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Gated SPECT shows lower cardiac indices in women
By Shalmali Pal
NEW ORLEANS - Does gender make a difference in imaging assessment of heart disease? Researchers from the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor tested the normal ranges of cardiac functional parameters in women and men -- and found that gender matters.
June 23, 2003
Eastern Isotopes, Bracco team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ion Beam Applications subsidiary Eastern Isotopes is partnering with Bracco Diagnostics to offer unit-dose distribution of the myocardial perfusion agent rubidium-82.
June 23, 2003
LSO PET/CT study wins Image of the Year
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
NEW ORLEANS - The Society of Nuclear Medicine chose an image produced by a lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) PET/CT as its 2003 Image of the Year. Dr. Benjamin Halpern and colleagues from the University of California, Los Angeles, devised a protocol to make whole-body PET faster, and perhaps cheaper.
June 23, 2003
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BrainLab moves into Asia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided-surgery firm BrainLab has opened new offices in Seoul, Korea, and Kuala Lumpur.
June 22, 2003
GE debuts Infinia Hawkeye
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems introduced its Infinia Hawkeye SPECT/CT system at the annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine.
June 22, 2003
US-guided aspiration with FDG-PET targets metastatic thyroid cancer
By Shalmali Pal
NEW ORLEANS - The combination of FDG-PET and ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (USFNA) plays a major role in determining how far thyroid cancer has spread to the lymph nodes, according to investigators from Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.
June 22, 2003
Gated PET offers one-stop assessment of multiple myocardial segments
By Shalmali Pal
NEW ORLEANS – Japanese nuclear cardiac specialists reported positive results with ECG-gated 13N ammonia PET for assessing global and regional left ventricular function in patients with myocardial infarction.
June 22, 2003
Siemens upgrades e.soft workstation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NEW ORLEANS - At this week's Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting, Siemens Medical Solutions highlighted the latest update to its e.soft workstation, and announced an ongoing research partnership.
June 22, 2003
Referral analysis offers clues to lackluster PET utilization
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
NEW ORLEANS - Potential PET utilization has increased nearly tenfold, however, practice volumes haven't kept pace with the growing range of applications. In a presentation at the Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting, PET practice expert Susan Minerich offered insight and suggestions for building a successful PET center.
June 21, 2003
PET, SPECT guide pre-op seizure localization in epilepsy
By Shalmali Pal
NEW ORLEANS - Epileptic patients who are resistant to anti-seizure medication may be helped by surgery. However, the success of an operation depends on the localization results of PET and SPECT imaging. At the 2003 Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting, Dr. Christopher Rowe from Austin Hospital in Melbourne, Australia discussed imaging's vital role in preoperative planning.
June 21, 2003
VSM expands U.S. presence
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CTF Systems, a subsidiary of Canadian medical device company VSM MedTech of Vancouver, British Columbia, plans to increase its presence in the U.S. medical imaging market with the signing of two distribution agreements for its Omega line of magnetoencephalography (MEG) systems.
June 18, 2003
Cochlear implant gets OK for MR use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MED-EL's Combi 40+ cochlear implant has received Food and Drug Administration approval for use with MRI.
June 18, 2003
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