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Philips Ingenuity TF Whole Body PET/MR Imaging System Receives FDA Clearance
Philips has received FDA clearance for its whole body positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance (PET/MR) imaging system, the Ingenuity TF PET/MR. The system is able to perform both standalone MR...
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New MRI Contrast Agent for Cancer Detection. A Game Changer?
Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a way to coat an iron-based contrast agent so it interacts preferentially with acidic environments in the body such as areas of tumor...
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GE’s Brivo NM615 Nuclear Medicine Scanner Green Lighted in U.S.
GE Healthcare received FDA clearance for the Brivo NM615 nuclear medicine scanner with SPECT capability. This is a budget-oriented single head system that approaches the performance of a dual head and...
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Digirad X-ACT Solid State SPECT Approved in Europe
Digirad received the European CE Mark of approval for its Cardius X-ACT solid state SPECT imager. It features low dose volume CT attenuation correction, 3D-OSEM reconstruction and upright imaging...
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Siemens Biograph mCT PET-CT System Receives FDA Clearance
Siemens‘ Biograph mCT, a positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scanner which was introduced at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago a...
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Researchers Develop Non-Invasive PET Imaging Options for Alzheimer’s Disease
It is estimated that Alzheimer’s disease will affect 100 million people by 2050, but currently doctors rely on family history and intellectual tests to diagnose patients. Using these current methods,...
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GE’s Q.Freeze Motion Correction for PET/CT (video)
GE Healthcare received FDA clearance for its Q.Freeze motion correction technology that combines multiple PET/CT images from different points in the patient’s respiratory cycle to create a composite...
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U of Wisconsin to Build Reactorless Mo-99 Medical Isotope Generation Facility
The radioisotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) is a source for the commonly used radiomarker technetium-99m applicable in cancer diagnostics and life science research, but it’s in short supply and there are no...
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Philips’ IntelliSpace Portal Now With Nuclear Medicine Apps
Philips has added a bunch of nuclear medicine applications to its IntelliSpace Portal, a system that provides clinicians powerful imaging analysis and visualization tools through just about any common...
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New Technology Helps Combine Positron Emission Tomography with Magnetic...
Combination PET/MR scanners are a hot thing in oncology these days, providing a functional view of a tumor while locating it within the body, something that normally had to be done using a PET/CT or...
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Lantheus Announces First Technetium-99m Isotope Generator from Low Enriched...
Last week the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2011 (AMIPA) finally became law, and America is planning on curtailing the use and export of highly enriched uranium (HEU) for the production...
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Digirad ergo Nuclear Imaging System Gets Expanded FDA Clearance
Digirad (Poway, CA) received clearance from the FDA for expanded indications for the company’s ergo imaging system. These include lymphatic scintigraphy and parathyroid scintigraphy, for help assessing...
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SPECT-CT Fusion Imaging Reveals Tiny Bone Fractures
Stress fractures of bones can be difficult to detect using traditional X-rays, but that doesn’t prevent them from cracking further and causing great displeasure to the patients. Early detection can...
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Radioactive Lead Coupled to Tumor-Seeking Antibodies to Kill Cancer
The business of ferrying tumor killing particles and depositing them on their targets has been a major part of nanotechnology research. Much of this work focuses on the particles themselves, exploring...
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Siemens Symbia Intevo xSPECT SPECT/CT System Receives FDA Clearance
Siemens has received FDA approval for its xSPECT system, a SPECT/CT system that fuses SPECT and CT data into a single dataset for improved image quality, reproducibility and alignment. The system,...
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Philips Shows Off Vereos All-Digital PET/CT System at RSNA 2013
Philips has introduced its Vereos PET/CT fully digital positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging system at RSNA in Chicago this week. The newly FDA cleared Vereos uses digital...
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GE’s New SIGNA PET/MR with Time-of-Flight Tech Under Review by FDA
GE Healthcare has announced that its new SIGNA PET/MR combination scanner is currently pending FDA clearance. The device performs both the MR and PET scans at the same time, allowing accurate mapping...
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AUM Cardiovascular’s CADence System for Coronary Artery Stenosis Testing
The Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal is reporting that Aum Cardiovascular, a South Northfield, Minnesota firm, received regulatory approval to introduce its CADence System to the European...
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TempTraq Thermometer Patch Tracks Kids’ Fevers for 24 Hours (VIDEO)
If you’ve ever tried to take a sick baby’s temperature with a thermometer through their ear, you’ll understand how quickly it escalates into a difficult wrestling match, complete with screaming,...
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BLOOM Core Body Temperature Fertility Sensor to Help Couples Have Babies
Prima-Temp, a company out of Boulder, Colorado, will be showing off its brand new BLOOM body temperature fertility device at CES this week. The ring is self-inserted into the vagina from where core...
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