Molecular Imaging: Page 111

EANM issues radiation therapy rules for PET

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) has released new guidelines for PET scanning in oncology radiation therapy.

September 30, 2010

Naviscan touts PEM study results

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PET developer Naviscan is touting the results of a prospective study that concluded that positron emission mammography (PEM) and breast MRI had comparably high efficacy in detecting cancerous lesions.

September 27, 2010

PET/CT detects early efficacy of chemo drug in NSCLC patients

By Wayne Forrest

Dutch researchers have found that FDG-PET/CT can identify early response to preoperative chemotherapy with erlotinib in most patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study in the September issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

September 16, 2010

Aspect, Mediso to develop PET/MRI unit

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Aspect Magnet Technologies and Mediso Medical Imaging Systems are collaborating to develop a system that combines PET and MRI.

September 8, 2010

IBA, Bayer ink imaging deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has entered into an agreement with Bayer Schering Pharma Germany for chemical process development and clinical trial dose supply of the PET tracer florbetaben for detecting Alzheimer's disease pathology.

August 26, 2010

FDG-PET before RT can modify planned NSCLC treatment

By Wayne Forrest

FDG-PET scans of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients reviewed before radiation therapy (RT) may lead to significant changes in treatment strategy and radiation therapy planning, according to a study in the August issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

August 10, 2010

Combined PET/CT CAD improves lung nodule detection

By Eric Barnes

Researchers in Japan have developed computer-aided detection (CAD) software that detects lung nodules in PET/CT images of lung cancer screening patients. Applying a combined CAD system to both modalities instead of CT or PET alone nearly doubled the number of solitary pulmonary nodules detected.

August 5, 2010

Simultaneous PET/MRI creates diagnostic-quality images

By Wayne Forrest

Structural, functional, and molecular imaging of patients with brain tumors is feasible with diagnostic imaging quality using simultaneous hybrid PET/MR image acquisition, according to a study in the August issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

August 2, 2010

PET/CT beats CT in NSCLC staging, but both have limitations

By Wayne Forrest

While no imaging or invasive procedure is foolproof for staging non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Danish researchers have found that PET/CT is more accurate than CT alone, though both modalities had a tendency to understage and overstage the cancer.

July 1, 2010

MDS Nordion, Guerbet to develop PET agents

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

MDS Nordion has entered into a collaboration to develop new PET radiotracers for cancer diagnostics.

June 23, 2010

F-18 NaF PET/CT can help with atherosclerotic plaque detection

By Wayne Forrest

German researchers have found that F-18 sodium fluoride (F-18 NaF) PET/CT may provide "relevant information about the morphologic and functional properties of calcified plaque," according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

June 10, 2010

PET/CT may improve therapy for congestive heart failure patients

By Wayne Forrest

SALT LAKE CITY - German researchers have found that FDG-PET/CT can help determine when cardiac resynchronization therapy is ineffective, and it can identify risk factors that could alter the course of treatment for patients with congestive heart failure, according to a study presented Sunday at the SNM meeting.

June 6, 2010

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