Nuclear Radiology: Page 77

Positron pushes mPower for more than cardiac PET
By Robert Bruce
At this year’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting, PET developer Positron is touting its mPower PET scanner as a versatile platform suited not only for cardiac imaging, but also for clinical PET oncology and neurology.
June 22, 2001
Nuclear medicine is changing the course of the medical world
Innovations in nuclear medicine occur so rapidly that researching and implementing new lifesaving procedures becomes routine for nuclear medicine technologists.
June 21, 2001
Marconi will develop whole-body solid-state gamma camera
By Kate Madden Yee
Marconi Medical Systems announced today that it is collaborating with partner eV Products on a whole-body gamma camera with a cadmium zinc telluride-based solid-state digital detector. Marconi believes the new technology could revolutionize the nuclear medicine industry.
June 19, 2001
Self-Study Program IV: Oncology Topic 4 PET Tumor Imaging
This self-study book is designed to deliver concise and practical information regarding PET tumor imaging to radiology residents, nuclear medicine residents, and those already in practice.
June 12, 2001
SNM says HCFA understates PET's value in breast imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine has responded to today's comments from the officials of the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration regarding the value of FDG PET imaging for breast cancer.
June 7, 2001
Practical Mathematics in Nuclear Medicine Technology
This mathematics workbook fills an information gap that has been overlooked for too long. The book by Patricia Wells, and the accompanying CD of practice questions by Martha Pickett, explores a range of problems that typically challenge the not-so-mathematically-inclined.
June 4, 2001
ACNP and SNM fail to modify nuclear medicine regulations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has denied a petition to modify its proposed regulation of diagnostic nuclear medicine.
April 17, 2001
HCFA expands covered uses for PET, but hedges on coincidence cameras
By Eric Barnes
The U.S. Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) on Tuesday expanded the list of circumstances under which Medicare will pay for PET scans. However, once again HCFA declined to expand coverage for the use of gamma cameras that use coincidence detection techniques for PET imaging.
April 11, 2001
Global nuclear medicine meeting gains AMA approval
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The World Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology has received Category 1 accreditation from the American Medical Association for its annual scientific meeting.
April 11, 2001
MedAssets to sell Siemens nuclear medicine units
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Refurbished equipment provider MedAssets Exchange has signed a dealership agreement with Siemens Medical Systems.
April 9, 2001
For doctors in the know, FDG-PET alters colorectal cancer management
By Shalmali Pal
Referring physicians who are attuned to FDG-PET's advantages are more likely to use the information for colorectal cancer treatment, according to the latest issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
April 9, 2001
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Start-up enters breast imaging arena with scintimammography, PET offerings
In light of the medical community’s interest in PET and other breast cancer imaging technologies, a new company, Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) Technologies of Bethesda, MD, has begun developing PET scanners specifically for breast imaging.
March 13, 2001
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