Nuclear Radiology: Page 86

IBA nets proton therapy order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Belgian radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) said it will be providing a proton therapy system at the upcoming Proton Therapy Center at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL.
September 22, 2008
Dutch reactor opening delayed another month
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group has pushed back the tentative start-up date for its High Flux Reactor in Petten, Netherlands, by one more month to November.
September 18, 2008
Dutch reactor down two more months
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group in the Netherlands predicts it will be late October or November before it can resume production at the High Flux Reactor in Petten.
September 7, 2008
European group meets over isotope supply
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Association of Imaging Producers & Equipment Suppliers (AIPES) held a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on September 3 to discuss the shortage of molybdenum-99 in Europe.
September 3, 2008
Belgium restricts local food after radioactive leak
By Reuters Health
BRUSSELS (Reuters), Aug 29 - Belgian authorities have restricted consumption of vegetables and milk produced near a nuclear medicine institute after a leakage of radioactive iodine, the European Commission said.
August 28, 2008
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AECL: Increased production won't cover demand
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Even with increased production, Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) says its Chalk River nuclear reactor in Ontario will not be able to meet the global demand for medical radioactive isotopes.
August 28, 2008
SNM has 'serious concerns' over isotope situation
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
SNM president Robert W. Atcher, Ph.D., said the organization has "serious concerns" over the recent shutdown of a medical isotope-producing nuclear reactor in the Netherlands, and he urged more action to ensure an adequate worldwide supply.
August 27, 2008
PET dose-painting methods produce discordant results
By Kathlyn Stone
As intensity-modulated radiation therapy becomes more sophisticated, oncologists are investigating new dose-painting methods to determine which areas of tumor target volume should receive additional radiation dose. But a new study indicates that two promising methods to guide dose painting actually produce sharply varied results.
August 26, 2008
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AECL monitors isotope supply after Dutch shutdown
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Canadian isotope supplier Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) is ready to increase production to cover a potential shortfall in isotope supply after the recent shutdown of a nuclear reactor in the Netherlands.
August 25, 2008
IBA, NeuroSurvival Technologies partner
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Belgian radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has signed a collaboration agreement with molecular imaging and therapy developer NeuroSurvival Technologies (NST).
August 13, 2008
Liver fat a key determinant of 'metabolically benign obesity'
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 12 - Close to one-third of obese individuals are "metabolically healthy" and at low risk for heart disease, whereas a quarter of normal-weight individuals are metabolically abnormal with numerous cardiac risk factors, according to two reports in the August 11/25 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
August 11, 2008
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PET with C-11 PiB can assess beta-amyloid brain deposits
By Erik L. Ridley
PET using carbon-11-labeled Pittsburgh Compound B (C-11 PiB) shows promise for assessing beta-amyloid deposits in the brain and may have a potential role as a diagnostic aid for early Alzheimer's disease, according to research published online in the Archives of Neurology.
August 11, 2008
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