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AuntMinnieEurope.com Molecular Imaging Insider

By Wayne Forrest

May 20, 2015

Patient cooperation key to respiratory-gated PET/CT

By Wayne Forrest

The combination of standard PET/CT with respiratory-gated PET/CT can significantly improve the diagnosis of small colorectal liver metastases, but patient cooperation is a must for a successful scan, according to a Norwegian study published online on 14 May in the European Journal of Radiology.

May 20, 2015

Ipsen bids for OctreoPharm

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

French biotechnology firm Ipsen has inked an agreement to purchase German radiopharmaceutical developer OctreoPharm Sciences for a total price of up to 50 million euros ($55.7 million U.S.).

May 19, 2015

Novel PET/CT tracer helps detect prostate cancer recurrence

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

German researchers are reporting early success in performing PET/CT with a novel gallium-68-labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen ligand to detect prostate cancer recurrence after radical prostatectomy.

May 5, 2015

IAEA aims to set global standard for nuclear medicine

By Timothy Spence

A goal of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is to advise on medical guidelines, train health workers, and aid developing nations in acquiring modern imaging and treatment technologies. In an exclusive interview, Colombian-born Dr. Diana Paez explains more about the agency's work.

May 4, 2015

Report: Nuclear medicine market to hit $2.2B by 2020

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The worldwide nuclear medicine imaging market for PET and SPECT equipment is on track to produce $2.2 billion in revenues by 2020, according to a new report by RnR Market Research.

April 30, 2015

NEJM: PET for Hodgkin's lymphoma prevents unnecessary radiotherapy

By Wayne Forrest

A negative PET scan immediately after three cycles of chemotherapy for early-stage Hodgkin's lymphoma can identify patients with an excellent prognosis and avoid unnecessary additional radiation therapy, according to a U.K. study published on 23 April in the New England Journal of Medicine.

April 22, 2015

SPECT gives diagnostic boost in Parkinson's disease

By Jude Dineley

Portuguese researchers have used SPECT to detect Parkinson's disease with 98% accuracy by employing quantitative, automated analysis based on machine learning. Validated using brain images from 654 cases, the approach outperformed other techniques.

April 16, 2015

ECR 2015: 5 free radiology apps for your smartphone

By Philip Ward

A researcher from France has developed five mobile applications that are available for free on Google Play and are designed for use in daily practice to provide efficiency gains for radiologists and improve the accuracy of reports. Details were presented at ECR 2015 and the apps have already been downloaded over 8,000 times.

March 31, 2015

Famous Dutch researcher makes switch to U.K.

By Tami Freeman, PhD

This month the well-known researcher and medical physicist, Marcel van Herk, PhD, is moving from the Netherlands Cancer Institute to the Christie Hospital in the U.K. He reflects on the relocation, as well as the host of changes he has witnessed in the world of imaging.

March 19, 2015

Top 5 trends from ECR 2015 in Vienna

By Philip Ward, Rebekah Moan, Erik L. Ridley, Brian Casey

As the dust begins to settle on ECR 2015, now is a great time to reflect on the meeting and identify its major trends. Central themes at the congress included the unification of European radiology, teleradiology and outsourcing, radiation dose monitoring, digital breast tomosynthesis, and hybrid imaging.

March 17, 2015

Global nuclear medicine market set to grow

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Analysts forecast that the global nuclear imaging market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.9% from 2014 to 2019.

March 15, 2015

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