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New Netherlands reactor extends prep for financing

Tuesday, February 02 2010
Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group of the Netherlands has extended the preparatory phase of the new research reactor Pallas, and the final choice for the vendor will be made by the end of 2010.

JNM: Essential elements missing from most PET reports

Sunday, January 31 2010
A study and an accompanying editorial published in the January issue of Journal of Nuclear Medicine suggests that essential elements were missing from many oncologic PET reports and these deficiencies may render reports less helpful to referring physicians and also lead to misdiagnoses as well as cause coding and billing errors.

Radiology: CMS reimbursements helped FDG-PET proliferation following colorectal surgery

Tuesday, January 26 2010
Among Medicare patients who underwent surgery for colorectal cancer resection during the first 18 months of approved Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) coverage for FDG-PET imaging, there was a substantial growth in utilization of FDG-PET within two years of surgery and the highest rates of utilization occurred within six months of surgery, according to a study in the February issue of Radiology.
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Trial launched to assess 320-slice CT ability to detect CAD

Industry News | Saturday, February 06 2010
An international study on CT perfusion imaging at 15 medical centers in eight countries, led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, have enrolled the first dozen patients to figure out how well various imaging tests can measure the degree of blockage or narrowing in any particular artery and their use in predicting patients who need catheterization or angioplasty, or bypass surgery.

PNAS: Photothermal imaging can detect gold nanoparticles

Clinical Studies | Thursday, February 04 2010
Researchers have used gold nanoparticles as orientation sensors by combining their plasmonic properties with polarization imaging techniques and tracking them using photothermal imaging, according to an article published online Feb. 1 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

JAD: Common OTC drugs can be used as PET tracers to detect Alzheimer's

Clinical Studies | Wednesday, February 03 2010
Astemizole (Hismanal, Janssen Pharmaceutica) and lansoprazole (Prevacid, Novartis), with medical applications in the treatment of allergies and gastrointestinal disorders respectively, can be used as PET radiotracers for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

Study: Metabolomic imaging directs biopsy in prostate cancer

Clinical Studies | Wednesday, February 03 2010
A malignancy index constructed by using magnetic resonance spectra based on prostate cancer metabolomic profiles obtained from previous intact tissue had an accuracy of 93 to 97 percent for detecting the presence of prostate cancer lesions, according to an article published in the January issue of Science Translational Medicine.

UltraSPECT recommends alternative protocols for dose-reduction

New Products | Tuesday, February 02 2010
UltraSPECT, based in Haifa, Israel, has issued three different dose-reduction protocol recommendations for using its image reconstruction products--Xpress.Cardiac and Xpress3.

Magnetic nanoparticles might prevent spread of the cancer

Industry News | Tuesday, February 02 2010
Magnetic nanoparticles can selectively remove ovarian cancer cells from human ascites fluid, based on research published online in December in Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine.

Siemens to use ONCOlog’s carrier to dock PET/CT

Partnerships & Alliances | Tuesday, February 02 2010
Siemens Healthcare has selected LinkMed’s ONCOlog Medical “Dignity Carrier” for preparing patients for PET/CT imaging for special applications.

Gamma camera could detect nuclear waste threat

Industry News | Monday, February 01 2010
Gamma-camera imaging can provide real-time information on the mobility of technetium and was used to confirm that Fe (III)-reducing bacteria immobilized technetium in sediments, based on research published in the January issue of Environmental Science and Technology.

UCSF granted $10M for neuroimaging project

Industry News | Monday, February 01 2010
Scientists at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have received a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a neuroimaging project to study frontotemporal dementia in patients using PET, MRI and diffusion tensor imaging.

JNM: Pediatric PET imaging quality maintained by decreasing doses

Clinical Studies | Sunday, January 31 2010
Pediatric PET studies of constant image quality can be performed with time or dose savings of as much as 50 percent for the lightest patients (10–20 kg), according to a study published in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

B&W nets $9M for Mo-99 production using low-enriched uranium

Industry News | Friday, January 29 2010
Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group (B&W TSG) has been awarded $9 million from the National Nuclear Security Administration for the development of reactor technology for medical isotope production using low enriched uranium.

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