The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada have approved the use of the Maria Research Reactor in Poland as a site to irradiate highly-enriched uranium targets for molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production, according to Covidien.
Adding whole-body PET-FDG to the pre-therapeutic conventional staging of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma improved the TNM [tumor, node and metastasis] classification of the disease and altered the management of 13.7 percent of patients, according to a study published in the February issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) has been approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as one of the three accreditation bodies for suppliers seeking to furnish the technical component of advanced diagnostic imaging services under the Medicare program.
Asheville Radiology Associates, a N.C. radiology practice, has inked a new contract with imaging IT solutions provider, Amicas.
Personalized medicine will be driven by the imaging industry, especially the new molecular technologies, according to a market research report from Kalorama Information.
Franklin & Seidelmann, a radiology interpretations provider, has appointed Clayton T. Larsen as senior vice president of marketing for the firm.
Radiopharmaceutical and itsotope supplier International Isotopes posted a downturn in revenue and an uptick in net losses for the firm's fiscal 2009 second quarter, which ended on June 30.
Michael Reitermann has been appointed the new CEO of Siemens Healthcare's U.S. organization.
Philips Healthcare introduced its BrightView X SPECT, BrightView XCT SPECT/CT, a new nuclear medicine application suite on its Extended Brilliance Workstation and a third-generation Time-of-flight PET scanner at the 2009 SNM meeting this week in Toronto.
Lantheus Medical Imaging has finalized an arrangement with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization to receive molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) produced from low-enriched uranium targets in its new Open Pool Australian Lightwater reactor.
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The American College of Radiology (ACR) has launched an online nuclear medicine and PET accreditation application program to potentially reduce the time for facilities to become accredited.
The FDA today launched an initiative to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from three types of medical imaging procedures: CT, nuclear medicine studies and fluoroscopy.
Bracco Diagnostics has selected Datalliance VMI as the platform for its vendor managed inventory program.
Enrollment levels for radiologic technology programs, including radiography, radiation therapy and nuclear medicine programs, have decreased for the second consecutive year and have seemingly reached a plateau throughout the past nine years, based on a recent survey published by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed adjustments to its reimbursement formula for the technical component of procedures performed at freestanding imaging centers and private physician offices. An analysis from market research firm 3d Health said that these changes will have an even larger reduction than those experienced with the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
The Image Gently campaign has developed online teaching materials and checklists to help interventional radiology providers use the lowest dose necessary to perform interventional procedures on children.
SNM (formerly the Society of Nuclear Medicine) has awarded approximately $245,000 in research grants through its Education and Research Foundation.
Dilon Technologies' newest software update for its Dilon 6800 gamma camera includes enhancements for both breast and general nuclear medicine image processing.
GE Healthcare showcased its platform of imaging agents and imaging systems, including a new PET/CT scanner, at the 2009 SNM meeting this week in Toronto.
The FDA has granted nuclear medicine image reconstruction provider UltraSPECT clearance for its attenuation correction/scatter correction software package.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.
In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.