Siemens Healthcare has selected winners for the seventh annual preclinical image of the year awards for images from preclinical research at the World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) in Kyoto, Japan.   Read more...

Cerner is working with the Ottawa Hospital and two other members of the Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association (EORLA) to implement an enhanced automated lab system that will connect the three laboratories to local hospitals.   Read more...

Retrograde filling reduces urinary FDG activity and improves the quality of FDG PET/CT images for pelvic tumor interpretation and is recommended to assess bladder wall lesions and malignancies in other pelvic locations, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology.   Read more...

VirtualScopics, a provider of quantitative imaging for clinical trials, has entered into a scientific collaboration, specific to molecular imaging, with ABX-CRO, a Dresden, Germany-based full-service contract research organization (CRO).   Read more...

Bruker introduced a new desktop MRI scanner, to bring preclinical MRI within reach for a broader range of molecular imaging laboratories at the 2010 World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) in Kyoto, Japan this week.   Read more...

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, Institute for Radioelements in Fleurus, Belgium, and Ion Beam Applications in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, three major distributors of radioisotopes for medical exams in Europe, have partnered to secure the supply of technetium-99 (Tc-99m) beyond 2015.   Read more...

A hybrid SPECT/CT scanner from Siemens Healthcare, the Symbia T TruePoint, has been installed in the nuclear medicine department at Southend Hospital, part of Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Essex, U.K.   Read more...

Spectral Molecular Imaging, a subsidiary of Cascade Technologies, will complete development of its new product SkinSpect, aimed at early detection of melanoma by hyperspectral imaging, in mid-September, ahead of schedule.   Read more...

DMS Health Technologies, an operating company of Otter Tail and a distributor of Philips Healthcare's diagnostic imaging equipment for the upper Midwest, has expanded its nuclear medicine equipment sales in the Midwest.   Read more...

A series of studies published in the September issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine show that molecular imaging plays a critical role in the evaluation and treatment planning for a spectrum of cancers, including thyroid cancer, neuroendocrine tumors, Hodgkin lymphoma and non-small cell lung cancer.   Read more...

Aspect Magnet Technologies has completed multiple installations of its deskside, compact M2 MRI systems for use in preclinical imaging.   Read more...

The Canadian government has invested more than $911,000 to support medical and pharmaceutical research at Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics--TRIUMF--through the Western Diversification Program.   Read more...

PET/CT using [11C] choline may be useful to restage in patients with prostate cancer who had increasing prostate-specific antigen (PSA) after radical prostatectomy and no disease evidence on conventional imaging, according to a study published in the September issue of the Journal of Urology.   Read more...

Both PET and CT are excellent cardiac imaging modalities, but does their individual value hold up when combined in a hybrid scanner? The tentative answer seems to be no, with a few exceptions.   Read more...

The combination of FDG PET/CT and circulating tumor cell (CTC) counts might be a useful tool to monitor response to therapy in breast cancer patients, according to a study published in this month's Journal of Nuclear Medicine.   Read more...

IBA (Ion Beam Applications) has entered into an agreement with Bayer Schering Pharma, Germany for chemical process development and clinical trial doses supply of Florbetaben, a PET tracer in development for the detection of beta-amyloid deposits in the brain, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.   Read more...

Areva Med has formed an advisory committee comprised of five high-level scientists who will provide the firm with strategic advice and scientific guidance in the field of radio-immunotherapy using its lead-212 isotope.   Read more...

The repair of the High Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten, the Netherlands, is proceeding well and the reactor is expected to achieve the first HFR Full Power Day (45 MW) on Sept. 9, according to the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group of the Netherlands.   Read more...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has granted Dynasil seven of its phase-II small business innovation research (SBIR) projects awards, totaling $6.2 million.   Read more...

Nuclear MR (NMR) spectroscopy, a new method of testing that can assess a tissue metabolic profile, offers a noninvasive technique for distinguishing between different neurological disorders in patients and may enable earlier diagnosis, according to a study published online in March in the Journal of Comparative Neurology.   Read more...