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SNMMI: FET-PET could have answers for brainstem glioma

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers in Switzerland are setting their sights on fluoroethyl-tyrosine (FET) PET imaging as the best way to assess adult brainstem glioma and gauge patients' chances for progression-free survival. Study results were presented on 11 June at the U.S. Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging annual meeting in Denver, Colorado.

June 13, 2017

Navidea brings Lymphoseek to Europe

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals said its European commercial partner SpePharm has launched the Lymphoseek radiopharmaceutical in Denmark, the Netherlands, and the U.K.

June 12, 2017

Munich team develops handheld scanner

By Tami Freeman, PhD

A handheld optoacoustic scanner enables imaging of skin layers and blood vessels in patients with psoriasis. Developed by researchers from Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich, the device uses raster scan optoacoustic mesoscopy to provide relevant clinical information, without requiring contrast agents or radiation exposure.

June 12, 2017

Eckert & Ziegler to buy German firms

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Isotope technology firm Eckert & Ziegler beat out the competition to acquire assets of four companies previously owned by Gamma-Service Group in Saxony, Germany.

May 23, 2017

EUMS sets standards for nuclear medicine directors

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Union of Medical Specialists (EUMS) has released a set of requirements for training nuclear medicine specialists to serve as department directors.

May 23, 2017

SPECT/CT advances routine oral cancer assessment

By Wayne Forrest

With the addition of SPECT/CT, clinicians can find previously undetected sentinel lymph nodes in patients with early-stage oral cancer, according to a study published in the June issue of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

May 17, 2017

IRE ELiT releases mobile app

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Institute for Radioelements (IRE) ELiT has developed a mobile app for users of its Galli Eo generator, which produces the PET radiopharmaceuticals gallium-68 (Ga-68) and germanium-68 (Ge-68).

May 15, 2017

CZT-based SPECT MPI may predict cardiac outcomes

By Wayne Forrest

SPECT gamma cameras featuring cadmium zinc telluride-based (CZT) digital detector technology are just what the nuclear cardiologist ordered to diagnose seemingly healthy patients with cardiac symptoms and to help predict their chances for an adverse event, according to a study published online April 27 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

May 11, 2017

Eckert & Ziegler to boost GalliaPharm production ability

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Eckert & Ziegler Radiopharma has announced plans to expand the production capacity of its manufacturing line for its GalliaPharm germanium-68/gallium-68 generator.

May 10, 2017

Hybrid imaging could benefit colorectal cancer patients

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The combination of SPECT/CT and fluorescence imaging could help surgeons differentiate tumor tissue from normal tissue in patients with colorectal cancer, according to a paper published in the May issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

May 9, 2017

Nuclear cardiology lab cuts radiation dose by 60%

By Eric Barnes

A large nuclear cardiology lab was able to reduce its average radiation dose by 60% over the past eight years, according to new research presented on Friday at the International Conference on Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT in Vienna and published in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.

May 7, 2017

Dynamic PET/MRI study spots vascular correlations

By Jude Dineley

Correlation between vascular fraction parameters may help to guide future clinical trials involving the use of PET/MRI to assess tumor hypoxia, researchers from Germany and Slovenia have found.

May 3, 2017

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