Nuclear Radiology: Page 66

Philips announces 1st PET/MR in Nordic region

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare is announcing the official opening of the Turku PET Centre at Turku University Hospital in Finland, where the first whole-body PET/MR scanner in the Nordic region is now in operation.

March 8, 2012

Eckert & Ziegler offers travel grants to EANM

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Five scientists and doctoral students with innovative scientific research to present at the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) annual meeting will each a receive travel grant to do so, compliments of isotope component technology firm Eckert & Ziegler.

March 7, 2012

NRG's reactor passes safety tests

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical producer Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) has concluded that its nuclear operations in Petten, the Netherlands, can withstand extreme conditions, including flooding events and earthquakes or a combination of both.

March 6, 2012

PET/MR performs well in assessing pulmonary masses

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - PET/MR is a feasible technique that yields diagnostic image quality in evaluating lung masses, according to results presented at a Monday scientific session of the European Congress of Radiology.

March 4, 2012

Goodman captivates ECR attendees with insight on venous thromboembolism

By Philip Ward

VIENNA - It may seem hard to believe, but the first reference to venous thromboembolism was made between 600 and 900 B.C. in a Sanskrit text. This was one of many fascinating facts presented by Dr. Lawrence Goodman during Sunday's Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Honorary Lecture.

March 4, 2012

Molecular imaging: Researcher forsees application in myocardial failure

By Mélisande Rouger

In a dedicated minicourse on Monday at the European Congress of Radiology, a panel of experts will show that molecular imaging can -- and soon could -- offer improvements in the efficiency of treatment.

March 4, 2012

Imaging modalities prove crucial for an accurate differential diagnosis of inflammatory conditions

By David Zizka

VIENNA - Radiological imaging together with the contribution of nuclear medicine is crucial in the diagnosis of inflammatory conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, according to a session on Thursday at the European Congress of Radiology.

February 29, 2012

CT perfusion plus PET/CT aids lung cancer diagnosis

By Eric Barnes

Adding CT perfusion scans to routine PET/CT offers critical new information about tumor viability that can improve staging and management noninvasively in patients with suspected lung cancer, according to a study from Italy.

February 28, 2012

Choline-PET/CT changes prostate cancer treatment plans

By Wayne Forrest

Swiss researchers have found that PET/CT scans with the radiopharmaceutical choline can change treatment plans for certain patients with recurrent prostate cancer. Study results showed that choline-PET/CT significantly affected therapy management.

February 13, 2012

Positron signs Sr-82 deal with Russian firm

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Manhattan Isotope Technology, a subsidiary of PET developer Positron, has signed an agreement with the Institute for Nuclear Research of Troitsk, Russia, to collaborate on the production of strontium-82 (Sr-82).

February 6, 2012

PET aids tough breast cancer cases

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PET imaging with FDG and a radiopharmaceutical that targets estrogen receptors can help physicians gather more information in difficult breast cancer cases, according to two studies in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

February 6, 2012

Group urges import ban on Russian Mo-99

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A coalition of U.S. public health, medical, and nuclear nonproliferation groups is urging Congress to restrict the use of imported molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) from Russia, which uses bomb-grade uranium to produce the radioisotope.

January 30, 2012

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