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FDG-PET/CT detects recurrence of colorectal cancer
By Wayne Forrest
FDG-PET/CT has a "significant role" in characterizing suspected colorectal cancer recurrence at an early stage, according to a study presented by U.K. researchers at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting this week in San Diego.
May 4, 2010
PET detecting tumor 'cold spots' may aid RT
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Using PET to fine-tune radiation therapy (RT) to take into account which portions of a cancer patient's tumor grow the most rapidly may improve cancer control while subjecting the patient to lower radiation doses, Dutch researchers suggested at the European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva.
May 2, 2010
Carestream inks deal with OncoVision
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Carestream Molecular Imaging has signed an exclusive, multiyear, worldwide agreement with OncoVision to sell, market, and service Carestream's Albira PET/SPECT/CT imaging system for small animal research.
April 12, 2010
SNM warns of 'significant disruptions' in Mo-99 supply
By Wayne Forrest
With a confluence of nuclear reactor shutdowns around the world this week, SNM is warning nuclear medicine practitioners to brace for the "one of the most significant disruptions ever in the supply of molybdenum-99" (Mo-99) from March 21 to April 11.
March 21, 2010
FDA, Health Canada approve Polish moly
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada have approved the use of the Maria Research Reactor in Poland as a site to irradiate highly enriched uranium targets for molybdenum-99 production, according to healthcare technology firm Covidien.
March 10, 2010
PET/MRI suite paces Philips ECR news
By Brian Casey
VIENNA - Philips Healthcare is highlighting a combined PET/MRI suite designed to produce fully registered images in its booth at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR). The company is also launching a new PET/CT scanner and a high-intensity focused ultrasound system.
March 4, 2010
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Brain images suggest Alzheimer's drug could work
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters), Mar 2 - New imaging technology suggests an experimental drug for Alzheimer's reduces clumps of plaque in the brain by around 25%, giving potential new life to a medicine that disappointed in clinical tests two years ago.
March 1, 2010
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Philips partners with Dutch university
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare will collaborate with VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to jointly research new multimodality imaging technologies.
February 21, 2010
Covidien signs deal to produce Mo-99 at Polish reactor
By Wayne Forrest
Healthcare technology firm Covidien has inked an agreement with the Institute of Atomic Energy in Poland to augment Covidien's supply of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), which is used in the production of the medical isotope technetium-99m.
February 16, 2010
PET/CT cost-effective for head, neck squamous cell carcinoma
By Wayne Forrest
FDG-PET/CT is not only most effective for pretreatment screening of distant metastases in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, the combined modalities do so with no additional costs to healthcare providers, according to researchers in the Netherlands.
February 16, 2010
PET scan can increase accuracy of head/neck cancer staging
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 11 - Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck can be staged more accurately with whole-body PET using F-18 FDG, according to European researchers.
February 10, 2010
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Study to compare 320-row CT perfusion against SPECT
By Eric Barnes
Following up on the CORE 64 study that tested the value of coronary CT angiography vis-à-vis angiography, researchers have launched a new international trial to compare 320-detector-row CT perfusion to SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging for detecting early coronary artery disease.
February 9, 2010
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