metastases
By Brian Casey
TORONTO - A pair of studies at yesterday's Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) meeting found that PET and PET/CT offer superior performance compared to bone scintigraphy scans in detecting bony metastases from primary breast cancer. But bone scintigraphy still offers better performance in a couple areas and may continue to play a diagnostic role due to its low cost.
June 19, 2005
Digirad, MarCap join in financing venture
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad and healthcare equipment financing firm MarCap of Chicago have signed an agreement to provide financing products for Digirad customers.
June 15, 2005
UltraSPECT gets FDA nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Israeli nuclear medicine developer UltraSPECT has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Xpress.cardiac package.
June 15, 2005
Siemens and Gamma Medica part ways
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine vendors Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, and Gamma Medica of Northridge, CA, have allowed their co-marketing pact for preclinical SPECT and SPECT/CT products to expire.
May 30, 2005
UltraSPECT gets CE Mark
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine developer UltraSPECT of Haifa, Israel, has received the European CE Mark for its Wide Beam Reconstruction (WBR) product family.
May 23, 2005
Biotech firm Cell>Point sees promise for oncology SPECT
By Kate Madden Yee
Since its introduction in the 1990s, PET imaging has helped eclipse SPECT, which has long been used for oncology applications but lacks PET's image quality. Biotechnology company Cell>Point, however, hopes to capitalize on the large worldwide installed base of SPECT cameras by developing radiopharmaceuticals in new combinations. Their hope is to make oncology imaging as versatile and accurate on a SPECT system as it is on a PET camera.
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