Nuclear Radiology: Page 83

Petten nuclear reactor to restart
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group is scheduled to restart its nuclear reactor in Petten, Netherlands, on February 18, ending a six-month shutdown.
February 11, 2009
IBA inks pact with Eczacıbaşı-Monrol
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) will use Eczacıbaşı-Monrol Nuclear Products of Gebze, Turkey, to expand into the Balkans, Middle East, North Africa, and central and eastern Europe.
February 8, 2009
Eckert & Ziegler acquires Nuclitec
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiotherapy and radiopharmaceutical developer Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen-und Medizintechnik has acquired Nuclitec and its two French and U.S. affiliates.
January 25, 2009
Bayer partners with Hamamatsu
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Bayer Schering Pharma and Hamamatsu Photonics have signed a licensing agreement to share their products and expertise in molecular imaging for cancer.
January 11, 2009
MRI beats PET for myocardial evaluation in patients with impaired LV function
By Eric Barnes
While MRI is known to detect more myocardial scarring than PET in patients with occlusive coronary artery disease, a new study suggests that contrast-enhanced MRI can make a critical difference in treatment planning for revascularization candidates with severely impaired left ventricular (LV) function.
January 8, 2009
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Covidien to move HQ to Ireland
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The parent company of radiopharmaceutical firm Covidien has set in motion plans to incorporate in Ireland and relocate its executive office from Hamilton, Bermuda.
January 6, 2009
PET-based F-18 FLT equivocal for leukemia imaging
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers in Germany and the U.S. hoped that switching radiopharmaceuticals from FDG might improve PET's performance for imaging leukemia. While they found some benefits to using the new tracer, they also discovered some shortcomings.
January 6, 2009
Medrad sponsors Swiss PET project
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Contrast injector technology firm Medrad signed a research agreement with the University of Zurich to study dynamic PET imaging with the Medrad Intego PET infusion system.
January 5, 2009
SPECT/CT outdoes planar imaging with lymph nodes
By Wayne Forrest
A newly released study in this month's issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine has found that SPECT/CT is better than planar imaging in accurately determining lymph node involvement at radioablation performed for thyroid cancer.
January 4, 2009
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NRG reactor will be down longer
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group reactor in the Netherlands will be shut down beyond the anticipated February 2009 start-up date.
December 21, 2008
IBA gets FDA nod for pencil-beam scanning
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its pencil-beam scanning treatment option for proton therapy.
December 18, 2008
FDG-PET/CT recommended for staging Hodgkin's disease
By Wayne Forrest
A British study confirms the high sensitivity and specificity of PET/CT in identifying focal bony disease in patients with Hodgkin's disease, according to research presented at the recent 2008 RSNA meeting. The results further suggest that the imaging modality can play an important role in initial staging of the disease.
December 18, 2008
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