Molecular Imaging: Page 86

IBA, SK Capital Partners settle dispute

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical provider Ion Beam Applications (IBA) and investment partner SK Capital Partners have reached an agreement to settle their outstanding disputes.

December 12, 2013

X-ray fluorescence enables molecular CT

By Tami Freeman, PhD

A novel x-ray fluorescence imaging system could enable molecular CT using nonradioactive high-Z tracers, German researchers have found. Although conventional CT does not provide functional information, recent advances in the imaging of high-Z elements have spurred interest in molecular CT.

December 11, 2013

Global molecular device market could surge

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The global molecular imaging device market could reach approximately $3 billion U.S. (2.2 billion euros) by 2018, according to a report from market research firm BCC Research.

November 26, 2013

X-ray fluorescence systems start to display their value

By Tami Freeman, PhD

X-ray fluorescence units can offer improved detection sensitivity to gold nanoparticles at greater depths compared with current techniques, according to medical physicists from the U.K. and Italy.

November 24, 2013

AuntMinnieEurope.com Molecular Imaging Insider

By Philip Ward

November 17, 2013

PiB-PET shows more beta amyloid after traumatic brain injury

By Wayne Forrest

British researchers are using PET imaging with the Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB) radiopharmaceutical to show -- for the first time -- increased beta-amyloid deposits in cortical gray matter and striatum regions following traumatic brain injury.

November 17, 2013

What should we make of the personalized medicine bandwagon?

By Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD

As the dust begins to settle on last month's summit in the European Parliament on personalized medicine, the Maverinck asks in his latest column whether the hype and optimism is truly justified.

November 17, 2013

Radiology 20/20 vision: Will science fiction become reality?

By Becky McCall

LONDON - Radiology must fully embrace new training pathways and translational research so that young doctors are capable of progressing research from the laboratory to the clinic, a senior radiologist noted in a broad-ranging, visionary, public lecture on Thursday evening.

November 12, 2013

Lancet: Radiotracer can predict heart attack

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The radioactive tracer F-18 sodium fluoride has been found to accurately identify and localize high-risk coronary plaque so they can be treated before they rupture, according to a new article in Lancet.

November 10, 2013

Targeted LET-painting can improve tumor control

By Jude Dineley

Steering high-linear-energy-transfer (LET) radiation into hypoxic regions of a tumor could substantially increase tumor control, according to researchers from Denmark and Germany in an initial modeling study.

November 6, 2013

PET/MRI could be alternative to PET/CT for liver lesions

By Wayne Forrest

PET/MRI is more than adequate in characterizing liver lesions and provides greater lesion conspicuity than PET/CT, offering clinicians a powerful alternative for oncology imaging, according to a German study published in the November issue of the European Journal of Radiology.

October 30, 2013

PET/CT dominates diverse hybrid imaging market

By Philip Ward

In Western Europe during 2012, there were 577 providers of PET and/or PET/CT, of which 18 were mobile, and PET/CT accounted for 92% of the installed systems, according to new market research presented last week at the European Association of Nuclear Medicine annual congress, held in Lyon, France.

October 29, 2013

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